Contents

• Introduction to WRspice
  • History of WRspice
  • WRspice Overview
  • Types of Analysis
  • Multi-threading
    • Multi-Threaded Loading
    • Multi-Threaded Looping
  • Program Control
  • Post-Processing and Run Control
  • Introduction to Interactive Simulation
  
  
• WRspice Input Format
  • Input Format
    • Case Sensitivity
    • Numeric Values
    • Units
  • Variable Expansion in Input
  • Title, Comments, Job Separation, and Inclusions
    • Title Line
    • Comments
    • .title Line
    • .end Line
    • .newjob Line
    • .include or .inc Line
    • .lib Line
    • .mosmap Line
  • Initialization
    • .global Line
    • .ic Line
    • .nodeset Line
    • .options Line
    • .table Line
    • .temp Line
  • Parameters and Expressions
    • Single-Quoted Expressions
    • .param Line
    • .if, .elif, .else, and .endif Lines
  • Subcircuits
    • .subckt Line
    • .ends Line
    • Subcircuit Calls
    • Subcircuit/Model Cache
  • Analysis Specification
    • Chained Sweep Analysis
    • .ac Line
    • .dc Line
    • .disto Line
    • .noise Line
    • .op Line
    • .pz Line
    • .sens Line
    • .tf Line
    • .tran Line
  • Output Generation
    • .save Line
    • .print Line
    • .plot Line
    • .four Line
    • .width Line
  • Parameter Measurement and Testing
    • .measure Line
    • .stop Line
  • Control Script Execution
    • .exec, .control, .postrun, and .endc Lines
    • .check, .checkall, .monte, and .noexec Lines
  • Verilog Interface
    • .verilog, .endv Lines
    • .adc Line
  • Circuit Elements
  • Device Models
    • Default Models
    • Analysis at Different Temperatures
  • Passive Element Lines
    • Capacitors
    • Capacitor Model
    • Inductors
    • Inductor Model
    • Coupled (Mutual) Inductors
    • Resistors
    • Resistor Model
    • Switches
    • Switch Model
    • Transmission Lines (General)
    • Transmission Line Model
    • Uniform RC Line
    • Uniform Distributed RC Model
  • Voltage and Current Sources
    • Device Expressions
    • POLY Expressions
    • Tran Functions
    • Dependent Sources
  • Semiconductor Devices
    • Junction Diodes
    • Diode Model
    • Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs)
    • BJT Models (both NPN and PNP)
    • Junction Field-Effect Transistors (JFETs)
    • JFET Models (both N and P Channel)
    • MESFETs
    • MESFET Models (both N and P Channel)
    • MOSFETs
    • MOSFET Models (both N and P channel)
  • Superconductor Devices
    • Josephson Junctions
    • Josephson Junction Model
  
  
• The WRspice User Interface
  • Starting WRspice
  • Environment Variables
    • Unix/Linux
    • Microsoft Windows
    • WRspice Environment Variables
  • Sparse Matrix Package
  • Initialization Files
    • The tbsetup Command
  • The Tool Control Window
  • Text Entry Windows
    • Single-Line Text Entry
    • Selections and Clipboards
    • GTK Text Input Key Bindings
  • The File Manager
  • The Text Editor
  • The Mail Client
  • The Tools Menu Tools and Panels
    • The Fonts Tool
    • The Files Tool
    • The Circuits Tool
    • The Plots Tool
    • Plot Options Panel
    • Plot Colors Panel
    • The Vectors Tool
    • The Variables Tool
    • Shell Options Panel
    • Simulation Options Panel
    • Command Options Panel
    • The Runops Tool
    • Debug Options
  • The Plot Panel
    • Zooming in
    • Text String Selection
    • Trace Drag and Drop
    • Multidimensional Traces
    • Scale Icons
    • Field Width Icons
  • The Mplot Panel
  • The Print Control Panel
    • Print Drivers
  • The WRspice Help System
    • XicTools Update
    • The HTML Viewer
    • The Help Database
    • Help System Forms Processing
    • Help System Initialization File
  • The WRspice Shell
    • Command Line Editing
    • Command Completion
    • History Substitution
    • Alias Substitution
    • Global Substitution
    • Quoting
    • I/O Redirection
    • Semicolon Termination
    • Variables and Variable Substitution
    • Commands and Scripts
    • The FIFO
  • Plots, Vectors and Expressions
    • Plots and Vectors
    • Vector Characteristics
    • Vector Creation and Assignment
    • Analysis Vectors and Access Mapping
    • Special Vectors
    • Vector Expressions
    • Operators in Expressions
    • Math Functions
    • Statistical Functions
    • Measurement Functions
    • HSPICE Compatibility Functions
    • Expression Lists
    • Set and Let
  • Batch Mode
    • Scripts and Batch Mode
  • Loadable Device Modules
    • Creating Loadable Modules from Veriolog-A
    • Support for AMDS/Verilog-A
  • The WRspice Daemon and Remote SPICE Runs
  
  
• WRspice Commands
  • Control Structures
    • The cdump Command
  • String Comparison and Global Return Value
    • The strcmp Command
    • The strcicmp Command
    • The strprefix Command
    • The strciprefix Command
    • The retval Command
  • User Interface Setup Commands
    • The mapkey Command
    • The setcase Command
    • The setfont Command
    • The setrdb Command
    • The tbupdate Command
    • The wrupdate Command
  • Shell Commands
    • The alias Command
    • The cd Command
    • The echo Command
    • The echof Command
    • The history Command
    • The pause Command
    • The pwd Command
    • The rehash Command
    • The set Command
    • The shell Command
    • The shift Command
    • The unalias Command
    • The unset Command
    • The usrset Command
  • Input and Output Commands
    • The codeblock Command
    • The dumpnodes Command
    • The edit Command
    • The listing Command
    • The load Command
    • The print Command
    • The printf Command
    • The return Command
    • The sced Command
    • The source Command
    • The sprint Command
    • The write Command
    • The xeditor Command
  • Simulation Control Commands
    • The ac Command
    • The alter Command
    • The alterf Command
    • The aspice Command
    • The cache Command
    • The check Command
    • The dc Command
    • The delete Command
    • The destroy Command
    • The devcnt Command
    • The devload Command
    • The devls Command
    • The devmod Command
    • The disto Command
    • The dump Command
    • The findlower Command
    • The findrange Command
    • The findupper Command
    • The free Command
    • The jobs Command
    • The mctrial Command
    • The measure Command
    • The noise Command
    • The op Command
    • The pz Command
    • The reset Command
    • The resume Command
    • The rhost Command
    • The rspice Command
    • The run Command
    • The save Command
    • The sens Command
    • The setcirc Command
    • The show Command
    • The state Command
    • The status Command
    • The step Command
    • The stop Command
    • The sweep Command
    • The tf Command
    • The trace Command
    • The tran Command
    • The vastep Command
    • The where Command
  • Data Manipulation Commands
    • The compose Command
    • The cross Command
    • The define Command
    • The deftype Command
    • The diff Command
    • The display Command
    • The fourier Command
    • The let Command
    • The linearize Command
    • The pick Command
    • The seed Command
    • The setdim Command
    • The setplot Command
    • The setscale Command
    • The settype Command
    • The spec Command
    • The undefine Command
    • The unlet Command
  • Graphical Output Commands
    • The asciiplot Command
    • The combine Command
    • The hardcopy Command
    • The iplot Command
    • The mplot Command
    • The plot Command
    • The plotwin Command
    • The xgraph Command
  • Miscellaneous Commands
    • The bug Command
    • The help Command
    • The helpreset Command
    • The qhelp Command
    • The quit Command
    • The rusage Command
    • The stats Command
    • The version Command
  • Variables
    • Shell Variables
    • Command-Specific Variables
    • Plot Variables
    • Simulation Option Variables
    • Syntax Control Variables
    • Batch Mode Option Variables
    • Unused Option Variables
    • Debugging Variables
  
  
• Margin Analysis
  • Operating Range Analysis
  • Operating Range Analysis File Format
    • Initializing Header
    • Control Statements
    • Circuit Description
  • Example Operating Range Analysis Control File
  • Monte Carlo Analysis
  • Example Monte Carlo Analysis Control File
  • Atomic Monte Carlo and Range Analysis
  • Circuit Margin Optimization
  
  
• File Formats
  • Rawfile Format
  • Help Database Files
    • Anchor Text
    • .mozyrc File
  • Example Data Files
    • Circuit 1: Simple Differential Pair
    • Circuit 2: MOS Output Characteristics
    • Circuit 3: Simple RTL Inverter
    • Circuit 4: Four-Bit Adder
    • Circuit 5: Transmission Line Inverter
    • Circuit 6: Function and Table Demo
    • Circuit 7: MOS Convergence Test
    • Circuit 8: Verilog Pseudo-Random Sequence
    • Circuit 9: Josephson Junction I-V Curve
    • Circuit 10: Josephson Gap Potential Modulation
  
  
• Utility Programs
  • The csvtoraw Utility: CSV to Rawfile Conversion
  • The mmjco Utility: Tunnel Junction Model Calculator
    • Running mmjco
    • File Formats
    • References
  • The multidec Utility: Coupled Lossy Transmission Lines
  • The printtoraw Utility: Print to Rawfile Conversion
  • The proc2mod Utility: BSIM1 Model Generation
  • The wrspiced Daemon: Remote SPICE Controller
    • SPICE Server Configuration
    • Starting the Daemon
    • Client Configuration
  
  
• Bibliography
• Index