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Quick Start Guide

Here’s a source of circuits from today’s application notes, data sheets and textbooks. Use the collection anyway that works for you:

  1. Download the SPICE file and off you go! Simulate, modify, expand it any way you like.
     
  2. Read the brief tour of how it works with hands-on design and analysis. Like a buffet table - take as little or as much as you need.
     
  3. Simulate your own circuits. Find a circuit similar to your interest. Then, modify it to fit your needs.


If you're new to SPICE, the RC Low-Pass Filter is a great place to start.


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DIGITAL VOLTMETER

  • Design through 5 Key Phases.
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Customer Use Case

Design Requirements

Implementation Strategy

Circuit Design

 

OP AMP SERIES

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  • Why does this amplifier FAIL to meet spec?
  • Over the years, I've faced many design challenges trying to answer this question.
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Solve 10 Design Issues! Learn more about this LTSPICE series.

Short topics boost your understanding of key parameters and issues!

Open Loop Gain (Aol)

Unity Gain Frequency (fu)

Slew Rate Max

Output Voltage Limit

Output Current Limit

Input Offset Voltage

Input Bias Currents

Cstray (and Ccomp)

Ro (and Cload)

2nd,3rd Poles

OP AMP APPLICATIONS

Function Generator - Part 1

Function Generator - Part 2

Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA)

Op Amp Triangle Wave Generator

RC Low-Pass Filter with Op Amp Buffer (Single-Pole)

Sallen-Key Low-Pass Filter (Double-Pole)

Op Amp Comparator with Hysteresis

Op Amp PID Controller

Single-Supply AC Inverting Amplifier

H-Bridge Power Amp

Wien Bridge Oscillator

Current Source

Precision Half-Wave Rectifier

Op Amp Limiter

 

GENERAL CIRCUITS & MODELS

The 555 Timer

Analog Behavioral Modeling

Basic Digital Gates

DC Motor Model

Common Emitter Transistor Amplifier

Voltage Regulator w/ Series-Pass Transistor

Push-Pull Output Stage

Transistor Differential Amplifier

Voltage-Controlled Resistor

Potentiometer Model

Capacitor Model 

The Miller Effect

 

OP AMP BASICS

Inverting Amplifier

Non-Inverting Amplifier

Differential Amplifier

Voltage Follower  New Topic!

Integrator

Differentiator 

Summing Amplifier

I-to-V (Transimpedance) Amplifier

Basic Diode Limiter  New Topic!

Basic Op Amp SPICE Model

Quick Intro to the Basic Op Amp SPICE Model 


Input Offset Voltage

Input Offset Voltage Adjustment

Input Bias Current

I-to-V Amp with Offset

 

OP AMP ADVANCED

Op Amp Bandwidth

Max Slew Rate

Open-Loop Gain Effect on DC Accuracy  

Gain Resistor Errors  

Feedback Analysis 

Driving a Capacitive Load

Op Amp Differentiator - Open Loop Analysis 

Create Waveforms with the Summing Amplifier

 

SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLIES

SMPS Basics - The Buck Converter

SMPS Power Loss 

Buck Converter - Voltage Mode Control

Buck Converter - AC Model

Buck Converter - Compensation

SPICE Power Meter  

 

SWITCHED-CAPACITOR CIRCUITS

Switched-Capacitor Resistor

Switched-Capacitor Integrator

 

GUITAR / MUSIC EFFECTS

Op Amp Distortion Box

Phase Shifter Series

All-Pass Filter using an Op Amp

JFET Variable Resistor and Attenuator

Guitar Effects - Phase Shifter

Graphic Equalizer Series

Part 1 Band Cut and Boost - Series LCR

Part 2 Cut / Boost - Single Pot

Part 3 Band Cut / Boost - Series LCR + Pot

Part 4 Simulated L and Graphic EQ

 

AUDIO AMPLIFIERS

Basic Audio Amplifier

Advanced Audio Amplifier

Diff Amp with Current Mirror 

Output Stage

The Miller Integrator 

Simplified Audio Amp Model

BJT Current Source

Active Load in Gain Stage

 

DESIGN TOPICS

Sampling Theory

Pulse Width Modulation

Component Tolerances - Part I 

Component Tolerances - Part II

Noise Analysis - Resistor Example 

Power Supply Bypassing 

Transmission Line Terminations

 

DMM SERIES

Inside the Dual-Slope Integrator

Measure DC Volts with a Decade Divider

Measure DC Current with this Network

Measure AC Volts using a classic circuit.

Extend the DMM's capability by measuring Capacitance

Measure Resistance using the Dual Slope INtegrator

 

SENSORS INSTRUMENTATION

Sensor Bridge

Sensor Bridge with Current Bias

Instrumentation Amp (3 Op Amp)

NTC Thermistor Model

Linearized NTC Thermistor

Thermistor Preamp

Thermocouple Model

Thermocouple Preamp

 

CONTROL

Op Amp Control System - Part 1

Op Amp Control System - Part 2

Op Amp Control System - Lead Compensation 

The PID Controller

Op Amp PID Controller  

DC Motor Model

 

FILTERS

Audio Tone Controls

Multiple Feedback Band-pass Filter

Simple RC Low-Pass Filter

RC Low-Pass Filter with Op Amp Buffer (Single-Pole)

Sallen-Key Low-Pass Filter (Double-Pole)

 

ADC INPUT DRIVERS

Single-Ended to Single-Ended

Differential to Single-Ended 

Single-Ended to Differential

Differential to Differential 

Fully Differential Amplifier 

 

OP AMP MODELLING

Op Amp Macro-Models

Basic Op Amp Model 

Intermediate (Boyle) Op Amp Model

 

Op Amp Builder - Generate Custom SPICE Netlists

Level1 - Gain, BW, Ro

Level2 - add Slew, V/I limit, 2nd/3rd poles

 

Advanced Functions

2nd Gain Stage  

Frequency Shaping Stages

Output Voltage Limiting

Output Current Limiting 

Supply Correction Current

Common-Mode Rejection 

Op Amp Input Voff and Ibias

Add 2nd and 3rd Poles - Improved Step Response

Alternative Methods

Slew Rate Using LIMIT 

Slew Rate Using TANH 

Output Voltage Limiter 

Output Current Limiter

 

SPICE TOPICS

A Brief History of SPICE

Why Simulate? 

Limitations of SPICE!

 

THE SPICE ALGORITHM

Take a look inside the SPICE engine.   How it works...

Nodal Analysis 

Non-Linear DC Analysis

Transient Analysis

Algorithm Overview 

JAVASCRIPT CALC

Circuit design collection - JavaScript/HTML

Op Amp Diff Amp - Find Signal and Common-Mode Gains.

Simple RC Filter Calculator.

R Divider Calculator.

Calc Op Amp Gain and Resistor Values.

Create a capacitor SPICE model.

Draw a rectangle on the canvas.

Draw a sine wave on the canvas.

Convert ratio, %, ppm, dB and bits to other units.

Op Amp Bandwidth versus Configuration.

 

EXCEL / VBA TOPICS

VBA Intro and Examples

VBA Basics

Excel Design Tool Series

 

SPECIAL TOPICS

Create custom random functions for Monte Carlo Analysis using Excel and LTSPICE

 

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