INTRODUCTION TO SPICE NOISE SIMULTATION

What will you find in this website?

A quick overview of current circuit simulation tools

Overview of different SPICE simulators

Links to useful information about SPICE

Hints for using SpectreRF in phase noise simulation

About me.

Introduction:

1. What is SPICE?

SPICE stands for Simulation Program Integrated Circuits Especially. It is a program that specializes in analyzing electronic circuits. The original SPICE was developed in University of California, Berkeley.

2.What are the current available SPICE versions?

Starting from the original "Berkeley SPICE", SPICE has developed several generations and has a lot of versions based on the basic SPICE engine with different functions user interfaces now. Here I will give a short list of different versions of "SPICE" and their availability.

A more detailed introduction of these simulators can be found here.

Berkeley SPICE3f5
Platform: UNIX & LINIX.
Availability: Free.

HSPICE
Platform: UNIX
Availability: NOT free! But it is available in School of Engineering server for students of UCSC.

Spectre
Platform: UNIX
Availability: NOT free! But it is available in School of Engineering's server for students of UCSC.

PSPICE
Platform: Windows
Availability: Full version NOT free! But it is available in some electronic lab PCs of School of Engineering for UCSC.
It also has a student version for free download.

Eldo
Platform: UNIX & LINUX
Availability: NOT free! But it is available in School of Engineering's server for students of UCSC.

ADS (Advanced Design System)
Platform: Windows
Availability: NOT free.

XSPICE
Platform: LINUX
Availability: Free.

NGSPICE
Platform: LINUX
Availability: Free.

3.Some useful links about SPICE.

Here are some other useful websites for SPICE users:

Berkeley SPICE Guide

SPICE beginner's tutorial

SPICE3f5 online manual

The Designer's Guide

Berkeley SPICE Modeling

MOSIS

If you are interested, you can check out:

Comparison of different RF (microwave) Capable SPICE Simulators

Hints for using SpectreRF in phase noise simulation