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Re: gEDA-user: using TI spice models



Stuart,

Thanks for your sugguestion, that worked fine.  Unfortunately, I'm not
getting results in line with what I expect.  Should I be concerned about
the other warnings?

Thanks for your time,
David Carr

Stuart Brorson wrote:

>I am not sure if ngspice recognizes "+" and "-" as valid characers, at
>least in the name of a component.  Your model incorporates current
>sources ib+ and ib-.  Try changing them to ib_p and ib_m.
>
>Stuart
>
>
>
>  
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>>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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>>I'm trying to use ngspice to model a TI opamp.  When I load the netlist
>>though, ngspice says:
>>
>>ngspice 46 -> source test.net
>>
>>Circuit: * gnetlist -g spice-sdb -o test.net test.sch
>>
>>Warning -- Level not specified on line "kf=1e-11"
>>Using level 1.
>>Warning -- Level not specified on line "kf=1e-11"
>>Using level 1.
>>Warning -- Level not specified on line ""
>>Using level 1.
>>Warning -- Level not specified on line ""
>>Using level 1.
>>Error on line 41 : i:101:b+ 1 0 8u
>>         unknown parameter (8u)
>>Error on line 42 : i:101:b- 2 0 8u
>>        device already exists, existing one being used
>>
>>         unknown parameter (8u)
>>
>>I'm a complete spice neophyte trying to follow Suart's tutorial so this
>>very well could be my fault.  I'll attach the schematic, spice netlist
>>and the models.
>>
>>Thanks for looking at this,
>>David Carr
>>
>>
>>--------------000403090204010705010606
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> name="test.net"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>Content-Disposition: inline;
>> filename="test.net"
>>
>>* gnetlist -g spice-sdb -o test.net test.sch
>>*********************************************************
>>* Spice file generated by gnetlist                      *
>>* spice-sdb version 12.27.2005 by SDB --                *
>>* provides advanced spice netlisting capability.        *
>>* Documentation at http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/SPICE/   *
>>*********************************************************
>>*vvvvvvvv  Included SPICE model from ths4513.sub vvvvvvvv
>>* THS4513 SUBCIRCUIT Rev-
>>* FULLY DIFFERENTIAL HIGH SPEED MONLITHIC OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER 
>>* WRITTEN 02-7-06
>>* THIS MODEL SIMULATES TYPICAL VALUES FOR THE FOLLOWING:
>>* FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENTIAL AMP, OUTPUT VOLTAGE LIMIT,   
>>* INPUT VOLTAGE NOISE, INPUT BIAS CURRENT, INPUT OFFSET VOLTAGE, CM SET POINT, OFFSET, AND BANDWIDTH
>>* THIS MODEL WILL NOT PROVIDE ACCURATE SIMULATION OF:  OUTPUT LOADING EFFECTS, SLEW RATE, SETTLING TIME
>>* OUTPUT IMPEDANCE, INPUT CURRENT NOISE, DISTORTION, INPUT OFFSET vs INPUT COMMON-MODE VOLTAGE, CMRR AND PSRR
>>* IN PSPICE THIS MODEL WILL NOT CONVERGE IN TRANSIENT ANALYSIS USING PULSES THAT CAUSE GREATER THAN 4000V/us SLEW RATE
>>
>>*$
>>.SUBCKT THS4513 IN+ IN- Vs+ Vs- OUT- OUT+ CM
>>
>>*INPUT*
>>Q9         Vs- 001 005 PNP_IN  2.5
>>Q10         Vs- IN- 031 PNP_IN  2.505
>>Q11         Vs+ IN- 006 NPN_IN  2.5
>>Q12         Vs+ 001 002 NPN_IN  2.495
>>Q19         039 005 008 NPN  5.198
>>Q20         038 031 009 NPN  5
>>Q21         033 006 009 PNP  5.198
>>Q22         035 002 008 PNP  5
>>R1          009 008  90  
>>VI1         002 003 0.69995  
>>VI2         004 005 0.701  
>>VI3         006 007 0.701  
>>VI10        036 031 0.70005  
>>R20         036 Vs+  2.7k  
>>R21         004 Vs+  2.7k  
>>R22         Vs- 003  2.7k  
>>R23         Vs- 007  2.7k  
>>C1         0 001   0.3p  
>>C2         0 IN-    0.3p  
>>V1         001 IN+ 000u
>>IB+	IN+ 0	8u
>>IB-	IN- 0	8u
>>
>>*HIGH Z NODE*
>>Q23         041 041 039 PNP  5
>>Q24         027 041 038 PNP  5
>>Q17         037 037 038 PNP  5
>>Q18         029 037 039 PNP  5
>>Q15         032 032 033 NPN  5
>>Q16         034 034 035 NPN  5
>>Q14         029 032 035 NPN  5
>>Q13         027 034 033 NPN  5 
>>I8         Vs+ 032 DC 750u  
>>I9         Vs+ 034 DC 750u  
>>I11         037 Vs- DC 750u  
>>I12         041 Vs- DC 750u  
>>R30         029 027  0.5meg 
>>C5         029 027  0.7p  
>>R16         038 Vs+  500  
>>R17         039 Vs+  500  
>>R18         038 Vs+  500  
>>R19         039 Vs+  500  
>>R24         Vs- 035  500  
>>R25         Vs- 033  500  
>>R26         Vs- 035  500  
>>R27         Vs- 033  500  
>>
>>*VOLTAGE LIMIT*
>>Q116         027 027 128 NPN  5
>>V116         Vs+ 128   1.75 
>>Q118         027 027 138 PNP  5
>>V118         138 Vs-   1.75  
>>Q216         029 029 228 NPN  5
>>V216         Vs+ 228   1.75 
>>Q218         029 029 238 PNP  5
>>V218         238 Vs-   1.75  
>>RQ	Vs+ Vs- 475
>>
>>*FREQUENCY SHAPING*
>>E2         028 0 027 0 1
>>E3         030 0 029 0 1
>>C3         0 024  3p  
>>C4         0 017  3p  
>>L1         025 028  2n  
>>L2         030 026  2n  
>>R10         024 025  25  
>>R11         017 026  25  
>>
>>*OUTPUT BUFFER*
>>Q1         Vs+ 012 013 NPN  50
>>Q2         Vs- 015 016 PNP  50
>>Q3         Vs+ 017 015 NPN  13
>>Q4         Vs- 017 012 PNP  13
>>Q5         Vs+ 019 020 NPN  50
>>Q6         Vs- 021 023 PNP  50
>>Q7         Vs+ 024 021 NPN  13
>>Q8         Vs- 024 019 PNP  13
>>I4         011 012 DC 2m  
>>I5         015 014 DC 2m  
>>I6         018 019 DC 2m  
>>I7         021 022 DC 2m 
>>R4         Vs- 014  100  
>>R7         018 Vs+  100  
>>R12         011 Vs+  100  
>>R13         Vs- 022  100  
>>R5         OUT- 013  1  
>>R6         016 OUT-  1  
>>R8         OUT+ 020  1  
>>R9         023 OUT+  1  
>>
>>*CM CIRCUIT*
>>R2         OUT+ 010  10k  
>>R3         010 OUT-  10k  
>>*C102 	OUT+ 010 100p
>>*C103 	010 OUT- 100p
>>R114       CM CM2  100 
>>C114 	   CM2 0 2.3p
>>R14         Vs+ CM2  50k  
>>R15         Vs- CM2  50k  
>>V3         043 CM2 3m
>>F2         041 Vs- VF2 1
>>VF2        040 Vs- 0V
>>F1         037 Vs- VF1 1
>>VF1        042 040 0V
>>G1         042 Vs+ 010 043 .002
>>*R100	042 0 1meg
>>*C100 	042 0 10p
>>
>>.MODEL NPN_IN NPN KF=1E-11
>>.MODEL PNP_IN PNP KF=1E-11
>>.MODEL NPN NPN
>>.MODEL PNP PNP
>>.ENDS
>>
>>
>>
>>*$
>>*^^^^^^^^  End of included SPICE model from ths4513.sub ^^^^^^^^
>>*
>>*==============  Begin SPICE netlist of main design ============
>>C102 V2 0 12pF  
>>R101 1 3 340  
>>C101 V1 0 12pF  
>>X101 1 2 Vcc -Vcc 4 3 0 ths4513
>>R106 4 V2 100  
>>R105 3 V1 100  
>>R104 5 1 340  
>>V103 5 0 AC
>>R103 0 2 340  
>>V102 Vcc 0 DC 1.66V
>>R102 2 4 340  
>>V101 0 -Vcc DC 1.66V
>>.END
>>
>>--------------000403090204010705010606
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> name="test.sch"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>Content-Disposition: inline;
>> filename="test.sch"
>>
>>v 20060123 1
>>C 45600 26300 1 0 0 ths4513.sym
>>{
>>T 46800 28200 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=X101
>>T 47100 28200 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=ths4513
>>T 46800 27200 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>file=ths4513.sub
>>}
>>C 44500 30800 1 0 0 vdc-1.sym
>>{
>>T 45200 31450 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=V101
>>T 45200 31250 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=DC 1.66V
>>}
>>C 44500 32300 1 0 0 vdc-1.sym
>>{
>>T 45200 32950 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=V102
>>T 45200 32750 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=DC 1.66V
>>}
>>C 45200 31800 1 0 0 gnd-1.sym
>>C 44500 30100 1 0 0 vcc-minus-1.sym
>>C 44600 33600 1 0 0 vcc-2.sym
>>N 44800 33500 44800 33600 4
>>N 45300 32100 44800 32100 4
>>N 44800 32000 44800 32300 4
>>N 44800 30700 44800 30800 4
>>C 46400 28400 1 0 0 vcc-2.sym
>>C 46300 26600 1 0 0 vcc-minus-1.sym
>>N 46600 27200 46600 27300 4
>>N 46600 28300 46600 28400 4
>>C 44600 27900 1 270 0 gnd-1.sym
>>N 44900 27800 46100 27800 4
>>C 46200 29300 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 46400 29600 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R101
>>T 46500 29100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=340
>>}
>>C 42100 26700 1 0 0 vsin-1.sym
>>{
>>T 42800 27350 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=V103
>>T 42800 27150 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=AC
>>}
>>N 45900 28100 46100 28100 4
>>N 45900 27500 46100 27500 4
>>N 46200 26100 46000 26100 4
>>N 46000 26100 46000 27500 4
>>N 46200 29400 46000 29400 4
>>N 46000 29400 46000 28100 4
>>C 44700 27100 1 0 0 gnd-1.sym
>>N 44800 27400 44800 27500 4
>>N 44800 27500 45000 27500 4
>>C 42300 26200 1 0 0 gnd-1.sym
>>N 42400 26500 42400 26700 4
>>N 45000 28100 42400 28100 4
>>N 42400 28100 42400 27900 4
>>N 47100 26100 47600 26100 4
>>N 47600 26100 47600 27700 4
>>N 47600 27700 47100 27700 4
>>N 47600 27900 47600 29400 4
>>N 47600 29400 47100 29400 4
>>C 46200 26000 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 46400 26300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R102
>>T 46500 25800 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=340
>>}
>>C 45000 27400 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 45200 27700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R103
>>T 45300 27200 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=340
>>}
>>C 45000 28000 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 45200 28300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R104
>>T 45300 27800 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=340
>>}
>>C 48100 28300 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 48300 28600 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R105
>>T 48400 28100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=100
>>}
>>C 48100 27100 1 0 0 resistor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 48300 27400 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=R106
>>T 48400 26900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=100
>>}
>>N 48100 27200 47600 27200 4
>>N 47100 27900 47600 27900 4
>>N 48100 28400 47600 28400 4
>>C 49400 28200 1 0 0 capacitor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 49600 28700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=C101
>>T 49600 29100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1
>>symversion=0.1
>>T 49700 28000 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=12pF
>>}
>>N 49000 28400 49400 28400 4
>>{
>>T 49000 28500 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>netname=V1
>>}
>>C 50300 27900 1 0 0 gnd-1.sym
>>N 50300 28400 50400 28400 4
>>N 50400 28400 50400 28200 4
>>C 49400 27000 1 0 0 capacitor-1.sym
>>{
>>T 49600 27500 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=C102
>>T 49600 27900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1
>>symversion=0.1
>>T 49700 26800 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>value=12pF
>>}
>>C 50300 26700 1 0 0 gnd-1.sym
>>N 50300 27200 50400 27200 4
>>N 50400 27200 50400 27000 4
>>N 49000 27200 49400 27200 4
>>{
>>T 49000 27300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>netname=V2
>>}
>>
>>--------------000403090204010705010606
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> name="ths4513.sub"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>Content-Disposition: inline;
>> filename="ths4513.sub"
>>
>>* THS4513 SUBCIRCUIT Rev-
>>* FULLY DIFFERENTIAL HIGH SPEED MONLITHIC OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER 
>>* WRITTEN 02-7-06
>>* THIS MODEL SIMULATES TYPICAL VALUES FOR THE FOLLOWING:
>>* FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENTIAL AMP, OUTPUT VOLTAGE LIMIT,   
>>* INPUT VOLTAGE NOISE, INPUT BIAS CURRENT, INPUT OFFSET VOLTAGE, CM SET POINT, OFFSET, AND BANDWIDTH
>>* THIS MODEL WILL NOT PROVIDE ACCURATE SIMULATION OF:  OUTPUT LOADING EFFECTS, SLEW RATE, SETTLING TIME
>>* OUTPUT IMPEDANCE, INPUT CURRENT NOISE, DISTORTION, INPUT OFFSET vs INPUT COMMON-MODE VOLTAGE, CMRR AND PSRR
>>* IN PSPICE THIS MODEL WILL NOT CONVERGE IN TRANSIENT ANALYSIS USING PULSES THAT CAUSE GREATER THAN 4000V/us SLEW RATE
>>
>>*$
>>.SUBCKT THS4513 IN+ IN- Vs+ Vs- OUT- OUT+ CM
>>
>>*INPUT*
>>Q9         Vs- 001 005 PNP_IN  2.5
>>Q10         Vs- IN- 031 PNP_IN  2.505
>>Q11         Vs+ IN- 006 NPN_IN  2.5
>>Q12         Vs+ 001 002 NPN_IN  2.495
>>Q19         039 005 008 NPN  5.198
>>Q20         038 031 009 NPN  5
>>Q21         033 006 009 PNP  5.198
>>Q22         035 002 008 PNP  5
>>R1          009 008  90  
>>VI1         002 003 0.69995  
>>VI2         004 005 0.701  
>>VI3         006 007 0.701  
>>VI10        036 031 0.70005  
>>R20         036 Vs+  2.7k  
>>R21         004 Vs+  2.7k  
>>R22         Vs- 003  2.7k  
>>R23         Vs- 007  2.7k  
>>C1         0 001   0.3p  
>>C2         0 IN-    0.3p  
>>V1         001 IN+ 000u
>>IB+	IN+ 0	8u
>>IB-	IN- 0	8u
>>
>>*HIGH Z NODE*
>>Q23         041 041 039 PNP  5
>>Q24         027 041 038 PNP  5
>>Q17         037 037 038 PNP  5
>>Q18         029 037 039 PNP  5
>>Q15         032 032 033 NPN  5
>>Q16         034 034 035 NPN  5
>>Q14         029 032 035 NPN  5
>>Q13         027 034 033 NPN  5 
>>I8         Vs+ 032 DC 750u  
>>I9         Vs+ 034 DC 750u  
>>I11         037 Vs- DC 750u  
>>I12         041 Vs- DC 750u  
>>R30         029 027  0.5meg 
>>C5         029 027  0.7p  
>>R16         038 Vs+  500  
>>R17         039 Vs+  500  
>>R18         038 Vs+  500  
>>R19         039 Vs+  500  
>>R24         Vs- 035  500  
>>R25         Vs- 033  500  
>>R26         Vs- 035  500  
>>R27         Vs- 033  500  
>>
>>*VOLTAGE LIMIT*
>>Q116         027 027 128 NPN  5
>>V116         Vs+ 128   1.75 
>>Q118         027 027 138 PNP  5
>>V118         138 Vs-   1.75  
>>Q216         029 029 228 NPN  5
>>V216         Vs+ 228   1.75 
>>Q218         029 029 238 PNP  5
>>V218         238 Vs-   1.75  
>>RQ	Vs+ Vs- 475
>>
>>*FREQUENCY SHAPING*
>>E2         028 0 027 0 1
>>E3         030 0 029 0 1
>>C3         0 024  3p  
>>C4         0 017  3p  
>>L1         025 028  2n  
>>L2         030 026  2n  
>>R10         024 025  25  
>>R11         017 026  25  
>>
>>*OUTPUT BUFFER*
>>Q1         Vs+ 012 013 NPN  50
>>Q2         Vs- 015 016 PNP  50
>>Q3         Vs+ 017 015 NPN  13
>>Q4         Vs- 017 012 PNP  13
>>Q5         Vs+ 019 020 NPN  50
>>Q6         Vs- 021 023 PNP  50
>>Q7         Vs+ 024 021 NPN  13
>>Q8         Vs- 024 019 PNP  13
>>I4         011 012 DC 2m  
>>I5         015 014 DC 2m  
>>I6         018 019 DC 2m  
>>I7         021 022 DC 2m 
>>R4         Vs- 014  100  
>>R7         018 Vs+  100  
>>R12         011 Vs+  100  
>>R13         Vs- 022  100  
>>R5         OUT- 013  1  
>>R6         016 OUT-  1  
>>R8         OUT+ 020  1  
>>R9         023 OUT+  1  
>>
>>*CM CIRCUIT*
>>R2         OUT+ 010  10k  
>>R3         010 OUT-  10k  
>>*C102 	OUT+ 010 100p
>>*C103 	010 OUT- 100p
>>R114       CM CM2  100 
>>C114 	   CM2 0 2.3p
>>R14         Vs+ CM2  50k  
>>R15         Vs- CM2  50k  
>>V3         043 CM2 3m
>>F2         041 Vs- VF2 1
>>VF2        040 Vs- 0V
>>F1         037 Vs- VF1 1
>>VF1        042 040 0V
>>G1         042 Vs+ 010 043 .002
>>*R100	042 0 1meg
>>*C100 	042 0 10p
>>
>>.MODEL NPN_IN NPN KF=1E-11
>>.MODEL PNP_IN PNP KF=1E-11
>>.MODEL NPN NPN
>>.MODEL PNP PNP
>>.ENDS
>>
>>
>>
>>*$
>>
>>--------------000403090204010705010606
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> name="ths4513.sym"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>Content-Disposition: inline;
>> filename="ths4513.sym"
>>
>>v 20060123 1
>>L 700 1900 700 1100 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 800 1850 800 1750 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 750 1800 850 1800 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 750 1200 850 1200 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>P 500 1800 700 1800 1 0 0
>>{
>>T 650 1850 5 8 1 1 0 6 1
>>pinnumber=1
>>T 700 1750 5 8 0 1 0 8 1
>>pinseq=1
>>T 750 1800 5 8 0 1 0 0 1
>>pinlabel=IN+
>>T 750 1800 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pintype=in
>>}
>>P 500 1200 700 1200 1 0 0
>>{
>>T 650 1250 5 8 1 1 0 6 1
>>pinnumber=2
>>T 650 1150 5 8 0 1 0 8 1
>>pinseq=2
>>T 750 1200 5 8 0 1 0 0 1
>>pinlabel=IN-
>>T 750 1200 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pintype=in
>>}
>>P 1300 1600 1500 1600 1 0 1
>>{
>>T 1350 1650 5 8 1 1 0 0 1
>>pinnumber=6
>>T 1350 1550 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pinseq=6
>>T 1250 1600 5 8 0 1 0 6 1
>>pinlabel=OUT+
>>T 1250 1600 5 8 0 1 0 8 1
>>pintype=out
>>}
>>P 1000 1800 1000 2000 1 0 1
>>{
>>T 1050 1850 5 8 1 1 0 0 1
>>pinnumber=3
>>T 1050 1850 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pinseq=3
>>T 1000 1750 5 8 0 1 0 5 1
>>pinlabel=Vs+
>>T 1000 1650 5 8 0 1 0 5 1
>>pintype=pwr
>>}
>>P 1000 1200 1000 1000 1 0 1
>>{
>>T 1050 1100 5 8 1 1 0 0 1
>>pinnumber=4
>>T 1050 1100 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pinseq=4
>>T 1000 1250 5 8 0 1 0 3 1
>>pinlabel=Vs-
>>T 1000 1350 5 8 0 1 0 3 1
>>pintype=pwr
>>}
>>L 700 1900 700 2000 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 700 1100 700 1000 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 700 1000 1400 1500 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>L 1400 1500 700 2000 3 0 0 0 -1 -1
>>T 1200 1900 8 10 1 1 0 0 1
>>refdes=X?
>>P 1300 1400 1500 1400 1 0 1
>>{
>>T 1350 1250 5 8 1 1 0 0 1
>>pinnumber=5
>>T 1350 1350 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pinseq=5
>>T 1250 1400 5 8 0 1 0 6 1
>>pinlabel=OUT-
>>T 1250 1400 5 8 0 1 0 8 1
>>pintype=out
>>}
>>P 700 1500 500 1500 1 0 1
>>{
>>T 650 1550 5 8 1 1 0 6 1
>>pinnumber=7
>>T 650 1450 5 8 0 1 0 8 1
>>pinseq=7
>>T 750 1500 5 8 0 1 0 0 1
>>pinlabel=CM
>>T 750 1500 5 8 0 1 0 2 1
>>pintype=in
>>}
>>T 750 1500 9 8 1 0 0 0 1
>>CM
>>T 68100 47500 8 10 0 1 0 0 1
>>device=IC
>>T 1200 1100 9 10 1 0 0 0 1
>>Spice
>>
>>--------------000403090204010705010606--
>>
>>    
>>