Micro-Cap 10
Electronic Circuit Analysis Program
Reference Manual
Copyright 1982-2010 by Spectrum Software
1021 South Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: (408) 738-4387
FAX: (408) 738-4702
Internet:www.spectrum-soft.com
Support:support@spectrum-soft.com
Sales:sales@spectrum-soft.com
Tenth Edition
October 2010
Copyright
© Spectrum Software. 1982-2010. This manual and the software described in it
are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. No part of this publication, or the soft-
ware, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or
translated into any language in any form without the written permission of Spec-
trum Software.
Software license notice
Your license agreement with Spectrum Software, which is included with the
product, describes the uses of the software which are permitted and the uses
which are prohibited. Any unauthorized duplication of Micro-Cap 10, in whole or
in part, in print, or in any other retrieval or storage system is expressly forbidden.
3
Contents - Typographic conventions 15
Chapter 1 - Windows Basics 17
Introduction 18
Parts of a window 18
Basic mouse and keyboard techniques 2
1
Menus 2
2
Chapter 2 - The Circuit Editor 23
Circuit structure 25
Schematic objects 27
Schematic modes 28
Circuit editor 32
Selecting and deselecting objects 34
Creating a new circuit 36
Adding and editing components 37
The Attribute dialog box 39
Adding wires to a schematic 44
Using the Bus 46
Adding and editing grid text 48
Formula text 51
Adding and editing graphic objects 53
Adding and editing ags 54
Moving schematic objects 54
Rotating schematic objects 54
Stepping schematic objects 55
Mirroring schematic objects 56
Deleting schematic objects 57
The Undo and Redo commands 57
Enabling / disabling schematic objects 58
Node number assignment 59
The clipboard 60
Drag copying 61
The Info command 62
The Help command 62
The Digital Path commands 63
Navigating schematics 65
Global Settings 66
The File menu 71
The Edit menu 76
Contents
4
The Component menu 82
The Component panel 84
The Windows menu 85
The Options menu 8
7
The Analysis menu 107
The Design menu 10
9
The Model menu 110
The Model editor 11
1
The Help system 11
3
Chapter 3 - The Shape Editor 116
The Shape editor layout 117
The Object editor 12
4
The Shape library 126
Chapter 4 - The Component Editor 128
The Component editor layout 129
Adding components to the library 13
5
Adding subcircuits to the library 13
6
Using the Add Part wizard 13
9
Using the Import wizard 141
Adding SPICE Models from Manufacturers 14
3
Using Copy, Paste, and Replace 14
8
Making circuit les portable 14
9
Chapter 5 - The Package Editor 151
The Package editor layout 152
Adding basic packages to the library 155
Adding complex packages to the library 15
6
Chapter 6 - Transient Analysis 157
What happens in transient analysis 158
The Transient Analysis Limits dialog box 16
0
The Transient menu 16
6
Initialization 167
The State Variables editor 16
9
Using the P key 17
0
Numeric output 17
1
Operating Point Methods 17
3
5
Chapter 7 - AC Analysis 175
What happens in AC analysis 176
The AC Analysis Limits dialog box 17
8
The AC menu 18
4
Numeric output 185
Noise 187
AC analysis tips 188
Chapter 8 - DC Analysis 191
The DC Analysis Limits dialog box 192
The DC menu 198
Numeric output 199
Troubleshooting tips 200
Chapter 9 - Dynamic AC Analysis 201
What happens in Dynamic AC analysis 202
A sample of Dynamic AC analysis 205
Chapter 10 - Dynamic DC Analysis 209
What happens in Dynamic DC analysis 210
A sample of Dynamic DC analysis 213
Chapter 11 - Transfer Function Analysis 217
What happens in transfer function analysis 218
The Transfer Function Analysis Limits dialog box 219
A sample of transfer function analysis 220
Chapter 12 - Sensitivity Analysis 221
What happens in sensitivity analysis 222
The Sensitivity Analysis Limits dialog box 223
Chapter 13 - Distortion Analysis 227
Harmonic Distortion 228
The Harmonic Distortion Analysis Limits dialog box 229
Harmonic Distortion analysis example 232
Harmonic Distortion Properties dialog box 234
Plotting other variables 237
- 1
- 2
- 3
前往页