This textbook provides a compact but comprehensive treatment that guides students through the analysis of circuits, using LTspice®. Ideal as a hands-on source for courses in Circuits, Electronics, Digital Logic and Power Electronics this text focuses on solving problems using market-standard software, corresponding to all key concepts covered in the classroom. The author uses his extensive classroom experience to guide students toward deeper understanding of key concepts, while they gain facility with software they will need to master for later studies and practical use in their engineering careers.
Author(s): Farzin Asadi
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 553
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
1: Simulation of Electric Circuits with LTspice®
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Installation of LTspice
1.3 Example 1: Simple Resistive Voltage Divider
1.4 Example 2: .param Command
1.5 Example 3: Potentiometer
1.6 Example 4: Obtaining the DC Operating Point of the Circuit
1.7 Example 5: DC Transfer Analysis
1.8 Example 6: .ic Command
1.9 Example 7: RL Circuit Analysis
1.10 Example 8: Switch Block
1.11 Example 9: Measurement of Phase Difference
1.12 Example 10: Calculation of RMS and Average Values
1.13 Example 11: .meas Command
1.14 Example 12: Observing the Waveform
1.15 Example 13: Calculation of Power Factor
1.16 Example 14: Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
1.17 Example 15: Current-Dependent Voltage Source
1.18 Example 16: Voltage-Dependent Current Source
1.19 Example 17: Three-Phase Circuits
1.20 Example 18: .step Command
1.21 Example 19: Coupled Inductors
1.22 Example 20: Step Response of Circuits
1.23 Example 21: Impulse Response of the Circuit
1.24 Example 22: Exporting the Simulation Result into MATLAB
1.25 Exercises
References
2: Simulation of Electronic Circuits with LTspice®
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Example 1: Transformer
2.3 Example 2: Center Tap Transformer
2.4 Example 3: Impedance Seen from Transformer
2.5 Example 4: Input Impedance of Electric Circuits
2.6 Example 5: Transfer Function of Linear Circuits
2.7 Example 6: DC Sweep Analysis
2.8 Example 7: I–V Characteristics of Zener Diode
2.9 Example 8: Common Emitter Amplifier
2.10 Example 9: FFT Analysis
2.11 Example 10: .Four Command
2.12 Example 11: THD of Common Emitter Amplifier
2.13 Example 12: Frequency Response of Common Emitter Amplifier
2.14 Example 13: Input Impedance of Common Emitter Amplifier
2.15 Example 14: Output Impedance of Common Emitter Amplifier
2.16 Example 15: Modeling a Custom Transistor with .model Command
2.17 Example 16: Temperature Sweep
2.18 Example 17: Effect of Temperature on the Forward Voltage Drop of Diode
2.19 Example 18: Noninverting op amp Amplifier
2.20 Example 19: Input Impedance of Noninverting op amp Amplifier
2.21 Example 20: Output Impedance of Noninverting op amp Amplifier
2.22 Example 21: Stability of op amp Amplifiers
2.23 Example 22: Addition of LM 741 op amp to LTspice
2.24 Example 23: Measurement of Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) of an op amp Difference Amplifier
2.25 Example 24: Measurement of CMRR for a Differential Pair Amplifier
2.26 Example 25: Differential Mode Input Impedance of Differential Pair
2.27 Example 26: Colpitts Oscillator
2.28 Example 27: Optocoupler
2.29 Example 28: Astable Oscillator with NE 555
2.30 Example 29: Low Pass Filter
2.31 Example 30: High Pass Filter
2.32 Example 31: Band Pass Filter
2.33 Exercises
References
3: Simulation of Digital Circuits with LTspice®
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Example 1: Simulation of Logic Circuits
3.3 Example 2: Schmitt-Triggered Buffer Block
3.4 Example 3: Flip Flop Blocks
3.5 Example 4: Counter Block
3.6 Example 5: Two-Bit Binary Counter
3.7 Exercises
References
4: Simulation of Power Electronics Circuits with LTspice®
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Example 1: Buck Converter (I)
4.3 Example 2: Buck Convert (II)
4.4 Example 3: Making New Blocks
4.5 Example 4: Operating Mode of DC–DC Converter
4.6 Example 5: Efficiency of the Converter
4.7 Example 6: Simulation of Circuits Containing LT IC’s
4.8 Example 7: Voltage Regulator Circuit
4.9 Example 8: Measurement of Voltage Regulation
4.10 Example 9: Dimmer Circuit
4.11 Example 10: Single-Phase Half Wave Controlled Rectifier
4.12 Example 11: Single-Phase Full Wave Controlled Rectifier (I)
4.13 Example 12: Single-Phase Full Wave Controlled Rectifier (II)
4.14 Example 13: Three-Phase Controlled Rectifier
4.15 Example 14: Harmonic Analysis of Rectifiers
4.16 Example 15: Measurement of Power Factor for Rectifier Circuits
4.17 Example 16: Single-Phase PWM Inverter
4.18 Example 17: Three-Phase PWM Inverter
4.19 Example 18: Harmonic Content of Three-Phase Inverter
4.20 Example 19: Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of Three-Phase Inverter
4.21 Exercises
References
Index
