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SPICE

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) is a general-purpose, open-source analog electronic circuit simulator. It is a program used in integrated circuit and board-level design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior.

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Available in
English
License
Public domain
Original author
Laurence W. Nagel
Release
1973; 53 years ago (1973)
Type
Electronic circuit simulation
Written in
Fortran

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SPICE usage beyond electronic simulation

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SPICE

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Edges111
Triples124
Avg. degree1.98
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Components1

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SPICE

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related to Origins · 36
SPICE → Adams-Moulton, At, BDF, Berkeley, Berkeley's CDC, California, CANCER, Computer Analysis, Defense, Donald Pederson, Electronics Research Laboratory, Ellis Cohen, Excluding Radiation, FORTRAN, FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN-based, Gear, It, Laurence, Nagel
related to Commercial versions and spinoffs · 15
SPICE → Among, Ashawna, Berkeley SPICE, Cadence Design Systems, HSPICE, IC, ISPICE, Kim Hailey, Meta Software, National CSS, PSPICE, SPICE-based, Synopsys, The, Today
related to Open-source successors · 12
SPICE → Berkeley SPICE, CIDER, CODECS, Georgia Tech, Ngspice, No, Oregon State University, Since, SPICE OPUS, UC Berkeley, WRspice, XSPICE
related to Device models · 11
SPICE → BSIM, Ebers, Gummel, In, JFET, Moll, MOSFET, Poon, SPICE2, SPICE3, UC Berkeley
related to Histories, original papers · 9
SPICE → Nagel's, SPICE1, SPICE2, SPICE3, SPICESPICE2, The, Thomas Quarles, UC BerkeleyCider, UC BerkeleySPICE
related to Input and output: Netlists, schematic capture and plotting · 8
SPICE → Also, In, Several, SPICE2, SPICE3, These, UNIX, Vendors
related to Analyses · 6
SPICE → AC, DC, Noise, SPICE2, Transfer, Transient
see also · 6
SPICE → Buffer Information Specification, Comparison, EDA, Electronics, IBIS, SPICE OPUSTransistor
related to Introduction · 5
SPICE → Further, IC, Simulating, The SPICE, Unlike
related to SPICE usage beyond electronic simulation · 4
SPICE → As SPICE, For, In, Likewise

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circuit simulation models added integrated analyses circuits analysis program berkeley also voltage many spice2 simulators elements used design commercial device

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SPICEAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
SPICELicensePublic domain1.00infobox
SPICEOriginal authorLaurence W. Nagel1.00infobox
SPICERelease1973; 53 years ago (1973)1.00infobox
SPICETypeElectronic circuit simulation1.00infobox
SPICEWebsitebwrcs.eecs.berkeley.edu/Classes/IcBook/SPICE/1.00infobox
SPICEWritten inFortran1.00infobox
SPICEis aindustry-standard way to verify circuit operation at the transistor level before committing to manufacturing an integrated circuit0.90text
SPICErelated to AnalysesSPICE20.60section
SPICErelated to AnalysesAC0.60section
SPICErelated to AnalysesDC0.60section
SPICErelated to AnalysesNoise0.60section

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