Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design

Circuit simulation is widely used in communication and control equipment hardware design. This article introduces an extended version of the popular Qucs circuit simulator called Qucs-0.0.19S. It is a simulation tool which supports multiple SPICE circuit simulators, including Ngspice and Xyce. The p...

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Main Authors: Brinson, Mike, Kuznetsov, Vadim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3931/1/Qucs.pdf
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Summary:Circuit simulation is widely used in communication and control equipment hardware design. This article introduces an extended version of the popular Qucs circuit simulator called Qucs-0.0.19S. It is a simulation tool which supports multiple SPICE circuit simulators, including Ngspice and Xyce. The package is equipped with a graphical user interface, component and compact device modelling tools, a choice of simulation engine, and advanced simulation data post-processing facilities. It allows user to construct simulation components using XSPICE "CodeModelling" and to add simulation techniques via Nutmeg scripting. Qucs-0.0.19S is targeted at academic and industrial applications. This paper presents the package software implementation details and a series of typical application studies.