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
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3931/1/Qucs.pdf
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description 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.
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spelling oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:39312020-04-17T13:38:06Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3931/ Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design Brinson, Mike Kuznetsov, Vadim 620 Engineering & allied operations 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. IEEE 2016-05-12 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3931/1/Qucs.pdf Brinson, Mike and Kuznetsov, Vadim (2016) Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design. Proceedings of the International Siberian Conference on Control and Communications (SIBCON). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2380-6516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SIBCON.2016.7491696 10.1109/SIBCON.2016.7491696
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Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design
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title_fullStr Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design
title_full_unstemmed Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design
title_short Qucs-0.0.19S: a new open-source circuit simulator and its application for hardware design
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