Week 3: Setting Up HSPICE

Hi everyone,

For the last week, I’ve taken the opportunity to set up and begin running a core part of my senior project, HSPICE. To summarize briefly, HSPICE is a program that takes in a netlist (basically just a text file) that consists of a circuit description and options for analysis. Afterwards, the program outputs the analysis done on that circuit.

I’ve been familiarizing myself with the program through tutorials that provide me with basic circuitry and semiconductors, allowing me to practice creating netlists and running them through HSPICE. To start, I’ve been simulating RC circuits that involve more simple netlists while still permitting transient analysis of the different nodes of the circuit.

Here is an example of a tutorial from UC Berkeley: https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ee105/sp10/tutorials/HSPICE_Tutorial.pdf

I will continue to learn more about HSPICE by simulating more advanced circuits and just familiarizing myself with the program in general, as said before. From there I can more easily determine in more detail how I will actually apply it to my project throughout future weeks.