Power Supply Designer

Full ICAP/4 Capability Including Magnetic Designer & Power Libaries

Power Supply Designer combines the Power Deluxe version of the ICAP/4Windows analog and mixed-signal simulator with a powerful Magnetics Designer transformer and inductor synthesis tool. This is the industry’s only power-electronic design automation solution that furnishes a complete design entry, simulation and verification flow, including full magnetic synthesis, in one easy-to-use package. An intuitive graphical approach to all of applications makes its operation easy and fast. You can perform high-speed cycle-by-cycle simulation to show true large-signal performance of switching designs; simulate current-mode control using new state-of-the-art modeling techniques; run CCM and DCM converter simulations; analyze control systems, study open-loop design characteristics without breaking the closed loop; measure power stage loss; and activate component stress alarms to monitor power violation. Magnetics Designer designs and synthesizes all types of layer and section wound transformers and inductors, based on user prescribed electrical specifications. A winding sheet report and a SPICE-compatible model with parasitics are furnished as output. A database with thousands of cores, wide variety of materials and wire is included. In addition, you can add your own cores, wire and material information using a supplied Excel© spreadsheet. Several core vendors are supported, in addition to formvar, square or double square magnet wire, Litz wire, PCB traces and foil. Magnetics Designer calculates magnetizing and leakage inductance, inter-winding capacitance, peak flux density, DC winding resistance, high frequency AC resistance (including proximity effects and skin effect), copper loss (both AC and DC), core loss, weight, temperature rise, layer fill and window fill percentage. Typical applications include high frequency switching-regulator transformers; output chokes for off-line, full-wave and forward converters; 60 Hz single-phase line transformers; AC inductors; planar magnetic devices and 400 Hz aircraft transformers. Library elements run the course, featuring new hysteretic average models; General Feedback Theorem (GFT) models that preserve DC bias while measuring open loop properties; 30 power supply schematic templates with various ICs and custom power components for SMPS design; and a gamut of many other ready-to-use power devices, all totaling more than 22,700 parts. The package also provides SpiceMod, ICAP/4’s model building tool that easily creates and tests new models from manufacturers’ datasheet entry. And Library Manager organizes and archives models, including comparison and search capability. In all, Power Supply Designer designs, simulates and verifies your entire power system, or any analog, mixed-signal or mixed-systems design. Its schematic entry and design management system also includes footprint information for operation with the Bartels AutoEngineer PCB layout and route software.
Highlights
  • IsSpice4: Intusoft’s significantly enhanced SPICE 3.F5 and XSPICE based simulation kernel
  • Unlimited circuit size for simulation of large-scale mixed-signal ICs, circuits and systems
  • Mixed mode simulation, including digital components with timing parameters, behavioral blocks for special components and mixed-engineering system design
  • Fully integrated design entry and simulation system, interactive for fast design changes and debug
  • Unprecedented technical support program, full documentation and on-line help within all applications
Simulation Environment
  • All SPICE analyses: AC, DC, operating point, transient, for./rev. fourier, temperature, noise, AC & transient sensitivity, distortion, parametric sweep and interactive sweep
  • Design Validator used to establish and record gamut of pass/fail measurements throughout design for failure analysis
  • Real time waveforms that display different types of simulation runs
  • Several types of analyses run sequentially with multiple real time wave views
  • Pause, change component values (or as expressions for function of other components’ changes), resume simulation
  • Waveforms, operating point information and user created artwork/text displayed directly on the schematic
  • Analysis and convergence wizards to eliminate learning curve and need for spice syntax
  • Fast single or nested component sweeps for stepping values, part parameters or temperature through a range, generating curve family
Models
  • SPICE 2G through SPICE 3F elements and through IBIS v3.2 support
  • Comprehensive SPICE Model Library (22,300+ components), with greater than 476 part types
  • Advanced behavioral modeling such as math expressions, if-then-else, AHDL, and table & Laplace models.
  • Enter expressions for R, L and C models such as frequency, temperature, and conditional statements to alter simulation
  • MESFET models including, HMET and Anadigics model
  • MOSFET models including very latest EKV, BSIM3 and BSIM4
  • Lossy Transmission line model
  • Revolutionary GFT models that preserve closed loop design and DC operating characteristics while measuring open loop properties. Great for IC and SMPS design
  • SpiceMod for easily creating new models or altering existing ones, including test circuit verification
  • Library Manager organizes and archives models, including comparison and search
  • Additional Power Designer library of nearly 800 models, chosen specifically for power designers
  • Furnishes thousands of cores and wide variety of materials and wire
Other Key Features
  • Complete storage of simulation setups, and post-simulation verification for regression testing
  • Cross probe any node or component on schematic after simulation and view instant waveforms on schematic or in IntuScope in 3 selectable modes
  • Pole/zero analysis for insight to circuit stability & compensation methods
  • Design optimization automatically refines component values to achieve a design objective, such as minimal overshoot and improved gain-phase margin
  • Industry’s most advanced wave viewer “IntuScope” for viewing multiple simulation runs, extracting numerical data and performing numerous waveform operations. Includes all voltages, currents, power dissipations, multiple graphs, full set of cursor measurements and wave markers, plus extensive wave calculator with 150 operations.
  • Affordable price point with truly useful features not found in competitive offerings

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