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Configuring A DC Operating Point Analysis in Multisim - National Instruments

This document discusses how to configure and run a DC operating point analysis in Multisim. It describes how a DC operating point analysis calculates the steady-state operating conditions of a circuit with DC sources. The user is walked through setting up an analysis of a Colpitts oscillator circuit to determine the DC voltage at the collector. The steps include selecting the analysis type, choosing the output variable, and running the simulation. The results are then verified through hand calculations of the reduced circuit.

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Configuring A DC Operating Point Analysis in Multisim - National Instruments

This document discusses how to configure and run a DC operating point analysis in Multisim. It describes how a DC operating point analysis calculates the steady-state operating conditions of a circuit with DC sources. The user is walked through setting up an analysis of a Colpitts oscillator circuit to determine the DC voltage at the collector. The steps include selecting the analysis type, choosing the output variable, and running the simulation. The results are then verified through hand calculations of the reduced circuit.

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ConfiguringaDCOperatingPointAnalysisinMultisim
PublishDate:Mar27,2012

Overview
MultisimfeaturesacomprehensivesuiteofSPICEanalysesforexaminingcircuitbehavior.Theseanalysesrangefromthe
basictosophisticated.Eachanalysishelpsyoutoobtainvaluableinformationsuchastheeffectsofcomponenttolerancesand
sensitivities.ForeachanalysisyouneedtosetsettingsthatwillinformMultisimexactlywhattoanalyze,andhow.

Multisimsimplifiestheprocedureforanadvancedanalysisbyprovidingaconfigurationwindow.Thisabstractsawaythe
complexitiesassociatedwithSPICEsyntaxandconfigurationofananalysis.Withthiswindowyoumerelyneedtospecifythe
parametervaluesandoutputnodesofinterest.

ThistutorialispartoftheNationalInstrumentsSPICEAnalysisFundamentalsSeries.
(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/12794)Eachtutorialinthisseriesprovidesyouwithstepbystepinstructionsonhow
toconfigureandrunthedifferentSPICEanalysesavailableinMultisim.powerfulsimulationandanalysiswhileabstractingthe
complexityofSPICEsyntax.

TableofContents
1.Introduction
2.RunningDCOperatingPointAnalysis
3.AdditionalResources

1.Introduction
DCOperatingPointAnalysiscalculatesthebehaviorofacircuitwhenaDCvoltageorcurrentisappliedtoit.Theresultof
thisanalysisisgenerallyreferredasthebiaspointorquiescentpoint,Qpoint.Inmostcases,theresultsoftheDCOperating
PointAnalysisareintermediatevaluesforfurtheranalysis.Forexample,inACAnalysis
(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/12690),theDCoperatingpointisfirstcalculatedtoobtainlinear,smallsignalmodels
forallnonlinearcomponents(suchadiodesandtransistors).
Assumptions:ACsourcesarezeroedout,capacitorsareopen,inductorsareshorted,digitalcomponentsaretreatedasa
largeresistortoground.
2.RunningDCOperatingPointAnalysis
Inthisexample,wecalculatetheDCvaluegeneratedatthecollector,VC,oftheColpittsoscillatorcircuitshowninFigure1.
Youcangetthisfile,colpitts_oscillator.ms11fromtheDownloadssection.

Figure1.Colpittsoscillatorcircuit.
CompletethefollowingstepstoconfigureandrunaDCOperatingPointAnalysis.
1.SelectSimulateAnalysesDCOperatingPoint.
Note:InSPICE(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5414#toc1),thecommandthatrequestsaDCoperatingpoint
calculationis.OP.Inthiscasetherearenoanalysisparameterstobeset,thereforetheAnalysisParameterstabdoesnot
appear.
2.SelecttheVariablesincircuitlist,selectAllvariablesfromthedropdownlist,andthenhighlightV(vc)fromthelist.
3.ClicktheAddbuttontomovethevariabletotherightsideunderSelectedvariablesforanalysis,asshownbelow.

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Figure2.SettingsfortheDCOperatingPointAnalysis.
4.ClickSimulatetoruntheDCOperatingPointAnalysis.TheGrapherViewwindowopensandpresentstheresultfor
V(vc):

Figure3.GrapherViewresultsfortheDCOperatingPointAnalysis.
ToverifythisresultyouwillanalyzetheColpittsoscillatorcircuitshowninFigure1.KeepinmindthatwhendoingaDC
OperatingPointAnalysis,inductorsareshortedandcapacitorsareopen.Figures4aand4bshowthereducedcircuit.

(a)

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(b)
Figure4.ReducedcircuittocalculatetheDCoperatingpoint.
Usethefollowingexpressionstocalculatethecollectorvoltage,VC:
Dividercurrent:

Basevoltage:

Emittervoltage:

Emittercurrent:

Collectorcurrent:

Collectorvoltage:

Notethatthiscalculation(VC=4.81V)matchestheresultobtainedbytheDCOperatingPointAnalysisinMultisim.
SincetheDCOperatingPointAnalysisisoftenperformedasthefirststepofotheranalyses,itisimportanttoknowhowto
solveconvergenceproblemsandanalysisfailures.RefertotheTroubleshootingDCOperatingPointAnalysisFailures
(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/12791)articletolearnmoreaboutit.
3.AdditionalResources
EnteringExpressionsinAnalysesinMultisim(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4169)
SPICEAnalysisFundamentals(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/12794)
CircuitDesignTechnicalLibrary(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5579)
Downloada30DayEvaluationofNIMultisim(http://www.ni.com/multisim/try/)
JointheNICircuitDesignCommunity(http://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/circuit)

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