Patent ID: 8200461
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computer to simulate the behavior of an electronic circuit, comprising the steps of: retrieving a model representative of the circuit from a memory resource; defining an initial state of the model; selecting a transient response interval; applying a simulated input stimulus to the model; computing a solution of a system of equations to evaluate node voltages and branch currents in the model at a transient time point within the transient response interval; storing the computed solution in a memory resource; performing at least one stability analysis of the model at the transient time point, at an operating point corresponding to the computed solution at that transient time point; retrieving the computed solution from the memory resource; and repeating the computing step at another one of a plurality of transient time points, using the retrieved computed solution as an initial state of the model.