Patent Document ID: 20020183990
Application ID: 10043981
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: creating one or more data structures sufficient to model an electronic circuit as a collection of n elements consisting of: zero or more LRV elements, each having at least one of (a) a non-zero inductance parameter L br, (b) a non-zero resistance parameter r br, or (c) a non-zero voltage source parameter e br, but neither a non-zero capacitance parameter, nor a non-zero current source parameter, nor a switch parameter; zero or more CRI elements, each having at least one of (a) a non-zero capacitance parameter C br, (b) a non-zero resistance parameter r br, or (c) a non-zero current source parameter j br, but neither a non-zero inductance parameter, nor a non-zero voltage source parameter, nor a switch parameter; and zero or more switching elements, each having a switch state and neither a non-zero inductance parameter, a non-zero capacitance parameter, a non-zero resistance parameter, a non-zero voltage source parameter, nor a non-zero current source parameter; and automatically generating a first set of state equations from said one or more data structures; and simulating operation of the electronic circuit by application of said first set of state equations; wherein n is at least two, and the collection comprises either an LRV element for which at least two of L br, r br, or e br are non-zero, or a CRI element for which at least two of C br, r br, or j br are non-zero.