Introduction to PSPICE Using Orcad for Circuits and Electronics, 3rd Edition [Book Review]
Introduction to PSPICE Using Orcad for Circuits and Electronics, 3rd Edition [Book Review]
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PSPICE 使用 Orcad 进行电路和电子学简介，第 3 版 [书评]
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2005年9月/10月IEEE半导体和器件杂志介绍PSPICE使用ORCAD进行半导体和电子，第3版。Rashid，Pearson Prentice-Hall，2004.电路仿真程序的使用非常广泛，不仅在工业环境和电气或电子计算机辅助设计（ECAD）技术的高级学术课程中，而且在入门级学术（或继续教育）课程中，以补充经典的“纸笔”工作。因此，显然需要学生版（可能是免费软件）仿真程序和解释其实际使用中所涉及的基本概念的书籍，用于分析正在研究的电气和/或电子电路。因此，在过去的几十年里，已经出版了许多以此为目的的书籍（通常附有学生版仿真程序），其中大部分与众所周知的仿真器UCB-SPICE和/或其最广泛的PC平台实现：PSpice（最初由MicroSim开发，然后由OrCAD合并，现在由Cadence拥有）有关。在这些书中，还有一本在这里评论的，由M.H.拉希德和编辑皮尔逊教育普伦蒂斯霍尔。实际上，它是1995年出版的《SPICE for Circuits and Electronics Using PSpice》一书的第三版（修订版），其目标是为ECAD新手读者提供（本科生或电子爱好者），掌握使用OrCAD-Cadence仿真套件启动所需的所有基本信息，它包含PSpice仿真引擎，其9.2学生版（Lite）包含在随书提供的CD-ROM中。因此，它建议自己作为电路仿真的入门教科书，“补充基本电路或电子学的标准教科书”，在课程中（P）SPICE是先决条件或共同要求。本书由序言、作者简介、十一章、七个附录、一般参考书目和分析索引组成，共474页。除了导言，所有章节都以一个简明的能力列表开始，假设在阅读该章后将获得这些能力，并以一个参考文献列表和一组问题（没有解决方案）结束，提供给读者进一步扩展和/或实际运用到目前为止获得的知识。这本（平装本）书的印刷质量很令人满意.文本字体选择得非常好，只发现了轻微的错别字（其中大部分是不熟练的读者可以识别和纠正的），几乎所有的图都是高质量的（唯一值得注意的例外是图4.17.b，应该尽快更换）。总的来说，这本书是翔实的和明确的书面，它可以安全地说，通过它将提供任何新手在该领域的基本技能，需要开始使用PSpiceOrCAD“设计中心”套件的电路仿真目的。此外，拉希德教授的专业经验在选择例子时是显而易见的，他们的“教程”性质构成了对学生读者的额外奖励。因此，这本书实际上可以建议作为第一次阅读电路仿真本科生（或从业者），需要一个快速和顺利的启动与电路仿真，当打算作为其他电气或电子工程课程的补充工具。另一方面，由于书中只包含了关于（P）SPICE嵌入式数值算法的最少信息，因此它不适合单独采用，至少不适合研究生和/或ECAD特定课程，其中充分了解“SPICE类”电路仿真工具的功能和局限性是主要目标之一。然而，在结束评论之前，有一个实际问题必须引起这本书的任何潜在买家的注意。这个问题与随书分发的特定软件有关。事实上，在整本书中，参考了他们提供的图形用户界面“PSpice Schematic”（9.1版）程序，该程序不在所附的CD-ROM上，不幸的是，与书中所述相反，它不再从Cadence网站下载。由于从Cadence网站下载（注册后）当前版本10.0的“PSpice Schematic”不能解决这个问题（它只能与完整的OrCAD-PSpice A/D生产版本10.0一起使用，而不能与可下载的学生版本10.0一起使用），因此一般读者只有两种解决方法。第一步是寻找、下载和安装PSpice-OrCAD“Design Center”套件的9.1版本（以代替随附CD-ROM上的9.2“OrCAD Lite”版本），该套件仍然可以在网络上的许多（大学）文件服务器中使用，并且包含“PSpice Schematic”和“OrCAD Capture”用户界面。第二种可能性是将书中关于使用“PSpice Schematic”的信息“翻译”成“OrCAD Capture”等效的信息，最多利用附录B中的信息。显然，从读者/购买者的角度来看，这两种解决方案都不是最佳的，他们可能期望从这样一本书的标题中不仅学习基本的ECAD概念和（P）SPICE语法规则，而且还学习有关OrCAD套件当前版本的具体和最新信息。Enrico F.电气工程师招聘巴勒莫大学，意大利
IEEE CIRCUITS & DEVICES MAGAZINE ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 INTRODUCTION TO PSPICE USING ORCAD FOR CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS, 3RD EDITION By Muhammad H. Rashid, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2004. The use of circuit simulation programs is widespread, not only in industrial environments and advanced academic courses on electrical or electronic computer-assisted design (ECAD) techniques, but also in introductorylevel academic (or continuing education) courses to supplement classical “paper and pencil” work. Therefore, there is an obvious need for both student version (freeware, possibly) simulation programs and books explaining the basic concepts involved in their practical use for the analysis of the electrical and/or electronic circuits under study. As a consequence, a number of books have been published in past decades with that aim (usually with a student version simulation program attached), most of which related to the well known simulator UCB-SPICE and/or its most widespread PC-platform implementation: PSpice (originally developed by MicroSim, then incorporated by OrCAD, and now owned by Cadence). Among such books, there is also the one here reviewed, written by Prof. M.H. Rashid and edited by Pearson Education for Prentice-Hall. Indeed, it is the third (revised) edition of a previously (1995) published book titled SPICE for Circuits and Electronics Using PSpice, and its stated goal is to provide the ECADnovice reader (undergraduate student or electronics enthusiast) with all the basic information needed to make a start-up with the use of the OrCAD-Cadence simulation suite, which incorporates the PSpice simulation engine and whose 9.2 student version (Lite) is included in the CD-ROM provided with the book. As such, it proposes itself as an introductory textbook on circuit simulation, “to supplement standard textbooks on basic circuits or electronics” in courses where (P)SPICE is a preor a co-requisite. The book is comprised of a preface, an author’s biography, 11 chapters, seven appendices, a general bibliography, and an analytical Index, for a total of 474 pages. All chapters, except the introduction, start with a concise list of abilities that it is assumed will be acquired after reading that chapter, and they end with a list of references and a set of problems (without solution) provided to the reader to further extend and/or practically exercise the knowledge gained so far, respectively. The typographical quality of this (softbound) book is quite satisfactory. Text fonts are very well selected, only minor typos have been found (most of which are identifiable and correctable by unskilled readers), and nearly all figures are of high quality (with the only noticeable exception of Fig. 4.17.b, which should be replaced as soon as possible). Overall, this book is informative and clearly written, and it can be safely stated that going through it would provide any novice in the field with the basic skills needed to start using the PSpiceOrCAD “Design Center” suite for circuit simulation purposes. Furthermore, the professional experience of Prof. Rashid is apparent in the choice of examples, and their “tutorial” nature constitutes an added bonus for the student reader. As such, the book can actually be suggested as a first reading on circuit simulation to undergraduate students (or practitioners) that need a fast and smooth start-up with circuit simulation, when intended as a complementary tool for other electrical or electronic engineering courses. On the other hand, since only minimal information on (P)SPICE embedded numerical algorithms is included in the book, it does not lend itself to be adopted— alone, at least—in graduate and/or ECAD-specific courses, where a full understanding of the capabilities and limitations of “SPICE-like” circuit simulation tools is one of the main goals. Before concluding the review, there is, however, a practical problem that must be brought to the attention of any potential buyer of the book. The problem concerns the specific software distributed with the book. In fact, throughout the book, reference is made to the graphical user interface provided by them “PSpice Schematic” (version 9.1) program which is not on the annexed CD-ROM, and, unfortunately, and contrarily to what stated in the book, it is no longer downloadable from the Cadence Web site. Since the downloading (after registration) of the current version 10.0 of “PSpice Schematic” from the Cadence Web site would not solve the problem (it does work only in conjunction with the full production version 10.0 of OrCAD-PSpice A/D and not with the downloadable student version 10.0), only two workarounds are possible to the general reader. The first is to look-for, download, and install the 9.1 version of the PSpice-OrCAD “Design Center” suite (in place of the 9.2 “OrCAD Lite” version on the annexed CD-ROM), which is still available in a number of (university) file servers on the Net and which does contain both “PSpice Schematic” and “OrCAD Capture” user interfaces. The second possibility is to “translate” the information spread out in the book on the use of “PSpice Schematic” into an “OrCAD Capture” equivalent one, exploiting at best the information available in Appendix B. Clearly, none of the two solutions is optimal from the book’s reader/buyer point of view, who might expect—from a book with such a title— to learn not only basic ECAD concepts and (P)SPICE syntax rules, but also specific and up-to-date information on the current version of the OrCAD suite. Enrico F. Calandra Electrical Engineering Dept. Palermo University, Italy