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Computer Modelling

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Computer Aided Design, involving simulation of circuit operation, is a powerful tool for the circuit designer. It is almost impossible to design any but the simplest circuit without overlooking some design point which is important to correct operation. Testing, by a computer simulation, a design, rather than building and testing, enables far more rapid progress towards the final circuit. Of course, all simulators involve approximations in device modelling and, except in simulators specifically designed for microwave frequencies or when specifically included by the designer (for example, Hartmann and Strutt, 1974), take no account of parasitic components (e.g. PCB track resistance and inductance, or capacitance and mutual inductance between tracks) resulting from interconnections, and the final prototypes must be real rather than simulated.

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  1. School of Electronic Engineering Science, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

    Peter J. Fish MSc, FInstP, FIPSM, CEng, CPhys, Sen. Mem. IEEE (Senior Research Fellow, Consultant Medical Physicist)

  2. Gwynedd and Clwydd Health Authorities, UK

    Peter J. Fish MSc, FInstP, FIPSM, CEng, CPhys, Sen. Mem. IEEE (Senior Research Fellow, Consultant Medical Physicist)

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Fish, P.J. (1993). Computer Modelling. In: Electronic Noise and Low Noise Design. Macmillan New Electronics Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23060-0_8

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