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Changelog

This document lists various corrections and updates made to simulation software between July 2005 and February 2005. Nearly every entry describes fixing an error in a model, correcting a crash mode, adding new device models, or improving simulation speed. Overall the document indicates many small improvements were made to address issues and expand device model support over this time period.

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Changelog

This document lists various corrections and updates made to simulation software between July 2005 and February 2005. Nearly every entry describes fixing an error in a model, correcting a crash mode, adding new device models, or improving simulation speed. Overall the document indicates many small improvements were made to address issues and expand device model support over this time period.

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07/20/05 LT3483 Corrected an error in the LT3483 model.

07/20/05 Corrected a problem parsing some node names containing dollar sign
characters.
07/19/05 Corrected a problem where plot planes could become unsynchronized even if
"Sync. Horiz. Axes" is set.
07/14/05 Corrected a problem monitoring current in some types of sources using
Laplace transforms.
07/07/05 The data export utility's file browser can no longer change the current
working directory.
07/06/05 Trapped a crash mode when using "steady" with a hierarchical schematic.
07/06/05 Correct a problem in the LT1976, LT1977, LT3434, and LT3435 models.
07/06/05 Correct a problem in the LTC3414, LTC3416, and LTC3418 models.
07/06/05 Fixed a problem running BSIM1 and BSIM2 devices.
07/06/05 Trapped a crash mode regarding empty netlist files.
07/01/05 Improved the simulation speed of the LTC3703 and LTC3703-5 models in boost
mode.
07/01/05 Increased the small signal information from a .op for BSIM3.
06/28/05 Revised the sign of reported effective Vth and Vsat for P-chan BSIM3 and
BSIM4 in the .log file.
06/28/05 Fixed a problem interfacing with in-house tools.
06/27/05 Added warning messages about sub-subcircuits that fail to resolve.
06/27/05 Corrected a problem expanding nested subcircuits.
06/26/05 Trapped a crash mode relating to missing .ends statements.
06/24/05 Added a symbol and model for the LTC3418.
06/24/05 Trapped a crash mode relating to dangling current sources.
06/24/05 Corrected a error in the LT1931 and LT1931A models.
06/20/05 Corrected a corruption in the help file's table of contents.
06/20/05 Corrected a error in the LT1944 model.
06/20/05 Corrected a error in the LT3800 model.
06/20/05 Corrected a number of typos in the help file.
06/20/05 Corrected a problem building the symbol file list on some installations.
06/20/05 Corrected a problem using behavioral resistances in a subcircuit.
06/20/05 Corrected waveform annotation editing when using other than the system
font size.
06/03/05 Removed an extraneous error message when changing complex data plotting
representations.
06/02/05 Released a 2nd generation ferromagnetic core implementation.
06/02/05 Deferred processing .noise error messages until the entire deck is read.
05/31/05 Cleaned up some behavior when reopening existing .raw files.
05/27/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3724.
05/26/05 Added symbols and models for the LT1990, LT1993-2, and LTC6101.
05/26/05 Added symbols and models for the LTC1966, LTC1967, and LTC1968.
05/25/05 Revised the Si4433DY model.
05/25/05 Added a LT1719 symbol.
05/25/05 Improved the operation of .save statements with .op analyses.
05/25/05 Corrected a problem with some subcircuit port current monitoring.
05/20/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3473A.
05/20/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3473.
05/20/05 Corrected the Ic rating for the 2N5087.
05/19/05 Trapped a numeric underflow in the diode evaluation.
05/19/05 Improved the ability to find a .meas condition when the condition is met
at the end range of complex data.
05/19/05 Removed some extraneous data traces from .noise analyses.
05/18/05 The complex data attached cursor readout no longer labels the ordinate
Freq/Hz if a parameter is swept at a single frequency.
05/18/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3483.
05/18/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3477.
05/17/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT1952-1.
05/16/05 Corrected an error resolving some nets defined as global.
05/16/05 Corrected a problem selecting some vertical schematic text comments.
05/16/05 Curly braces are no longer allowed in netnames.
05/14/05 Improved the default grid snap selection when moving/dragging combinations
of text and graphical annotations.
05/14/05 Corrected a problem selecting some schematic text comments.
05/13/05 Updated the LT1806 symbol.
05/12/05 Waveform integration limits are now precisely over the zoom limits.
05/11/05 Corrected a rare error in the ordinate range of simulation data given to
DFFT dialog box.
05/10/05 Updated the LT1074 model.
05/10/05 Updated the LT3471 model.
05/08/05 Corrected a problem with some subcircuit port current monitoring.
05/03/05 Corrected a problem regarding attached cursors and eye diagrams.
04/29/05 Corrected a problem reporting some BSIM currents
04/29/05 Fixed a problem opening some .app files.
04/28/05 Updated the CoilCraft inductor model database.
04/27/05 Fixed a problem remembering default PCB netlist format.
04/27/05 Fixed a problem editing some instance attributes.
04/27/05 Added a LT3800 symbol and model.
04/24/05 Improved the ability to read a greater range of incorrectly formated
PCM .wav files.
04/23/05 Fixed a problem relating to working with long path names.
04/22/05 Fixed a problem that made .meas statements results dependent on the order
of execution.
04/22/05 Fixed a problem undoing schematic edits of some forms of rotations.
04/21/05 Added the ability for a third party to distribute encrypted libraries for
use in LTspice.
04/21/05 Added some flexibility in the period over which .four statements are
evaluated.
04/15/05 Corrected a problem preserving mfg information on the BOM.
04/14/05 Drawing a wire to a BUS tap automatically terminates that wire.
04/14/05 Improved a warning about using BUS'ed instances.
04/14/05 Improved the editability of .wmf files in broken .wmf graphical editors.
04/13/05 Corrected an error handling the normalization of the DC component of
.step'ed FFT'ed data.
04/13/05 Corrected an error in the LT6011 and LT6012 symbols.
04/08/05 Added a symbol and model of the LTC3808.
04/08/05 Improved the performance of the LT3401 model.
04/06/05 Added a symbol and model for the LT3470.
04/06/05 Corrected an error reporting some types of subcircuit port currents.
04/06/05 Corrected a problem with some .probe/.save combinations.
04/06/05 Implemented the LTC3421 model's shutdown pin.
03/30/05 Added a symbol and model for the LTC3776.
03/29/05 Added a symbol and model for the LTC3736-1.
03/29/05 Added symbols and models of the LT3462 and LT3462A.
03/28/05 "0" is no longer allowed as a pin name.
03/28/05 Made a correction to the LT3781 symbol.
03/27/05 The buffer size used for Fast Access file conversion is now adjustable and
defaults to 40% of physical RAM instead of 25%.
03/25/05 Node "GND" is strictly enforced to be "0" in the schematic capture unless
it is a port name. "GND" has always been a special synonym for node "0" in the
simulator.
03/25/05 Fixed a problem highlighting some nets with the Find utility.
03/25/05 Transient analysis with zero stop time is now reported as an error.
03/24/05 Corrected an error in the normalization of the DC component of FFT'ed
waveforms.
03/24/05 Integrated RMS values of expressions are again displayed if they have the
units of Amps or Volts.
03/23/05 Updated BSIMSOI to version 3.2.
03/21/05 Fixed a crash mode relating to infinite subcircuit recursion of a PCB
exported netlist.
03/21/05 Fixed a crash mode relating to hierarchical navigation.
03/21/05 Corrected an problem computing subcircuit dissipation at any level of the
hierarchy.
03/21/05 Corrected an error regarding subcircuit port current monitoring.
03/18/05 The Fast Access conversion dialog box is now resizable.
03/18/05 Corrected an error in the LT1813 model.
03/16/05 Added a user-programmable keyboard short cut for "Select Steps".
03/16/05 Fixed a problem regarding marching waveforms for .step'ed .op analyses.
03/16/05 .save statements can now include wild cards, e.g., .save V(*:x1:*) Id(m*)
03/16/05 Fixed a memory leak affecting .tf analysis.
03/16/05 Added a symbol and model for the LTC3412A.
03/15/05 The Select Saved Waveforms dialog can now be used throughout the
hierarchy.
03/15/05 The Select Saved Waveforms dialog is now resizeable.
03/11/05 Hierarchical instance name mangling has changed, e.g., what used to be
I(R:1:2:3) is now I(x1:x2:R3).
03/11/05 The program no longer allows you to use names with a ':' in it if you
aren't trying to make a bus.
03/11/05 You can now enter a hierarchical block by double clicking on it.
03/10/05 Added a LTC1702A symbol and model.
03/10/05 Corrected a problem reporting some bipolar base currents.
03/09/05 Subcircuit port currents now have haves of the form Ix(Instance:pin) and
work at all levels of the hierarchy.
03/09/05 .end statements in .inc'ed files no longer terminate the global deck.
03/09/05 Fixed a problem computing dissipation in some hierarchical blocks.
03/08/05 Fixed the keyboard shortcut background color on XP.
03/08/05 Enabled auto parenthesis completion for derived attributes.
03/08/05 Added symbols and models of the LTC1709-7, LTC1709-8, LTC1709-85, and
LTC1709-9.
03/06/05 Adjusted the break point strategy.
03/04/05 Only bus pins on hierarchical or subcircuit blocks are now understood to
promote the connected to wire to a bus.
03/04/05 GND is understood as a synonym for 0 in behavioral expressions as it has
been elsewhere.
03/04/05 Fixed a problem regarding VeriStop, VeriTimes, Digtial_Timing_Model, and
Digtial_File symbol attributes with in-house tools.
03/04/05 Fixed a problem regarding SpiceOrder pin attribute when interfacing with
in-house tools.
03/02/05 Released BUS support.
03/02/05 Fixed a problem converting u to � where it wasn't appropriate.
02/28/05 Fixed a problem regarding parametric plotting.
02/27/05 Fixed a problem with the attached cursor readout when the cursor was
attached to the last data point of a simulation.
02/26/05 .raw files can now be converted to a Fast Access format that allows new
plot traces to be added.
02/26/05 Only the wire grid is used as a candidate for reduced pitch grids when the
grid pitch becomes too dense to display on the screen.
02/25/05 Fixed a problem that caused some .meas statement syntax errors to cause
the program to hang.
02/25/05 Fixed a problem in the LT1996 model.
02/24/05 Improved the visibility/contrast of sprited objects in the symbol editor
against dark backgrounds.
02/24/05 Fixed a problem parsing .meas statements from/to syntax.
02/24/05 Fixed a problem displaying horizontal ticks after manually setting axis
limits an a reversed .dc sweep ordinate.
02/24/05 Removed some superfluous parenthesis in .meas statement result formating.
02/24/05 Improved .meas statement error reporting regarding multiply defined .meas
result names.
02/23/05 Changed complex data comparison from magnitudes to real parts in .meas
statements.
02/23/05 Added an LT1952 symbol and model.
02/23/05 Fixed a simulation speed problem regarding .tran analyses with non-zero
"Time to Start Saving Data".
02/22/05 Revised the LTC1778-1, LTC1778, LTC3711, LTC3713, LTC3714, LTC3717-1,
LTC3717, LTC3718, LTC3720, and LTC3778 models.
02/17/05 Plotwinsize is automatically reduced so that no more than an amount equal
to 25% of physical memory is needed for the waveform data compression buffer.
02/17/05 Corrected the bias shutdown input bias currents of the 1976, 1977, 1976,
3434, 3435, and 3437 models.
02/16/05 Sped-up parsing large(>100K components) netlists.
02/14/05 Updated the LT1618 model.
02/14/05 Improved error reporting regarding missing device nodes.
02/13/05 Sped-up optional deletion of wires jumpering component pins.
02/10/05 Integrated RMS values of expressions are no longer displayed so as not to
confuse averages of dissipation expressions.
02/09/05 Corrected a problem doing FFT's on .step'ed datasets.
02/09/05 Corrected a crash mode relating to copying huge blocks of circuitry.
02/09/05 Sped-up wire scrub and netlist generation.
02/08/05 Corrected a problem evaluating user-defined plotting functions that index
into .step'ed data.
02/08/05 Blank "simulation results" windows are now suppressed from view.
02/08/05 Implemented BJT Ibc and Ibe parameters.
02/05/05 Sped-up schematic copying of large blocks of duplicated circuitry.
02/04/05 The "Add GMIN across current sources" hack is now also applied to F-
sources.
02/04/05 Formulae for non-derivable attributes are no longer shown on the
schematic.
02/04/05 Revised the LTC1624 model.
02/04/05 Most circuit elements with all terminals shorted together are now ignored
in the simulation.
02/03/05 Corrected a problem with behavioral delays.
02/02/05 Added an LT3782 symbol and model.
02/01/05 Improved the error reporting for error code 53.
01/30/05 The PADS netlist output now contains a version/date comment.
01/29/05 Improved error reporting regarding error codes 74 and 135.
01/29/05 Updated the LT1766, LT1956-5, LT1956, LT1976, LT1977, LT3430, LT3431,
LT3434, LT3435, and LT3437 models.
01/29/05 Corrected the accuracy of .meas statements operating over the simulation
limits of .step'ed datasets.
01/27/05 Native SwCADIII symbols can now be used with in-house schematics.
01/26/05 MOSFET level 54 is now accepted as a synonym for level 14.
01/26/05 Fixed a problem with error reporting when exporting netlists.
01/21/05 Fixed a crash mode related to using busses with in-house tools.
01/21/05 The UniversalOpamp model's input resistance is now programmable.
01/21/05 The 1pole and 2pole opamp models' input resistance is now programmable.
01/20/05 Added an LT1936 symbol and model.
01/19/05 Improved the speed marching eye diagram waveforms.
01/19/05 Improved the speed of Gear integration.
01/18/05 Added SYNC to the LT1766 symbol and model.
01/17/05 Added an LTC3723-2 symbol and model.
01/14/05 Added an LTC3723-1 symbol and model.
01/14/05 Fixed a problem regarding startup dwarf pulses from LTC3703/-5 models.
01/12/05 Fixed a problem relating to delayed start of data accumulation.
01/12/05 Added an LTC3721-1 symbol and model.
01/11/05 Fixed a problem with SMPS going to 100% duty.
01/08/05 .inc and .lib statements can now include http url's.
01/07/05 Added some entries to the MOSFET database.
01/07/05 Updated the capacitor database with more items from KEMET.
01/07/05 Added an LTC3416 symbol and model.
01/06/05 Added an LT3472 symbol and model.
01/05/05 Fixed a bug evaluating compressed data in .meas ... at= statements.
01/05/05 Fixed a bug in the simulation setup editor when a .tf analysis was present
on the schematic.
01/04/05 Corrected a problem finding precise .meas trig, targ, and at times.
01/04/05 Corrected a problem regarding nested subcircuits with cross-scoped
invocations.
12/30/04 Improved the ability to point at components with overlapping bounding
boxes.
12/29/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1011, LT1015, LT1017, LT1018, LT1711,
LT1713, LT1715, LT1716, LT1794, LT1970, LT1991, LT1996, LT6650, LT6700-X, LTC1563-
X, LTC1841, LTC1842, LTC1843, LTC6910-X, and LTC6911-X.
12/28/04 Updated the help documentation wrt .measure, numdgt, and measdgt.
12/25/04 Fixed a crash mode related to printed .step'ed integral .meas statements.
12/22/04 Implemented .measure commands.
12/21/04 Added small signal current monitoring to the arbitrary capacitance device.
12/21/04 Corrected an error reporting integrated BW of native data traces.
12/15/04 Corrected a hierarchical netlisting issue with pinless ports.
12/14/04 Corrected an issue interfacing bused hierarchical circuit elements to some
in-house tools.
12/09/04 Device shrink is now communicated through the registry to other in-house
tools.
12/08/04 Setting .option numdgt >= 6 now writes a .raw file with double precession
compression coefficients.
12/08/04 Fixed a problem calling numbered attributes in derived attributes.
12/07/04 Added an LT3437 symbol and model.
12/07/04 Corrected an incompatibility with some older in-house tools.
12/06/04 Corrected the start-up behavior of the LTC3803 and LTC3803-5 models.
12/06/04 Updated the LT1431 model with one using only 3 internal nodes instead of
29.
12/03/04 Fixed a problem using the ternary operator in behavioral sources scoped to
a subcircuit.
12/02/04 Added a symbol and model of the LT3471.
12/02/04 Direct connections b/t pins of the same symbol are now allowed whenever
interfacing to in-house tools.
12/02/04 Made Boolean comparison syntax for derived attributes the same as used in
other in-house tools.
12/02/04 Ignores a larger set of .option statement used in foreign simulators.
12/02/04 A dollar sign is now understood to introduce a mid-line comment in some
situations.
12/01/04 Corrected an issue interfacing bused hierarchical circuit blocks to some
in-house tools.
12/01/04 Added the option to go to Linear's website for the datasheet from the
symbol.
12/01/04 Updated the help documentation.
12/01/04 BSIM4 small signal operating point parameters from a .op are now printed
in the log file.
12/01/04 Fixed a problem parsing some cases of 3 terminal VDMOS instances.
11/30/04 Fixed a memory leak regarding MOSFETs.
11/30/04 Improved the auto-ranging algorithm for invariant noise data.
11/30/04 Implemented instance m-factor for BSIM4.
11/30/04 Updated the BSIM4 device from 4.2.1 to 4.4.0.
11/23/04 The simulation setup editor main tab can now be changed with the command
line.
11/22/04 The netlist editor is automatically maximized if it's the only open
window.
11/20/04 Corrected an error in the EKV charge model.
11/19/04 Added a model and symbol for the LTC3703-5.
11/18/04 Added a model and symbol for the LT1528.
11/18/04 Corrected the line regulation of the new LDO models.
11/16/04 Added a models and symbols for the LT1584/5/7 series.
11/16/04 Added symbols for the LT1963A-series.
11/16/04 Added symbols for the LT1764A-series.
11/15/04 Added a models and symbols of the LT1086, LT1086H, LT1086-2.85, LT1086-
3.3, LT1086-3.6, LT1086-5, and LT1086-12.
11/15/04 Updated the LT1083/4/5 LDO models.
11/15/04 Corrected an error in the 2pole opamp model.
11/15/04 Added topologycheck to the help documentation.
11/12/04 Corrected an error in .dc sweep analyses.
11/11/04 Trapped a numerical overflow condition in diode evaluation.
11/11/04 Added symbols and models for the LTC3429 and LTC3429.
11/11/04 Resolved an issue using LTspice with some other in-house tools.
11/11/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1977 and LT3435.
11/10/04 The value attribute of the opamp2 symbol is now visible by default.
11/10/04 Fixed a crash mode relating to reporting netlist errors.
11/09/04 Added a models and symbols of the LT3463 and LT3463A.
11/09/04 Added a model and symbol of the LT3466.
11/08/04 Corrected another problem reading legacy POLY() sources.
11/08/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1964-SD, LT1964-BYP, and LT1964-5.
11/06/04 Removed an extraneous line of pixels in waveform and schematic screen
bitmaps copied to clipboard.
11/05/04 Added an example in the Educational directory using an ideal transformer.
11/05/04 Added a couple examples in the Educational directory using inductive
transformers.
11/05/04 Corrected a grammatical issue in the field sync progress dialog.
11/05/04 Increased flexibility in setting the horizontal plot limits of parametric
plots.
11/04/04 Improved the display of MOSFET models in the MOSFET editor.
11/04/04 Corrected a problem reading legacy POLY() sources.
11/04/04 Improve error recovery of one of the internal circuit compilers.
11/01/04 Corrected an error in the LT3441 model.
11/01/04 Added symbols and models for the LT3010 and LT3010-5.
11/01/04 Corrected an error in the LT4430 model.
10/29/04 Corrected an error in the LTC1475 and LTC1475 models.
10/29/04 Corrected an error in the LT1619 synthesizer schematic.
10/29/04 Updated the LTC3803-5 model.
10/28/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1529-3.3 and LT1529-5.
10/28/04 Updated the LT1529 LDO model.
10/28/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1521-3, LT1521-3.3 and LT1521-5.
10/28/04 Added a symbol for the LT1521.
10/28/04 Updated the LT1521 LDO model.
10/28/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1129-3.3 and LT1129-5.
10/28/04 Updated the LT1129 LDO model.
10/27/04 Added symbols and models for the LT1121-3.3 and LT1121-5.
10/27/04 Updated the LT1121 LDO model.
10/27/04 Added an LT4430 symbol and model.
10/26/04 Updated the LT1764-series LDO models.
10/26/04 Updated the LT1763-series LDO models.
10/24/04 Reduced the size of the junction when drafting with thick wires.
10/24/04 Improved the universal opamp's open loop output limits when hot-decked.
10/24/04 Fixed another problem reading some formats of PCM .wav files.
10/23/04 Fixed a problem reading some formats of .wav files.
10/21/04 Fixed a problem drawing some of the rats nest in the wrong line width.
10/21/04 The data window tab is now updated when the data file name changes.
10/21/04 Corrected a problem with automatically showing the phasing dot of
inductors mentioned in K-statements.
10/19/04 Updated the Insider URL accessed on the Help=>About dialog box.
10/19/04 Increased the flexibility of the syntax of parameters defined with Boolean
expressions.
10/14/04 Improved the accuracy of .four statement output.
10/14/04 Corrected an error reading large PWL files.
10/14/04 Corrected an error in the LTC3727 and LTC3728 models.
10/13/04 Updated the LT1762-series models.
10/11/04 Removed the preliminary model flag from all SMPS models.
10/11/04 Clarified the complex data attached cursor readout.
10/11/04 Updated the LT1962-series models.
10/11/04 Added symbols and models of the LT1761-1.5 and LT1761-2.8.
10/11/04 Updated the LT1761-series models.
10/07/04 Updated the LT1963-series models.
10/05/04 Added an LTC3803-5 symbol and model.
10/01/04 Corrected a problem with the keyboard shortcut editor.
09/03/04 The independent source editor is no longer applied to PWL's using advanced
features it doesn't understand.
09/02/04 Added an LT3434 model and symbol.
09/02/04 Added a dimmer example using a diac and triac.
09/01/04 Made some corrections to the ferrite bead database.
08/26/04 Improved the ability to follow the XP theme in the keyboard shortcut
editor.
08/25/04 Improved the ability to follow the XP theme in the setup simulation
editor.
08/24/04 Status bar information regarding xprobing hits is now available during
simulation.
08/22/04 Fixed a CPL crash mode.
08/18/04 The waveform data window is automatically closed a little earlier when
a .op is performed.
08/17/04 Added an LTC3900 symbol and model.
08/16/04 Corrected relative time resolution in pwl files.
08/12/04 Added an LTl935 symbol and model.
08/10/04 Improved ferrite bead editing.
08/06/04 Added a ferrite bead symbols and database.
08/03/04 Corrected an issue with subcircuit port current monitoring.
08/03/04 Corrected various typos in the help documentation.
08/03/04 Parameter units(of .param statements) in the plot.defs file are now
obeyed.
08/02/04 Corrected a crash mode relating to subcircuit port current monitoring.
07/27/04 Corrected an error in the LTC1044 model.
07/26/04 Corrected an error exporting waveform data.
07/22/04 Added an LT1933 symbol and model.
07/22/04 Subcircuit port current monitoring now works then there's an arbitrary
number of circuit elements attached to the port.
07/21/04 The check of circuit topology can be skipped with ".options
topologycheck=0"
07/20/04 Added an LT3467A symbol and model.
07/20/04 Added an LTC3459 symbol and model.
07/19/04 Corrected the description of the LT1787.
07/12/04 Corrected an error in the 1775 synthesizer.
07/08/04 Corrected a some warnings regarding pbsw.
07/08/04 Corrected a problem parsing some .temp syntax.
07/05/04 int(), round(), floor(), and ceil() are now available for parameterized
netlist expressions.
06/23/04 Corrected an error reporting BSIM3 impact ionization current.
06/23/04 Updated some parts of the help file.
06/23/04 The .wav file output absolute path is now correct even when the simulation
was opened off the MRU file list.
06/23/04 A .wav file may now contain 65535 channels as indicated in the help
documentation.
06/16/04 Revised the LT1339 error amp's response.
06/12/04 A better name is suggested for .wmf file of a schematic out of the
synthesizer.
06/11/04 Removed a duplicate menu command.
06/11/04 A BOM pasted on the clipboard now includes carriage returns.
06/11/04 Corrected some problems drawing efficiency reports in .wmf files.
06/09/04 Corrected a problem scrolling very large netlists in the editor.
06/09/04 Corrected a problem evaluating deck parameters of very large netlists.
05/24/04 Corrected an error in the LT1301 model.
05/24/04 Improved the plotting performance for some complex plot cases.
05/24/04 Added a symbol and model for the LT3433.
05/24/04 When a symbol can not be found, an attempt is made to re-resolve the path.
05/21/04 Added a symbols and models for the LT1457, LT1672, LT1673, LT1674, LT1678,
LT1784, LT1803, LT1804, LT1805, LT1815, LT1816, LT1817, LT1818, LT1819, LT6010,
LT6011, LT6012, LT6013, LT6014, LT6200-10, LT6200-5, LT6200, LT6201, LT6202,
LT6203, LT6204, LT6205, LT6206, LT6207, LT6220, LT6221, LT6222, LT6230-10, LT6230,
LT6231, LT6232, LT6233-10, LT6233, LT6234, LT6235, LT6550, LT6551, LTC2051,
LTC2052, LTC2054, and LTC2055.
05/19/04 Improved the internal timing tolerances of the LTC3440 and LTC3441 models.
05/19/04 Added a symbol and model of the LTC3421.
05/18/04 Corrected a problem accessing PWL files when absolute paths were missing.
05/17/04 Improved a problem regarding parametric plotting.
05/17/04 Corrected an error reporting .op dissipation.
05/13/04 Fixed a parametric plotting issue for stepped datasets.
05/13/04 Improved some attached cursor issues when working with stepped datasets.
05/12/04 Minor help file revisions.
05/11/04 Removed some obsolete options from the control panel.
05/11/04 Unused model cards are now culled from the expanded netlist.
05/10/04 Complex data can now be exported in Cartesian or polar format.
05/10/04 Corrected a problem with the way I/O ports looked when printed.
05/07/04 Improved quiescent current modeling of the LT1934 and LT1934-1.
05/06/04 Fixed a problem parsing notation such as Ic(Q1)@3 in the Add Trace dialog.
05/06/04 The export data dialog was reorganized to allow more space for the
filename.
05/04/04 There is now a built-in utility for exporting waveform data to ASCII
files.
05/04/04 The cursor step information window now enumerates from 1.
05/04/04 When printing waveforms with active attached cursors, the cursors and
their data are now printed at the bottom of the page.
05/03/04 Corrected in error in plotting .stepped/.dc sweeps with more than three
dimensions.
05/03/04 Right clicking on an attached cursor now shows which dataset of .stepped
data the cursor is attached.
04/30/04 Cleaned up some schematic redraw issues.
04/28/04 Added a symbol and model for the LT3436.
04/28/04 Added tabs to allow switching between windows.
04/28/04 Added symbols and models for the LT3461 and LT3461A.
04/28/04 Improved the behavior of the monolithic MOSFET editor when specifying
parameters that don't have named entries in the dialogbox.
04/27/04 Corrected an error reporting the current in sources using look-up tables.
04/26/04 Waveform viewer again accepts plot expressions with if() statements.
04/23/04 Fixed a problem plotting .dc sweep data after a .step run.
04/16/04 Alleviated an internal race condition in the LTC1773 model.
04/16/04 Added a symbol and model for the LTC2923.
04/16/04 Corrected a parsing problem in the alternate solver.
04/14/04 Corrected a problem cross-probing voltage nodes named with certain special
characters.
04/14/04 Corrected a problem in the LTC3803 model.
04/13/04 Corrected a potential error in the Schmidt trigger execution.
04/13/04 Updated the help file with documentation on the new non-linear inductors.
04/09/04 Included the two new non-linear inductors in the alternate solver.
04/09/04 Added instance inductor tempco's tc1 and tc2.
04/09/04 Corrected a couple errors in the JFET library.
04/08/04 Improved the hard saturation magnetic core behavior.
04/08/04 Corrected an inconsistency of which model is used when multiply defined.
04/07/04 Inclusion of default semiconductor libraries and models can now be
suppressed on the tools=>Control Panel=>Netlist Pane.
04/07/04 Made some of the warnings and error messages more legible.
04/06/04 Corrected a problem the LT1681 and LT3781 models' softstart logic.
04/01/04 Fixed a problem using lookup charge tables in the arbitrary capacitance
device.
04/01/04 Fixed a problem resolving some node names called in the arbitrary
capacitance device.
03/30/04 Revised the LT1166 model.
03/30/04 Floating point notation is now understood for MOSFET level integer.
03/22/04 Fixed a problem writing .wmf files under Win98 systems.
03/22/04 Units after numbers in behavioral expressions are now ignored as comments.
03/22/04 The sign of diode Ibv is now ignored.
03/22/04 The Print Monochrome setting also makes B&W Windows metafiles.
03/21/04 The font size used for waveform plots is now user selectable.
03/20/04 Added the ability to export a waveform plot to a Windows metafile(.wmf).
03/19/04 Added the ability to export a schematic to a Windows metafile(.wmf).
03/18/04 Improved the sort order of nodelists in the Select Traces dialog.
03/08/04 Revised the LTC3736 model.
03/08/04 Revised the LT1074 model.
03/05/04 Corrected an error reporting JFET terminal current.
03/05/04 Added a symbol and model for the LT1166.
03/04/04 Corrected an error evaluating JFET impact ionization current.
02/25/04 Corrected the softstart logic of the LTC3703 model.
02/25/04 Corrected the Imax trip hysteresis of the LTC3703 model.
02/25/04 Added an LTC4300A-1 symbol and model.
02/25/04 Fixed a crash mode relating to over-writting plot settings files.
02/25/04 Sped-up some string/parsing operations.
02/23/04 Corrected a problem executing some user-defined functions.
02/23/04 NPN parameters C2 and C4 are now interpreted as multipliers of Is if >= 1.
02/20/04 Made eye-diagram plot mode availability less confusing.
02/20/04 Improved editing of plot annotations when the non-default color scheme is
used.
02/20/04 Added symbols and models of the LTC3250-1.2 and LTC3250-1.5.
02/19/04 Updated the LTC3703 model's error amp.
02/18/04 Corrected a problem computing relative paths of netlists opened off the
MRU list.
02/18/04 Models of different devices types may now have the same name.
02/18/04 Fixed in error in LT1376 SMPS synthesis.
02/18/04 Corrected the displayed units of current noise data and integrated
expressions of noise data.
02/18/04 Culled a duplication out of the standard.dio file.
02/18/04 Suppressed a spurious waring in the alternate solver.
02/17/04 Culled some duplications out of the standard.mos file.
02/17/04 Corrected a memory management problem relating to xmission lines.
02/10/04 Added symbols and models for the LT3468, LT3468-1, and LT3468-2.
02/10/04 Added a symbol and model for an LT3420-1.
02/10/04 Added a symbol and model for an LTC3407-2.
02/10/04 Added a symbol and model for an LTC1875.
02/07/04 Fixed a problem evaluating the MESFET saturation region.
02/06/04 Added a symbol and model for an LTC1879.
02/06/04 Schematic files are less sensitive to the CR/LF sequence at the end of
each line.
02/04/04 The LTC3703 model now clamps the Run/SS voltage to 4V.
02/04/04 Added a symbol, UniversalOpamp, which accesses various simulation levels
verses speed. See the file examples/Educational/UniversalOpamp.asc for details.
02/03/04 The waveform Expression Editor dialog is now resizable.
02/03/04 Corrected a problem in the convolution of history in lossy transmission
lines.
02/03/04 The Navigate/Edit Schematic Block dialog is now resizable.
02/02/04 The attribute edit window is now resizable.
01/30/04 Added LTC1565 symbol and model.
01/29/04 Added a spreadsheet-style editor for editing symbol pin netlist order.
01/28/04 Corrected a phase wrap issue on the attached cursor readout.
01/28/04 Added LTC3733/-1 symbols and models.
01/28/04 Decreased the LT3431's model's min on-time from 350ns to 300ns.
01/28/04 Capacitor Cpar=0 is obeyed if specified.
01/28/04 Added an LTC3727-1 symbol.
01/27/04 Improved differential cross probing involving circuit common.
01/27/04 Added an LT1941 symbol and model.
01/23/04 Added an LTC3806 symbol and model.
01/23/04 Reduced the min on-time of the LT1961, LT1765, and LT1767series models.
01/22/04 Corrected the timestep control for independent exp() sources.
01/21/04 Added the ability to annotate waveform plots with graphics and text.
01/15/04 Added some input range checking for controlled switches.
01/15/04 Corrected the units shown on the integrated noise display.
01/15/04 Fixed a current monitoring problem in the alternate solver.
01/14/04 .step list values are now sorted if out of order.
01/13/04 Added a symbol and model for the LTC4440.
01/12/04 Phase is now plotted in a dashed line in monochrome prints of Bode plots.
01/11/04 Improved memory management for some output routines.
01/09/04 Suppressed a warning when using resistors from the database with MFG's and
PN's specified.
01/08/04 Line type(solid, dash, dot, etc.) can now be specified for and graphical
schematic annotations and symbol graphics.
01/07/04 Fixed a problem in being able to selectively display the inductor phase
dot of uncoupled inductors of saved schematics.
01/07/04 Added some capacitors and inductors to the component databases.
01/06/04 The right button context menus for component database editors work again.
01/06/04 Improved error handing when a nonexistent proxy server is stipulated.
01/05/04 Added the ability to add a user name and password(neither remembered) for
Internet service for release syncs through a proxy.
01/03/04 Resistor, Capacitor, and Inductor databases are now searchable.
12/31/03 Reduced column header flicker when resizing the R, C, and L database
editors.
12/30/03 Improved resizing behavior of the R, C, and L select stock component
dialogs.
12/29/03 Corrected a memory leak in the sync release code.
12/29/03 Improved file download status reporting for updating off the web.
12/29/03 Corrected some problems running under Chinese Editions of Windows.
12/24/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega in the column headers.
12/23/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega in the dialog text.
12/23/03 Component databases are backed-up before merging during a sync release.
12/22/03 Improved the look of the some edit widgets under Linux/WINE.
12/22/03 The 1st line comment of a top-level deck may now be empty.
12/22/03 Subcircuit ports may now contain square braces as long as they don't brace
the entire port name.
12/22/03 Improved the operation of the manual plot limit dialogs.
12/18/03 Improved the ability to cross probe a subckt's port current when drafted
with a symbol that is an Prefix'ed as an intrinsic SPICE type.
12/17/03 The 4-terminal monolithic MOS dialog can now parse out parameterized
values of L, W, etc. that are single quoted.
12/17/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega in the manual plot limit
dialogs.
12/16/03 Corrected a problem with the vertical line spacing of the netlist and
error log views on Win98.
12/12/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega on the attached cursor
readout windows.
12/11/03 Added symbols and models for the LT6600-2.5, LT6600-10, and LT6600-20.
12/11/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega on the status bar(except
on Linux systems).
12/10/03 Popup context menus now have command prompts on the status bar.
12/09/03 "Ohm" is now replaced with a capital Greek omega on unit axis
labels(except on Linux systems).
12/08/03 Corrected a crash mode relating to unwrapping phase of complex data cursor
readouts.
12/08/03 The ratio between the two attached cursor values is now uniformly
displayed for complex data independent of the plotting representation.
12/07/03 Corrected a problem handling empty waveform expressions.
12/07/03 Corrected an error reading out the last datapoint of an complex dataset
with an attached cursor.
12/04/03 .tf impedances can now be used in waveform expressions.
12/03/03 Improved the TAB order of the simulation command editor.
12/02/03 Constants used in expressions of waveforms may now contain units.
12/02/03 Added the ability to have more than two vertical plot axes for real data
sets.
12/01/03 Added a compiler to analyze the units of expressions of waveforms.
11/25/03 Parameter names may now start with leading underscores.
11/19/03 An attempt is made to better orient flags directly connected to pins.
11/19/03 DC .op solution power dissipation is now visible on the status bar.
11/18/03 The LTC3717 model's Run/SS pin now clamps to 6V.
11/18/03 Added some power MOSFET models.
11/18/03 Dragging a flag off a direct pin connection will now start a rubber-banded
wire b/t the flag and pin.
11/18/03 Instantaneous power dissipation is automatically calculated from exiting
voltage and current waveforms and plotted as a new trace when Alt-left clicking a
symbol.
11/17/03 Improved annotation of subcircuit port currents with symbol pin names.
11/17/03 Improved netlist-level error reporting of R's and C's missing values.
11/14/03 Fixed problem printing waveforms to Adobe Acrobat Distiller(TM).
11/13/03 Fixed a breakpoint handling problem.
11/13/03 The select step dialog can be sorted by clicking on the column header.
11/13/03 Corrected an error plotting expressions of complex data in Cartesian
representation.
11/12/03 There's now a dialog that allows specific runs of .step'ed datasets to be
displayed.
11/11/03 Employed an alternate method of finding the default e-mail program.
11/07/03 If a datafile is opened up with no other windows open, it fills the
application's window.
11/06/03 Made programming rail limits of the universal 2pole opamp model more
straightforward.
11/04/03 Corrected an error in the LT1074, LT1076, LT1106, LTC1516, LTC3718,
LTC3440, and LTC3441 models.
11/04/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3401 and LTC3402 models.
11/04/03 The attached cursors work again with Cartesian representation of complex
data.
11/04/03 Improved color/dash-line scheme used in complex data plots.
11/03/03 Auto deletion of .log and .raw files now apply to netlists as well as
schematics.
11/03/03 The .log file of a simulation can now be optionally deleted or not by
default when closing the schematic.
11/03/03 The reset defaults on the drafting option pane of the control panel now
correctly clears thick pen style.
11/03/03 The additional PWL point dialog box is now resizable.
11/03/03 Corrected a problem with using VDMOS in the alternate solver.
11/03/03 Mfg, Vds, Ron, and Qg are now ignored parameters for all MOS as they are
for VDMOS.
11/03/03 Resistor tolerances are now displayed on the BOM.
10/30/03 It's now possible to define keyboard shortcuts for drawing lines,
rectangles, circles, and arcs on schematics.
10/30/03 Schematic graphics now snap to a 4x coarser grid unless the control key is
held down.
10/30/03 Corrected a problem in the LT1934/-1 model.
10/26/03 Added an "Up One Level" button to the select component dialog.
10/26/03 Rearranged the select component dialog so that there's more space for the
path.
10/17/20 The keyword "REPEAT" is now accepted in a .savebias statement.
10/17/20 The font selected for netlists is now preserved between program
invocations.
10/16/03 Added initial support for .savebias/.loadbias statements.
10/16/03 .ic and .nodeset statements may now refer to device internal nodes.
10/15/03 Fixed a string memory management problem relating to reporting missing MOS
models.
10/14/03 The nag dialog about updating no longer recommends trying to sync your
release over the web when running under Linux.
10/13/03 Units of Nyquist plots can now be turned off.
10/13/03 Propagated the new Laplace convoluter to the alternate solver.
10/13/03 The horizontal axis of Nyquist plots can now be manually set well beyond
the extent of data.
10/08/03 Fixed a problem with attached dataset cursor wrap when navigating with
keyboard cursor keys.
10/09/03 An error is now issued if a mutual inductance between the same two
inductors is specified twice.
10/07/03 Corrected an error with the LTC3413 model's ability to sink current.
10/06/03 Added an LT1568 model and symbol.
10/06/03 Added the LTC3803 quiescent current to the model.
10/06/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to the selecting visible traces.
10/06/03 Changed the conversion of Laplace to time domain behavior to a slower,
more accurate method.
10/02/03 Diode grading coefficient, m, is no longer limited to .9.
09/23/03 Saved schematics with no symbols no longer cause an error message when
read back.
09/22/03 Corrected a floating node message on the 1778 series of models.
09/20/03 .options plotwinsize=0 now defeats all compression.
09/19/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3407 model.
09/18/03 Corrected the LTC3732 error amp's Avol.
09/16/03 Corrected the way resistance TCE is used to compute resistance over
temperature.
09/16/03 Corrected a possible infinite loop when integrating waveform data.
09/15/03 Trapped a crash mode cased by opening a symbol incorrectly saved as a
schematic.
09/15/03 Sped up evaluation of some forms of Laplacian transfer functions.
09/15/03 Corrected a problem specifying mtol, nfft, and window for Laplace E- and
G- sources.
09/15/03 Corrected a error regarding netlisting IC schematics with a shrink factor.
09/11/03 Made a small correction to the LTC1772/B reference voltage.
09/11/03 The instance attribute box automatically focuses on the drop list of
available models when possible.
09/11/03 Sped up parsing text pasted as comments or SPICE directives on the
schematics.
09/11/03 Added an initial LT3469 symbol and model.
09/10/03 Added an initial LTC3703 symbol and model.
09/10/03 Fixed a problem evaluating some recombination currents.
09/10/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to plots with so many traces displayed the
labels weren't drawn.
09/09/03 Fixed a problem evaluating diodes with small Is and large N.
09/03/03 Added an initial LTC3441 symbol and model.
09/03/03 Corrected a pin name on the LT1976.
09/03/03 It's now possible to set data compression loss controls in with .options.
08/29/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to reporting subcircuit expansion errors.
08/29/03 Fixed a problem parsing some arbitrary resistor syntax.
08/29/03 Fixed a hierarchy navigation problem.
08/29/03 Multiple unary minus and unary plus operations can be used in combination
in expressions.
08/29/03 VDMOS small signal operating point parameters from a .op are now printed
in the log file.
08/28/03 Sped up subcircuit expansion.
08/28/03 Updated the help file.
08/27/03 Removed a restriction to how subcircuits are defined so that port currents
may be crossprobed.
08/27/03 The horizontal data axis is now drawn under an empty pane if needed by the
pane above it.
08/26/03 Fixed a problem ignoring elements at global scope in .lib'ed files in
.step'ed analyses.
08/26/03 Fixed a crash mode regarding placing symbols with no pins.
08/25/03 Fixed a crash mode due to node names that could break the hash table
algorithm.
08/25/03 Fixed a windows Me crash mode.
08/22/03 3K4 can now be optionally understood as 3.4K for component values.
08/22/03 Improved optional warning reportings of derived attributes.
08/22/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3832 model.
08/21/03 Corrected an error regarding opening files from the MRU list as the wrong
type of document.
08/21/03 Fixed a problem parsing some subcircuit invocation port names used in
legacy netlists.
08/21/03 Removed a BJT discontinuity.
08/20/03 Improved error reporting for unknown symbol instance attributes.
08/19/03 Improved error handling of the plots.def file.
08/19/03 It's no longer possible to lock-up the program by trying to start a
simulation while one is running with the keyboard shortcut.
08/18/03 Diode Ikf is no longer ignored if Isr is zero.
08/18/03 Differential cross probing now lets you fix the location of the
black(reference) probe.
08/18/03 Fixed a problem with the bar line drawn over center justified text.
08/14/03 The symbol editor now allows you to zoom in.
08/13/03 Improved some error messages in the waveform expression compilers.
08/13/03 Updated some sections of the help documentation.
08/13/03 The Boolean XOR operator, ^ is understood to mean exponentiation, **, in
expressions of complex expressions.
08/12/03 Corrected the behavior of the resizable dialogs when display properties
are not set to show window contents while dragging.
08/11/03 Added LT3465 and LT3465A models and symbols.
08/11/03 An error message is now issued if the .fft file can't be written.
08/11/03 The full path of .fft files is now always computed.
08/08/03 Improved the behavior of the .save dialogbox feature.
08/08/03 Pin name annotation is now done before loading the default .plt file.
08/07/03 Revised the help documentation.
08/06/03 Fixed a problem running the LT1735 model.
08/06/03 It's no longer possible to have two copies of a netlist open at the same
time in the same LTspice invocation.
08/05/03 When printing under Wine, circles are now draws as 32 straight lines
instead of a smooth arc.
08/04/03 abs() can again be used in waveform expressions.
08/04/03 Adjusted the bias current of the Vrng pin of the LTC1788 family.
08/04/03 Improved PULSE timestep control for PULSE functions with zero on/off
times.
08/04/03 The there's a larger color distintion between the greyed out xprobe
crossor and the black one.
08/01/03 Implemented differential cross probing. (Drag the mouse between two wires
of a schematic vs. clicking on one wire.)
08/01/03 Fixed a problem probing subcircuit port current when it was drafted with
an intrinsic device symbol.
08/01/03 The Select Visible Waveforms dialog will now timeout after 5min. instead
of holding up a .tran simulation indefinitely.
07/31/03 User defined parameters and functions in the plot.defs file are no longer
sensitive to the case of the first character.
07/28/03 Corrected the average current limit threshold of the LT1680.
07/28/03 Added an LTC3717-1 symbol and model.
07/28/03 Corrected an error in the LTC1778/-1, LTC3711, LTC3713, LTC3714 and
LTC3720 models.
07/27/03 The .net files can be optionally not deleted(See Tools=>Control
Panel=>Operation
07/26/03 Fixed a problem parsing some forms of behavioral POLY() statements.
07/25/03 The keyboard shortcut editor now prevents selections for standard ASCII
keys as keyboard shortcuts for the netlist editor.
07/23/03 Added the ability to export a netlist for PCB layout(Formats: Accel,
Algorex, Allegro, Applicon Bravo, Applicon Leap, Cadnetix, Calay, Calay90, CBDS,
Computervision, EE Designer, ExpressPCB, Intergraph, Mentor, Multiwire, PADS,
Scicards, Tango, Telesis, Vectron, and Wire List)
07/23/03 Improved the rotate/mirror behavior when placing pins and text on symbols.
07/23/03 There are now programmable hotkeys for (re-)loading plot settings files.
07/23/03 Corrected a problem expanding the arbitrary behavioral resistor out of
subcircuits.
07/22/03 The schematic text dialog box is now resizable.
07/22/03 Added an LT3467 symbol and model.
07/22/03 Added an LT1976 symbol and model.
07/22/03 An error in the LTC3832/-1 reference voltage was corrected.
07/19/03 A problem doubly defining a parameter both with a .step param statement
and a .param statement has been resolved.
07/18/03 If there exists a .plt file for a .raw file, that is now used for the
initial settings.
07/18/03 Corrected an error in the LT1766 template schematic.
07/15/03 Corrected an error in reading log plot settings.
07/15/03 Implemented user-defined functions and parameters for dataplots(Plot
Settings->Edit Plot Defs File).
07/09/03 Made a correction to the LTC3727 model.
07/07/03 "i" can now be used for sqrt(-1) in the complex waveform expression
compiler.
07/07/03 Fixed a crash mode regarding marching waveforms of expressions of
constants.
07/07/03 Radian measure is now an option for waveform expressions.
07/07/03 Complex waveform expressions are now compiled and then executed instead of
interpreted.
07/03/03 Real waveform expressions are now compiled and then executed instead of
interpreted.
07/03/03 Fixed an issue regarding evaluating .step'ed parameters that were also
specified.
07/03/03 Fixed a problem plotting expressions of data in eye diagram plots for
non-.step'ed data sets.
06/30/03 int(), floor(), ceil() can now be used in real waveform expressions.
06/27/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3803 model.
06/27/03 User defined keyboard shortcuts are no longer lost after a batch mode run.
06/25/03 Corrected a few problems relating to messages from the alternate solver.
06/25/03 Corrected an error regarding .step commands of parameters used in
subcircuts.
06/24/03 Corrected an error regarding gates with asymmetric rise and fall times.
06/24/03 Improved some exception handling.
06/23/03 Corrected a plotting artifact regarding marking data points with large
dots.
06/20/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3406-x.x and LTC3406B-x.x models.
06/18/03 ".dc param ..." statements are now treated as ".step param ..." with a .op
directive.
06/18/03 Fixed a problem capturing some of the menu in the screen bitmap under
Windows XP.
06/18/03 Anded an LT3731 symbol and model.
06/18/03 Anded an LT3431 symbol and model.
06/18/03 Anded an LT1950 symbol and model.
06/18/03 The disk full error message now states how many bytes were requested in
the write that failed.
06/17/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3832 and LTC382-1 models.
06/17/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3729, LTC1929, LTC1629-PG, and LTC1629-6
models.
06/17/03 Corrected an error in the LTC1929 and LTC1929-PG models.
06/07/03 Corrected a problem finding the DC solution to the LT1372 and LT1377
models.
06/16/03 A crash mode relating to diode rating issues was fixed.
06/16/03 A screen refresh issue with placing vertical pins a symbol was corrected.
06/13/03 There are now two SPICE solvers available. An alternate solver uses a
slower but more accurate sparse matrix package.
06/12/03 The ESR of some Sumida inductors was corrected.
06/12/03 Corrected an error in the text search utility of netlists.
06/11/03 Corrected an error in the computation of MOS3 Jacobian.
06/11/03 Specified ibv for all zener models.
05/23/03 Corrected the sign of the AC current reported from behavioral current
sources.
05/23/03 Corrected an error in the LTC3803 model.
05/21/03 Fixed an error in PWL breakpoint handling.
05/21/03 Replaced/updated sections of the sparse matrix solver.
05/19/03 Improved the source stepping DC solve method.
05/19/03 Adjusted the DC solve strategy.
05/19/03 Fixed a problem regarding some PULSE independent sources.
05/16/03 Corrected in error in the algorithm that detects loops for voltage
sources.
05/15/03 Added an LTC3414 symbol and model.
05/15/03 Corrected the LTC3412 model.
05/14/03 The circuit is now checked for potentially floating nodes and reported as
warnings in the log file.
05/13/03 Singular matrix errors due to loops of voltage sources and/or inductances
are now trapped and reported by device name.
05/13/03 MFC controls were updated to use heap sorts of in-place data.
05/13/03 All quick sorts were replaced with heap sorts.
05/12/03 Corrected a memory management problem relating to copying nets.
05/09/03 Corrected a problem reading back some pathnames contained as text on a
schematic.
05/08/03 Corrected a problem evaluating diode recombination current.
05/07/03 Fixed a potential crash mode when switching complex data representation
from Bode to Nyquist.
05/07/03 Corrected the quiescent current of the LT1949 model.
05/06/03 Corrected the minimum run voltage of the LT3430 model.
05/05/03 Complex data can now be plotted in rectangular coordinates(Cartesian)
instead of polar(Bode/Nyquist).
05/04/03 Fixed a crash mode regarding frequency domain lookup tables.
05/02/03 Added a symbol and model of the LT3460.
05/01/03 Added a symbol and model of the LTC3736.
04/30/03 Added a symbol and model of the LTC3803.
04/22/03 Corrected a problem cross probing some nodes deep in a hierarchy.
04/22/03 It does a better job finding the default e-mail program from the Help-
>About dialog
04/22/03 Corrected the peak current of the LTC1707 model.
04/21/03 Save As for schematics will now prompt before overwriting when it
automatically supplied the filename extension and that file now exists.
04/21/03 Enabled printing of symbol files.
04/21/03 Fixed a problem crossprobing certain device currents at low hierarchical
levels.
04/21/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to pasting between schematics on Windows Me.
04/15/03 The waveform grid is now hardwired to grey when monochrome printing is
selected.
04/15/03 A re-read of the disk is no longer required when restarting marching
waveforms by zooming extents after zooming in to pause marching waveforms.
04/14/03 An potential error netlisting unloaded blocks of a hierarchical schematic
is corrected.
04/13/03 Delta-Y is now read out even when the mouse is outside the plotting area.
04/12/03 Increased the margins when printing netlists.
04/11/03 Made some adjustments to the DC solution strategy.
04/11/03 Added LTC3423 and LTC3424 models and symbols.
04/10/03 The 1pole and 2pole universal opamp macromodels now default to an Avol of
1e6.
04/10/03 Extended the DC solve strategy to wander two dimensional gain/gmin-step
and gain/source-step planes.
04/08/03 Adjusted the LT1374 switching losses.
04/08/03 Added an LTC3407 symbol and model.
04/08/03 Warning messages are now generated if a hierarchical block has unused
ports.
04/08/03 Error messages are now generated if a hierarchical block has shorted
ports.
04/07/03 Now it's possible to pause a simulation, zoom in on the waveform, and then
restart the simulation without having to reload data.
04/07/03 The status bar prompt for rotating/mirroring selections is now updated
with the hotkey map.
04/07/03 Added an LTC3201 symbol and model.
04/07/03 Fixed a status bar message when reloading traces from the .raw file.
04/05/03 Fixed an error in attached cursor readout when the cursor hops from one
trace to other during crossprobing.
04/05/03 Improved error reporting regarding resistors without set values.
04/04/03 Added an LT3464 model and symbol.
04/03/03 A font is specified now when printing waveform data to work around a
problem with some hp network printer drivers.
04/03/03 Added an LTC3403 model and symbol.
04/02/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to odd characters in netnames.
04/02/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to changing the text justification of empty
component attributes.
04/02/03 Autoscaling of newly created schematics is now less "aggressive".
03/31/03 The old waveform file and plot settings aren't deleted if the new
simulation doesn't parse correctly.
03/31/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to inserting new netnames.
03/30/03 Improved the new non-autoranging mode.
03/29/03 Improved memory management relating to incremental netlisting of
schematics of the schematic undo/redo data.
03/28/03 Corrected same of the SMPS synthesizer template circuits.
03/28/03 Corrected the LT1425 symbol.
03/28/03 The reference voltages of the LTC3404/5/6 series models were tweaked.
03/28/03 Printing of a zoomed section of a schematic was improved.
03/27/03 Fixed a problem redoing parametric plots.
03/27/03 Waveform plot settings can now be written to/from files.
03/27/03 Waveform data files are now added to the MRU list if they are opened by
hand through the File=>Open menu.
03/27/03 An attached cursor crash mode was fixed.
03/26/03 A problem in the LTC3251 model was corrected.
03/26/03 A problem in the LTC1922-1 model was corrected.
03/25/03 A neon bulb macro model and symbol were added.
03/25/03 A new symbol attribute, ModelFile, causes that file to be included as a
library when that is used.
03/25/03 A spurious error message about zero valued resistance is removed with when
using an expression for the resistance.
03/24/03 Added parameterizable sub opamps 1pole.sub/asy and 2pole.sub/asy.
03/24/03 Implemented internal current limit to the voltage controlled switch
device.
03/22/03 Fixed a crash mode that could happen if OK was repeatedly accepted to
accepting the default MOS model when it couldn't be found.
03/22/03 Fixed an error parsing relative offsets in PWL's.
03/21/03 Schematic waveform probing can again be restarted after closing and
reopening the schematic.
03/21/03 Fixed a problem finding the bin for binned MOSFET model libraries.
03/21/03 Fixed some problems with the text search dialog for netlists.
03/20/03 Efficiency reports and BOM's con now be pasted onto the text clipboard.
03/20/03 Fixed a race condition in the 1944 and 1945 series.
03/20/03 Data files can now be optionally automatically deleted when you close the
schematic.
03/19/03 Implemented jssw for MOS level 1, 2, and 3.
03/19/03 A diode's gmin leakage is no longer scaled by the area.
03/19/03 Fixed a problem regarding Cgd for non-symmetrical JFET's.
03/19/03 Fixed a problem with the keyboard short cuts from interfering with windows
keyboard menu navigation with the Alt-key.
03/18/03 Fixed a problem with the .op solution of some behavioral voltage sources.
03/17/03 File type is automatically set to binary when steady state is requested
without the nodiscard option.
03/14/03 Fixed a problem plotting an expression using a JFET gate current.
03/13/03 Fixed a problem updating the screen during symbol editing.
03/11/03 Keyboard short cuts are now user definable.
03/11/03 Fixed a problem parsing nodes in decks converted from Spectre.
03/11/03 Fixed a problem in the zoom extents of waveform data of stepped data.
03/10/03 Fixed a crash mode relating to reporting missing subcircuits.
03/05/03 Included the LTC3400 model and symbol in the distribution.
03/04/03 Fixed a problem handling with .global statements.
03/04/03 Improved handling of .wave statement syntax errors.
03/04/03 F6 key now works for duplicate mode under Linux/WINE.
03/03/03 The Laplace routines now use more data points in their conversion from
frequency domain to time domain.
03/03/03 .ic statements on lower-level schematics are now included in the netlist.
03/03/03 Pointed the help system for Linux/WINE to http://LTspice.linear-
tech.com/software/scad3.pdf.
02/28/03 Fixed a crash mode when typing Ctrl-C when running under Linux/Wine.
02/28/03 Added a clamp to the Run/SS pins for the LTC1778 and LTC1778-1
02/28/03 Fixed the some Find dialog problems when running under Linux/Wine.
02/28/03 Improved the look of the icons on the Control Panel tabs when running
under Linux/Wine.
02/26/03 Fixed a potential problem compiling user-defined functions used in
behavioral sources.
02/26/03 Improved the program's behavior when run under Linux with WINE.
02/26/03 Added an LT1698 model and symbol.
02/26/03 Corrected the 1930/A's model max duty cycle.
02/26/03 Added models and symbols of the LTC3832 and LTC3832-1.
02/23/03 Trapped shorted voltage source errors from crashing memory management.
02/24/03 Added LT1681 and LT3781 models and symbols.
02/21/03 Improved a couple issues drawing with sprited objects.
02/20/03 Added a symbol and model for an LTC1629-6.
02/20/03 An empty component attribute value will now override a non-empty symbol
attribute.
02/19/03 Fixed a problem with the simulation setup editor replacing one command of
a multi-line block of text.
02/18/03 Added links to Linear's website on the help=>about box.
02/15/03 Fixed a problem relating to nested subcircuit definitions.
02/14/03 Fixed a problem with switching modes of the LTC3440 model during
simulation.
02/14/03 Added initial support of <cond> ? <result if cond true> : <result if cond
false> syntax.
02/13/03 Fixed a problem relating to nested subcircuit definitions.
02/13/03 Fixed a crash mode when reporting errors in nested user-defined functions.
02/12/03 Fixed a problem pointing at multi-line text blocks on the schematic
introduced with the Chinese windows fixes.
02/12/03 Improved error reporting for infinite subcircuit recursion.
02/12/03 Allowed subcircuit definitions to be nested.
02/12/03 Removed an extraneous diagnostic message box when creating a new symbol.
02/12/03 Allowed the Greek Mu symbol to be displayed on the status bar on Chinese
editions of windows.
02/11/03 Allowed the Greek Mu symbol to be displayed in the list controls in
Chinese editions of windows.
02/10/03 A .step command with only one data point is now flagged as an error.
02/10/03 Fixed a potential crash mode when editing component values.
02/10/03 Allowed the Greek Mu symbol to be displayed on the waveform and schematic
on Chinese editions of windows.
02/07/03 Corrected the voltage rating of some of the templates used in the
synthesizer.
02/04/03 Fixed a problem parsing the files from "PWL FILE" syntax.
02/04/03 Fixed a problem in the LTC1628-SYNC, LTC3727, LTC3728, and LTC3732 models.
02/04/03 It's easier to delete traces with the delete key during marching waveform
updates.
02/04/03 Restarting marching waveforms no longer changes trace color settings.
02/04/03 Corrected the LT3439 model to include current limit.
02/02/03 Fixed a problem pointing at multi-line blocks of text on the schematic.
02/02/03 Fixed a problem scaling BSIM3 transistors for .AC analyses.
01/31/03 Improved the look of some dialogs when running under Chinese editions of
Windows.
01/31/03 It's possible to convert all instances of '�' to 'u' on the screen for
window systems that don't have fonts that allow a Greek Mu to be displayed.
01/31/03 The obsolete File=>SPICE Netlist=>Extract Subckt command has been removed
from the menu.
01/27/03 The net right button menu can now be used to reach the place netname
command.
01/27/03 Schematics missing symbols can be opened and resaved to omit the missing
symbols.
01/27/03 The description attribute of symbols can now be edited in the symbol
editor.
01/26/03 Cross-probing noise contributions now works throughout the hierarchy.
01/25/03 The EuropeanResistor symbol was made narrower.
01/24/03 Fixed a problem evaluating PWL(repeat for .. endrepeat) syntax.
01/23/03 Auto panning the schematic is defeated while returning the mouse to the
schematic after using the toolbar.
01/23/03 Improved the branch selection of the complex sqrt() function.
01/23/03 The LT1512 model Ifb reference was corrected to be 100mV instead of 120mV.
01/22/03 The bitmap seen while editing a symbol can now be copied to the windows
clipboard.
01/22/03 Corrected an error in the lossy T-Line symbol.
01/21/03 rand() and random() are now available in parameter expressions.
01/20/03 Memory management under Windows 98 was improved.
01/19/03 The spinner controls on the symbol editor work again.
01/18/03 Fixed a problem the the EKV MOSFET implementation in LTspice.
01/17/03 The help system was updated.
01/17/03 Schematic text can now be rotated to be vertical.
01/17/03 Hierarchical schematics are now supported.
01/17/03 A graphical symbol editor was introduced.
01/08/03 LBin and LBout pins of the LTC1174 series were added.
01/08/03 Fixed a problem with pin current monitoring
11/22/02 Corrected an error in the LT1510 model.
11/22/02 Corrected PWL parsing problem that used to preclude assigning a series
resistance to PWL voltage sources.
11/21/02 Corrected some more problems relating to discontinuous mode in the
LTC1778-1, LTC1778, LTC3711, LTC3713, LTC3714, LTC3720, and LTC3778 models.
11/21/02 Corrected an error in the LT1615/-1 models.
11/19/02 Added a generic varistor symbol.
11/19/02 Added a generic TRIAC symbol.
11/19/02 Corrected an error in the LT1176 model.
11/17/02 Sped up user defined function compiling.
11/14/02 Clicking on the e-mail address in the about box now launches your e-mail
program.
11/14/02 Trapped a potential endless loop in waveform average and rms calculations.
11/13/02 Added a generic DIAC symbol.
11/13/02 Lossy transmission line ports may now be cross probed for current.
11/13/02 Lossless transmission line ports may now be cross probed for current.
11/12/02 The equal sign is no longer required in .option statements.
11/12/02 Unrecognized MOS levels now longer abort a simulation if an instance of
them is not invoked.
11/11/02 Added an LTC1871-7 model and symbol.
11/11/02 A error is issued if excess phase of a BJT model is specified as negative
for a .tran analysis.
11/08/02 Corrected a problem in the LT1302 model.
11/07/02 DW is now a synonym for WD in a level 2 MOSFET.
11/05/02 Corrected the LTC3707 symbol.
10/29/02 Implemented a .global directive.
10/29/02 Added the ability to open a symbol or schematic from a symbol instance on
a schematic.
10/28/02 Fixed a memory leak relating to parsing .nodeset statements.
10/25/02 Corrected discontinuous mode in the LTC1778-1, LTC1778, LTC3711, LTC3713,
LTC3714, LTC3720, and LTC3778 models.
10/24/02 Corrected an issue of false convergence about diode breakdown voltage.
10/21/02 Updated the LTC4412 model.
10/21/02 Corrected the LT1268B synthesizer template schematic.
10/18/02 Corrected the error amp model of the LT1377.
10/17/02 Corrected the oscillator and cross conduction logic of the LT3439 model.
10/17/02 Corrected the minimum off time of the LTC1778-1, LTC1778, LTC3711,
LTC3713, LTC3714, LTC3717, LTC3718, LTC3720, and LTC3778 models.
10/15/02 Made a correction to the 3732 error amp drive capability.
10/15/02 Added an LTC3413 symbol and model.
10/14/02 Added an LTC4412 symbol and model.
10/14/02 Added an LT1129 symbol.
10/09/02 Adjusted the LT1930/A models' min ontime.
10/08/02 Fixed a memory leak relating to lossy transmission line memory management.
10/08/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to lossy transmission line memory management.
10/07/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to reading corrupted symbol files.
10/03/02 Improved net label placement wrt the end of a wire.
10/03/02 Fixed a problem changing a trace to an expression of a trace in the select
visible trace dialog.
10/03/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to pasting in text in the ASCII editors.
10/02/02 Added symbols and models for the LT1722, LT1723, and LT1724.
10/02/02 The SIN independent souce function now decays to the dc offset instead of
zero.
10/02/02 The 1st point of a temperature sweep of operating point is no longer
missing from the plot.
10/01/02 An error message is issued if a resistor's resistance evaluates to zero.
10/01/02 Modified the 1766 and 3430 models.
10/01/02 Added an LT3150 symbol and model.
10/01/02 The ASCII editors now use DOS style carriage return/new line sequences.
09/30/02 Added LT1575 symbol and model.
09/30/02 Added LT1734-x.x and LT1734L-x.x symbols and models.
09/30/02 Implemented resistor model parameter tce, exponential temp. coeff[%/�C].
09/30/02 Implemented resistor instance parameter tce, exponential temp.
coeff[%/�C].
09/29/02 Resistor instance parameter tc2 will now be accepted without tc1.
09/25/02 Removed screen flicker from the color palette editor.
09/25/02 Netlist continuation lines can now be displayed in a different color.
09/25/02 Added LT1797 and LT1800 symbols and models.
09/24/02 Fixed a problem parsing Laplace transfer functions.
09/23/02 Added models and symbols for the LT1934 and LT1934-1
09/23/02 It's again possible to paste characters like '�' into the text editors.
09/21/02 Fixed a potential crash mode relating to opening .raw files without the
schematic or netlist.
09/21/02 Fixed a problem updating the symbol's ASCII representation when
horizontally scrolling.
09/21/02 Fixed a problem autoranging the Nyquist plots.
09/21/02 Cleaned up some aspects of the open file command.
09/20/02 Implemented attached cursors for Nyquist plots.
09/19/02 It's again possible to save only drain(collector) currents to reduce the
size of output files.
09/18/02 Fixed a problem with positioning the cursor for horizontally scrolled text
in the new ASCII editors.
09/17/02 Added MOSFET models for the Si7866 and Si7868.
09/16/02 Added the ability to represent complex data as a Nyquist plot in addition
to the Bode plot default.
09/11/02 Added an LTC3202 model and symbol
09/11/02 Corrected the synthesizer's record of the 1622's reference voltage
09/10/02 ASCII editor colors are now programmable on the color pallete.
09/10/02 Netlist text is now colorized according to whether the text is a comment
or dot command
09/10/02 There's a context menu for capacitor, inductor, and resistor database
editors.
09/10/02 JFET libraries can now be searched.
09/09/02 Updated the netlist editor to one with unlimited undo/redo.
09/07/02 Updated the symbol editor to one with unlimited undo/redo.
09/06/02 The color palette dialog sliders now work under Windows 95.
09/05/02 Updated the editor used for ASCII libraries to one with unlimited
undo/redo.
09/04/02 The Select Waveform for FFT dialog is shorter to fit better on lower
resolution screens.
09/03/02 The installation dialog is shorter so it fits on lower resolution screens.
09/03/02 Panning waveforms will no longer un-sync horizontal axes of multiple
panes.
09/03/02 Sped up expanding PWL's using repeat syntax.
09/03/02 Corrected a problem in the LT1256 model.
09/02/02 Added a single level of undo to the symbol editor.
09/02/02 Added a single level of undo to the netlist editor.
09/01/02 Fixed a problem parsing PWL repeat forever...endrepeat syntax
08/30/02 Syntax as "E1 2 0 FREQ { V(1) } = (1K,0,0) (10K,-80.,90)" is now
understood.
08/30/02 Fixed some problems with attached cursors on stepped and parametrically
plotted data.
08/30/02 Added steady state detection to the LTC3411
08/30/02 Allowed a the frequency domain response of behavoral sources to be
specifed with a lookup table.
08/29/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to resimulating complex data while cursors
were attached to traces.
08/29/02 Corrected some problems regarding attached cursors ganged across plotting
panes.
08/28/02 Corrected the min offtime of the LT1765 model.
08/28/02 Syntax such as "E1 1 0 Laplace { -V(1)*3 } = { 1/(1+s) }" is now
understood.
08/28/02 Behavioral sources; e.g., B1 1 0 V=V(3)*V(4); can now also include a
Laplace transform.
08/28/02 A problem rerunning complex data is fixed when the saved nodes varies from
run to run.
08/28/02 ".ac lin 1 1Meg 1Meg" is now treated the same as ".ac list 1Meg"
08/26/02 The uninstaller is now able to completely delete itself.
08/26/02 The uninstaller will also remove scad3.ini from the windows directory.
08/26/02 Fixed a plotting/compression artifact for stepped data.
08/25/02 Corrected the setup simulation dialog's ability to compose a
logarithmic .dc sweep.
08/24/02 The error message for loading schematics where the symbol files can't be
found is handled better.
08/24/02 Fixed a problem wrapping the attached cursor from dataset to dataset with
the keyboard up/down cursor keys.
08/24/02 The release version can now be seen under properties of the right click
menu on the file name in the explorer.
08/23/02 Resistor, capacitor, inductor, MOSFET, diode, BJT, and JFT selection
dialogs are now resizable.
08/23/02 Error logs are now shown in the same font as a netlist.
08/22/02 The new installer states which version of LTspice/SwCADIII it will
install.
08/21/02 Cancelling all zooms in one pane doesn't unsynchronize it from other panes
if sync is selected.
08/20/02 An NT crash mode was fixed.
08/19/02 The distribution was changed from being a self-extracting zip file to a
self-extracting/self-installing gzip file.
08/18/02 The uninstall program was replaced with one that better cleanups up after
itself wrt the registry.
08/17/02 The install program was replaced.
08/16/02 Added an LT3732 symbol and model.
08/15/02 Fixed a problem using device currents in behavioral sources.
08/15/02 The grip to resize dialogs is now easier to hit with the mouse.
08/15/02 Added an LED diode symbol.
08/14/02 A four terminal MOSFET is now edited in a dialog that allows easier entry
of the device's dimensions.
08/13/02 Added a 30BQ060 diode model.
08/12/02 Added a dialog to help enter the simulation command.
08/08/02 Printing waveforms with the monochrome option is now gives more distinct
plots.
08/08/02 The PWL source editor no longer tries to sort incrementally specified
times.
08/07/02 Added an LT1947 symbol and model.
08/07/02 Added an LT3420 symbol and model.
08/07/02 Fixed a problem relating to parametric(XY) plots.
08/06/02 Fixed a problem with the add trace command for complex data.
08/05/02 Cleaned up some attached cursor problems for parametric plots.
08/05/02 Added an LT1961 symbol and model.
08/02/02 Schematic node names may now be up to 30 characters long.
08/02/02 Fixed a problem regarding cursors on multi-panned plots.
08/02/02 Added an LTC3707 symbol.
08/02/02 Added an LTC3701 symbol and model.
08/02/02 Fixed a problem updating the attached cursor readout.
08/01/02 Fixed a problem in the pinout of one of the opamp symbols.
08/01/02 Fixed a crash mode in the waveform viewer.
08/01/02 Added an SCR symbol.
07/31/02 Fixed a problem with pointing to trace labels with the mouse.
07/31/02 The delete key can be used to enter delete mode in both schematics and
waveforms.
07/31/02 The delete trace mode can delete a plotting pane if the pane is empty of
traces.
07/30/02 Added a delete trace command.
07/30/02 Added an unlimited undo/redo for the waveform viewer settings.
07/29/02 Added an LTC3728L symbol.
07/29/02 Reduced screen flicker on marching waveforms with multi-paned plots.
07/29/02 Fixed a problem with the LTC1152 symbol.
07/24/02 Complex data is now interpolated as a straight line in the complex plane,
instead of on the screen.
07/23/02 The Select waveform dialog box can now be resized to view more complex
data traces.
07/22/02 Addd an LT3439 model and symbol.
07/21/02 Fixed a problem showing the system menu of an iconized view window.
07/20/02 Parametric plots now include allow the enpoints to be plotted.
07/19/02 Improved the attached cursor drag behavior for parametric plots.
07/18/02 Corrected the attached cursor ordinate readout for parametric plots.
07/17/02 Corrected the attached cursor ordinate readout for eye diagrams.
07/16/02 Corrected the LTC3412 symbol and model with regard to shutdown and
external softstart.
07/15/02 Implemented multiple pane plots.
07/14/02 Fixed the collector current rating of some of the bipolars.
07/13/02 When evaluating parameterized decks, "gmin" can now be used as a synonym
for 1e-12.
07/12/02 tc1 and tc2 are now accepted a resistor instance parameters as an
alternative to tc as a vector
07/11/02 Cleaned up the bitmap of some of the mouse cursors.
07/10/02 Fixed some attached cursor problems.
07/09/02 Fixed a problem parsing some types of Laplace sources.
07/08/02 Fixed the menu background color when running under Windows XP.
07/06/02 Fixed crash mode handling very long error messages.
07/05/02 Fixed a problem evaluating certain Laplacian expressions at DC.
07/01/02 The delta phase cursor now reads degrees
06/30/02 Added an add-trace dialog.
06/29/02 Fixed a crash mode involving the waveform viewer.
06/28/02 Fixed a crash mode involving long expressions in the waveform viewer.
06/28/02 Fixed an that prevented cursor readout to be updated when switching
traces.
06/28/02 Fixed an error converting period to frequency in the cursors.
06/27/02 Implemented attached cursors for eye diagrams.
06/27/02 The cursor up/down keys now make the attached cursor hop to the next step
of steped/sweeped data sets.
06/26/02 Implemented attached cursors for parametric plots.
06/25/02 Allowed keyboard left right cursor keys to control the attached cursors.
06/25/02 Allowed complex data set cursors to be attached to phase or group delay.
06/24/02 Added attached cursors for complex data sets.
06/23/02 Added icons to the color palette control tabs.
06/22/02 Added attached cursors for real data sets.
06/21/02 Allowed some recovery from a singular matrix during the .op solution.
06/20/02 The pentrode symbol was respelled pentode. People upgrading from previous
versions will have to delete pentrode.asy manually.
06/19/02 Fixed a model parsing problem.
06/19/02 Added LTC3406B, LTC3406B-1.5, and LTC3406B-1.8 symbols and models.
06/19/02 Added LTC3406, LTC3406-1.5, and LTC3406-1.8 symbols and models.
06/18/02 Fixed stepgmin option.
06/18/02 Added an LT1945 symbol and model.
06/18/02 Added an LT1944-1 symbol and model.
06/18/02 Added an LT1944 symbol and model.
06/17/02 Added an LTC3718 symbol and model.
06/16/02 A PWL can now use "repeat for <count> (,) (,) (,) endrepeat" syntax.
06/15/02 Corrected an error parsing .noise calculations with square braces about
the output node name.
06/14/02 A PWL can use the keyword "FILE" to include points from another file.
06/14/02 A PWL time can be preceded with a '+' go mean that the time is incremental
from the previous time.
06/14/02 Implemented PWL time_scale_factor and value_scale_factor.
06/13/02 A '*' can not longer introduce the start of a comment mid-line if not
preceded with whitespace.
06/13/02 Implemented tt for the BSIM3 bulk junction.
06/13/02 Fixed a problem reading "params:" syntax when there were no parameters
listed.
06/12/02 Added progress information during .noise calculations.
06/12/02 Made some adjustments to the LTC3412 model.
06/11/02 Implemented cross probing of total device noises.
06/11/02 The waveform plotting window remembers linear vs. log settings between
simulations.
06/11/02 The waveform plotting window takes a hint from the sweep type for linear
vs. log settings.
06/10/02 Fixed various problems in .noise calculations.
06/09/02 Implemented nlev and gdsnoi parameters in MOS1, MOS2, and MOS3
06/08/02 Cleaned up some plotting problems for .step'ed data sets.
06/08/02 Cleaned up some plotting problems relating to data sets containing some
singular data points.
06/07/02 Corrected some noise calculation problems in MOS levels 1, 2, and 3.
06/06/02 Added an LT1940 symbol and model.
06/05/02 Added an LTC3778 symbol and model.
06/04/02 Fixed a problem in the DC solution strategy.
06/04/02 Added a new type of analysis, ".dc temp..." Much faster than ".step
temp ..." but doesn't re-evaluate deck parameters even if they call temp and not
well tested, yet.
06/03/02 Added an LTC3412 model and symbol.
06/02/02 A error is issued if the disk get full while writing a .wav file.
06/01/02 Output data file sizes are no longer limited to 2Gigabyte, but disk size.
05/31/02 Fixed a problem parsing some E1 n1 n2 POLY(N) ... syntax.
05/31/02 Added an LTC3411 model and symbol.
05/31/02 Updated the help system with .wav file I/O documentation.
05/31/02 Adjusted the DC solution strategy.
05/30/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to aborting a simulation during gmin stepping.
05/30/02 Increased the search path of further included libraries to include the
directory of the library invoking the inclusion.
05/30/02 Fixed a grid snap issue when copying components pointed to by a text
attribute.
05/29/02 Added IGBT symbols(for 3rd party supplied models).
05/29/02 Fixed a problem computing paths relative to the schematic directory.
05/29/02 Added examples showing .wav file I/O.
05/29/02 Enabled device evaluation bypass for BJT's and diodes.
05/29/02 Fixed a crash mode relating to selecting a pin current in a model dialog
while the simulation was in progress.
05/29/02 Fixed a memory leak relating to cross probing.
05/29/02 Removed more function calling overhead in device evaluations.
05/28/02 It's possible to save only Idrain(or Icollector) of transistors in order
to reduce the size of the output .raw data file.
05/24/02 Fixed a crash mode involving BSIM3 and BSIM4.
05/04/02 Corrected the LTC3440 input current limit.
05/24/02 ".dc temp ..." is now accepted as ".step temp ..."
05/23/02 Node voltages or device currents may now be written out as a .wav file.
Syntax: .wave "C:\cdq.wav" 16 44.1K V(left) V(right)
05/23/02 The unconnected indicator of a ground symbol or net label is now drawn in
the correct color.
05/22/02 Corrected a couple errors in the synthesizer template circuits.
05/21/02 Inverse trig functions now consistently use radian measure.
05/21/02 A .wav file can be used as an source. Set the value of a voltage source
to "wavefile=path".
05/19/02 Corrected the slope compensation of the LTC1773(again!).
05/19/02 Made some corrections to the LTC1736 model.
05/18/02 Sped up PWL current source evaluation.
05/17/02 Corrected the slope compensation of the LTC1773.
05/17/02 Sped up PWL voltage source evaluation. Multi-Megabyte PWL's can now be
viably used in a simulation.
05/17/02 Added an LTC3831 symbol and model.
05/16/02 Added LTC3830 and LTC3830-1 symbols and models.
05/15/02 Improved the width of column of listbox controls.
05/15/02 Sections of a wire can be deleted if a new wire is drawn while holding the
alt key.
05/15/02 Added a check box to hide a waveform on the expression editor.
05/15/02 Added a menu command to tile the windows vertically
05/15/02 Fixed a memory leak in BSIM4.
05/15/02 Fixed a problem merging model files with continuation lines.
05/14/02 Trapped a crash mode when resimulating with a marching waveform
expression.
05/14/02 Fixed a memory leak in BSIM3.
05/11/02 Improved the timestep strategy of short delay lines.
05/10/02 The original Laplace syntax style works again.
05/10/02 Added a 2N7002 model and symbol.
05/10/02 Added an LTC3720 model and symbol.
05/08/02 The Select real waveform dialog box can now be resized to view more
traces.
05/08/02 Corrected the NSPW500BS white LED model.
05/08/02 Improved current monitoring in BSIM4.
05/07/02 Improved current monitoring in BSIM3.
05/07/02 A dollar sign may be used to start a comment if isolated with white space
or commas to either side.
05/07/02 A '*' may start a comment in the middle of a line if it is not possibly
otherwise part of an algebraic expression.
05/07/02 .model parameters may be set equal to user parameters without curly braces
or single quotes.
05/07/02 Single quotes can be used like curly braces for parameter substitution.
05/07/02 Implemented multiple library entries within one library file, i.e., ".lib
'<filename>' <entry>" syntax
05/06/02 Defeated bypass evaluation in BSIM3.
05/05/02 An empty .four statement can no longer cause a crash.
05/03/02 Implemented binning for all MOS and BSIM models.
05/03/02 Corrected an error in BSIM3 instance mfactor.
05/02/02 Implemented BSIM3 model parameters Rd and Rs.
05/02/02 Corrected the BAT54 diode model.
05/01/02 An error is now generated if an analysis tries to exceed the 2Gigabyte
output data file size.
05/01/02 Improved timestep control of simulations using independent sources.
04/30/02 Marching waveform .stepped datasets now use the same color coding as
statically displayed data.
04/29/02 Added some output voltage constraints in the synthesizer for sense voltage
CM range.
04/29/02 Added a very preliminary LT3440 symbol and model.
04/25/02 Added an LT1937 symbol and model.
04/25/02 Zero valued capacitors no longer corrupt the efficiency report.
04/25/02 Added a hotkey for forcing the step to be thrown.
04/25/02 Made some changes to the LTC1629, LTC1929, and LTC3729 models.
04/25/02 The synthesizer(switch selector guide) is now enabled by default.
04/25/02 Corrected the max current in some poly-phase parts in the synthesizer.
04/25/02 Updated the LTC1624 model.
04/25/02 Added Inductors supplied by W�rth Electronics
04/24/02 Updated the LTC1430,A models.
04/24/02 Added an LTC3440 symbol and model.
04/22/02 Trapped a singularity in the data compression algorithm.
04/22/02 Fixed a problem doing FFT's of some passages of compressed data.
04/21/02 Added some more educational examples.
04/20/02 Corrected the macromodel of a 555 timer.
04/18/02 Added the BSIM3 model parameter nqsmod.
04/17/02 The dialog box that shows a schematic's netlist or a simulation's error
log can now be resized.
04/16/02 Now it issues an error message instead of crashing when subcircuits are
called with too many ports.
04/15/02 Added an LT1310 symbol and model.
04/12/02 Fixed a problem in the LTC1693-3 model.
04/12/02 Added a model of the NSPW500BS, a white LED.
04/12/02 Fixed a problem editing I/V points of current lookup tables.
04/12/02 Added an LT1932 symbol and model.
04/11/02 Corrected the LT1246 and LT1257 models so that they can't go to 100% duty
cycle.
04/11/02 Corrected the LTC1871 model to include the product's overvoltage
protection logic.
04/11/02 Added an LTC3704 symbol and model.
04/11/02 Added the wd model parameter to level 1, 2, and 3 MOS.
04/10/02 Fixed a problem in level 3 MOS relating to Kappa.
04/10/02 Multicolumn listbox controls try to pick a better width of column.
04/09/02 Fixed another problem parsing some E1 n1 n2 TABLE {} () ()... syntax.
04/09/02 Fixed a problem merging databases of models.
04/09/02 Added LTC3719 model and symbol.
04/08/02 Added LTC3400B model and symbol.
04/06/02 Non-model statements at global scope in .lib'ed files are now ignored.
04/06/02 The first line of a .lib'ed file is no longer ignored.
04/05/02 Added LTC1983-3 and LTC1983-5 models and symbols.
04/05/02 Added LTC1911-1.5 and LTC1911-1.8 models and symbols.
04/05/02 Corrected an error in the LTC1503-1.8 and LTC1503-2 models.
04/05/02 Added an LTC3717 model and symbol.
04/04/02 Improved the sparse matrix's memory strategy.
04/04/02 Added an LT1946A model and symbol.
04/04/02 Added LTC3405A, LTC3405A-1.5 and LTC3405A-1.8 models and symbols.
04/03/02 Added an LTC1778-1 model and symbol.
04/03/02 The No Bypass SPICE option is now kept between program invocations.
04/02/02 Added LT1374HV, LT1374HV-5 and LT1370HV symbols
04/02/02 Modified the LT1616 model.
04/01/02 Modified the boost pin voltage constraints in the synthesizer.
04/01/02 Added a 555 timer model.
04/01/02 Fixed a crash mode involving a warning message from issues resolving
parameter substitution evaluation.
04/01/02 A grid is now drawn in the graphic view of edited symbols.
04/01/02 Updated the LT1619 model.
04/01/02 Improved it's ability to only read the required waveforms into memory.
04/01/02 Added the ability to draw schematics with thicker lines.
03/31/02 Added boost bin voltage constraints to the synthesizer.
03/30/02 Fixed an error parsing some E1 n1 n2 TABLE {} () ()... syntax.
03/29/02 Fixed the pinout of the LT1440 and LT1441 symbols.
03/28/02 Corrected the behavior of the Vprog pin on the LTC1436A, LTC1436A-PLL and
LTC1437A models.
03/28/02 Added a MBR20100CT diode model.
03/27/02 An LT1578-25 was added.
03/27/02 The LT1576 and LT1578 symbols were modified.
03/26/02 Fixed AC analysis of lossy transmission lines for the case of no loss.
03/26/02 Fixed memory leaks in BSIM3, BSIM4, and BSIMSOI
03/25/02 Updated BSIM3 to version 3.2.4
03/24/02 Updated BSIM4 to version 4.2.1
03/23/02 Updated SOI BSIM to version 2.2.3
03/23/02 Improved error reporting when a MOSFET model couldn't be found.
03/23/02 Fixed a problem expanding current controlled switches from subcircuits.
03/21/02 Fixed a problem expanding subcircuts containing long(Megabyte) PWL's
03/19/02 Allowed numbers to be squared again in Laplace expressions.
03/16/02 Symbols can now be defined to more more than just the value attribute
visible.
03/15/02 Added a symbol and model for the LT1946.
03/13/02 Added symbols and models for the LT1767-1.8, LT1767-2.5, LT1767-3.3, and
LT1767-5.
03/12/02 Corrected a problem in computing the dissipation in the LT1176 model.
03/11/02 Corrected an error in MOS level 1-3 drain and source current monitoring.
03/10/02 Reduced the default parallel loss of inductors(if unspecified).
03/10/02 Certain compressed waveform passages are rendered with finer detail over a
broader range of screen zoom.
03/09/02 Fixed the Jacobian of pwr(x,y) and pwrs(x,y).
03/08/02 Corrected the computation of d(f(x)**g(x))/dx in behavioral expressions.
03/08/02 Corrected log10() usage in behavioral expressions.
03/07/02 Corrected the slope of LT1618 model.
03/07/02 Improved the accuracy of the LT1370 model negative reference.
03/07/02 The independent source editor now recognizes "sin" for "sine".
03/07/02 Corrected the slope of LT1616 model.
03/06/02 Updated the LT1611 and LT1613 models.
03/06/02 Corrected the slope of the LT1372 model.
03/06/02 Corrected the slope of the LT1371 model.
03/05/02 Fixed the Jacobian of atan2().
03/05/02 Further optimized then intermediate code of the behavioral modeling
expressions.
03/03/02 Fixed the output range of the diff amp in the LTC1929 model.
03/03/02 Fixed a crash mode when a MOS model couldn't be found.
03/01/02 Closing the waveform window of a running simulation now stops that
simulation.
03/01/02 Trapped some floating point errors in the synthesizer
03/01/02 Fixed the output range of the diff amp in the LTC1629 model.
03/01/02 Added a symbol for the LT1121
02/28/02 The timestamp of .cir netlist file isn't changed when run, but save on run
is still automatic if modifed.
02/27/02 Fixed a problem calling an inductor current in a behavioral expression.
02/27/02 Fixed a problem with user defined substitution evaluation.
02/27/02 Fixed a problem with parameter substitution scope.
02/26/02 sdt() is now accepted as a synonym for idt()
02/25/02 If max is less then min in limit(x,min,max) they are now reversed before
further evaluation.
02/24/02 Defaults may now be kept in the registry instead of a .ini file if
involked with the command line switch "-registry"
02/21/02 The schematic grid color is now drawn in the user-selected color, instead
of always black.
02/20/02 The first line of a .lib file may now be empty and still count as the
leading comment.
02/20/02 Implemented lookup tables for Laplace transfer functions.
02/19/02 Allowed user defined functions in behavioral modeling.
02/19/02 Allowed nested user defined functions in parameter evaluation.
02/18/02 Corrected some errors in BSIM2 current monitoring
02/18/02 An error message is now issued if a .ac calculation is attempted with a
level 6 MOS device.
02/17/02 Corrected some errors in MESFET current monitoring
02/16/02 Added current probing to small signal analysis data.
02/16/02 Fixed an error in evaluating behavioral sources in small signal ac
analyses.
02/15/02 Fixed a crash mode that happened during a keystroke while the schematic
context menu was displayed.
02/14/02 Made it possible to abort a simulation while computing the impulse
function from the Laplace transform.
02/14/02 Trapped possible singularities in Laplacian evaluation.
02/13/02 The drop-list of waveform colors now has a vertical scroll bar so that
it's easier to select any of available colors.
02/13/02 It now issues an error message if a time domain analysis is attempted on a
Laplace transform that is singular at DC.
02/13/02 It will now try to do a Laplace time domain simulation even if it can't
find a maximum frequency at which the transfer function rolls off.
02/13/02 It now issues an error if the start time is not earlier than the end time
in a .TRAN statement.
02/12/02 Improved error reporting for parameter substitution pass.
02/12/02 Now accepts tbl() for table() in evaluating parameter substitution.
02/12/02 Extended the CM range of the LTC1628 and LTC1628-PG models' sense amps to
better reflect the product.
02/12/02 Extended the CM range of the LTC1735 and LTC1735-1 models' sense amps to
better reflect the product.
02/11/02 Fixed a problem with unraveled phase angles of a stepped .AC analysis.
02/11/02 Worked around a Win98 bug which caused a crash during extensive color
palette edits.
02/09/02 Added preliminary support the [abs]delay(expr, delay[, max_delay]) analog
behavioral function.
02/09/02 Improved the accuracy of the ddt(expr) analog behavioral function.
02/09/02 Added the function hypot(x,y) = sqrt(x*x,y*y) to the behavioral source.
02/08/02 Updated the inductor database with more inductors.
02/08/02 It now remembers the "Print Monochrome" setting between program
invocations.
02/08/02 Made the "Print Monochrome" option apply both to schematics as well as
waveforms.
02/07/02 Checked for other instances of SwitcherCAD III running before syncing the
release.
02/06/02 Added preliminary support for ddt(expr), idt(expr[,ic[,assert]]), and
idtmod(exper[,ic[,mod[,offset]]]) analog behavioral functions.
02/05/02 Corrects some errors in behavioral expression evaluation and
differentiation.
02/01/02 Changed named an undefined node or inductor in a .ic statement to a
warning instead of a fatal error.
02/01/02 Modifed the Inductor and Capacitor symbol editors to uniform units and
allow more flexibility in the representation of values.
01/31/02 Corrected some errors in the help files.
01/31/02 Fixed a race condition in the LTC1773 model.
01/30/02 Modeled the off-time foldback of the LT1615 and LT1615-1.
01/28/02 Fixed the display of the system menu seen by the clicking the right button
on the icon in the task bar.
01/27/02 Improved the autoscale range for low level, invariant complex data.
01/25/02 It now tries to pick a better location for newly visible component
attribute fields.
01/24/02 Improved symbol attribute initial placement for simple parts like R's,
C's, and L's.
01/24/02 Trapped an intermittent crash mode related to marching waveform plots with
no traces.
01/24/02 Revised the LTC3728 model.
01/24/02 Fixed a problem with the slope in the LTC1628-SYNC and LTC3727 models.
01/22/02 Added LTC3727 and LTC1628-SYNC models and symbols.
01/19/02 Allowed FFT's of real .STEP'ed data sets
01/19/02 Allowed FFT's of complex .STEP'ed data sets
01/19/02 Changed trace color for each .step run if there's one one trace quanity
plotted
01/17/02 Improved the LTC1433 model's DC solution w.r.t. soft start cap voltage
01/17/02 Fixed a latch-up problem in the LTC1142, LTC1143, LTC1147, LTC1148,
LTC1159, LTC1265, LTC1266, LTC1267, and LTC1626 models
01/16/02 Added an LTC3400 model and symbol
01/15/02 Fixed a problem with LT1111-12 symbol
01/14/02 Improved timestep control for the LT1073 models.
01/11/02 Caused setting manual plot limits to pause marching waveforms.
01/10/02 Fixed a problem stepping VDMOS parameters
01/09/02 Removed a call to MyRegisterClass() in moveexe.exe as a step toward
running the update utility under wine(Linux)
01/08/02 Fixed some UI issues in the PWL grid editor.
01/08/02 Mentioned .STEP and .TEMP in the help files.
01/07/02 Corrected the units of some of the independent current source dialog
editor labels.
01/03/02 Prevented the full grid style from obscuring marching waveforms
01/01/02 Included the parasitic Rlshunt of and capacitor in the noise calc.
01/01/02 Included the parasitic Rpar of and capacitor in the noise calc.
01/01/02 Included the parasitic Rser of and capacitor in the noise calc.
01/01/02 Included the parasitic Rser of an inductor in the noise calc.
01/01/02 Included the parasitic Rpar of an inductor in the noise calc.
12/31/01 Included the parasitic Rser of a voltage source in the noise calc.
12/31/01 Changed the LT1725 UVLO quiescent draw.
12/29/01 Enabled autoscroll for new installations.
12/27/01 Added dialogs to help enter PULSE, SINE, EXP, SFFM, and PWL independent
source functions.
12/23/01 Trapped circuits consisting solely of current sources.
12/19/01 Highlighted component body color if the component contains a string in the
find dialog
12/14/01 Improved support for automatically scrolling while placing devices or
wires.
12/13/01 Fixed a problem merging old bipolar, diode, JFET, and MOSFET model
databases with new web updates(for Win2K, still doesn't work Win98)
12/13/01 Automatically deletes wire segments which connect to two or pins of the
same components
12/13/01 Added a right button menu for wires that highlight or delete the entire
net
12/12/01 Added models and symbols for the LT1513 and LT1513-2.
12/12/01 Increased the number of VDMOS power MOSFET models.
12/12/01 Added preliminary support for automatically scrolling the zoomed schematic
while placing devices or wires.
12/11/01 Improved the behavior of scrolling the scroll bars while dragging the
mouse on the background.
12/11/01 Fixed a problem drawing the large cursor shown while drawing wires.
12/11/01 It now remembers the size on postion on the screen from the last time it
was run.
12/10/01 Removed some flicker from the schematic color preview window
12/10/01 Made the new wire thicker so it can be more easily seen through the big
cursor
12/09/01 Added icons for more menu items
12/08/01 Added control over the schematic color palette
12/07/01 Added control over the waveform viewer color palette
12/07/01 Fixed a memory leak regarding .four commands.
12/06/01 Added an LT1192 symbol.
12/05/01 Fixed a crash mode that could occur when plotting noise calculation
results for the first time.
12/04/01 Improved boost pin characteristics for the LT1766 and LT1956 models.
12/04/01 Added FB input bias current for the LT1766 and LT1956.
12/03/01 Added some control over waveform trace color.
12/03/01 Reset the FPU control word when printing to defend against broken Win98
printer drivers.
12/01/01 Fixed a waveform compression artifact.
12/01/01 Trapped more math exceptions while printing under Win98.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1316 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1615 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1614 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1613 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1612 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Modeled LT1611 shutdown quiescent current.
11/29/01 Improved the eye diagram property dialog.
11/29/01 Made the full grid line style dashed and in a darker in grey
11/28/01 Fixed a problem parsing parenthesized nodes in subcircuits
11/28/01 Trapped more singularities in behavior expression evaluations.
11/27/01 Added netlist level support for all seven possible SOI BSIM terminals.
11/27/01 Fixed a problem parsing SOI BSIM invocations.
11/27/01 Fixed the PLL2.asc example
11/27/01 Added LIST to .dc sweep syntax
11/26/01 Added logarithmic .dc sweeps
11/25/01 Now the 1st line of a library file(.lib statement) is treated as a
comment.
11/25/01 Added some vacuum tube symbols.
11/25/01 Made source stepping escapable.
11/25/01 Fixed some issues with dc sweeps.
11/18/01 Sped up the source-stepping algorithm.
11/18/01 Allowed no value to be given for a voltage source, interpreted as zero,
and issue a warning.
11/17/01 Allowed subcircuits with only one or two pins to be cross-probed for
current.
11/17/01 Raised the symbol image to top after updating symbol.
11/17/01 Allowed null files to be included without truncating the deck.
11/17/01 Fixed some problems with the symbol browser hierarchy
11/16/01 Fixed a parsing problem using curly braces for parenthesis.
11/16/01 Fixed constant voltage charging in the LT1510, LT1510-5
11/15/01 Fixed differenciation of behavioral expressions using PWRS().
11/15/01 Trapped some singularities in behavior expression differentiation.
11/15/01 Extended the symbol browser to allow deeper directory hierarchy.
11/15/01 Fixed a problem parsing node names with extra curly braces around them in
behavioral sources.
11/14/01 Fixed a problem parsing node names with trailing spaces inside square
braces in behavioral sources.
11/13/01 Added an LT1765 model and symbol.
11/13/01 Fixed a problem pausing the simulation when it erroneously thought the
waveform view was being zoomed.
11/13/01 Made efficiency table columns line up when using a serif font.
11/13/01 Fixed a problem which caused warnings about missing MOSFET models that
were actually there.
11/12/01 Added the npn4, pnp4, and lpnp symbols to the distribution.
11/12/01 Added PC817A, PC817B, PC817C, and PC817D optoisolator models and symbols.
11/12/01 Added CNY17-1, CNY17-2, and CNY17-3 optoisolator models and symbols.
11/12/01 Added MOC205, MOC206, and MOC206 optoisolator models and symbols.
11/12/01 Added 4N25, 4N25A, 4N26, 4N27, and 4N28 optoisolator models and symbols.
11/10/01 Removed some model name restrictions.
11/10/01 Removed some superfluous dialog boxes after cancelling a simulation.
11/10/01 Added a message box and option to cancel simulation when a model isn't
found.
11/09/01 Corrected some misspelled words in symbol descriptions.
11/09/01 Documented EKV level number as 12 in the help.
11/09/01 Added the instance parameter, m, to the EKV device.
11/09/01 Added diode models for the MBR0540, MUR460, and MBRB2545CT.
11/09/01 Removed the mixed-mode devices from the efficiency calculations.
11/09/01 Added m-factor in the EKV MOSFET device.
11/08/01 Added LTC3401 quiescent current.
11/08/01 Sorted Efficiency Report entries.
11/08/01 Fixed an LTC1922-1 soft start issue.
11/08/01 Added an LTC3728 model and symbol.
11/08/01 Added an LTC3729 model and symbol.
11/08/01 Set minimum on time for LTC1629 and LTC1629-PG to 200ns.
11/08/01 Fixed EKV impact ionizatin and bulk current monitoring.
11/07/01 Automatically restarted marching waveforms when cancelling zoom.
11/07/01 Automatically paused marching waveforms when zooming.
11/07/01 Made it possible to make measurements on marching waveforms.
11/07/01 Added LT1930 FB input bias current.
11/07/01 Added a warning if using a SMPS product model for something other than a
time domain analysis.
11/07/01 Made it possible to see the description of non-edible symbols after
placing.
11/07/01 Fixed the description of the LT1424-5.
11/07/01 Changed the 1241 series erramp's GBW from 1MHz to 2MHz.
11/06/01 Adjusted LTC1562 slew rates.
11/05/01 Updated waveform window label with the .cir basename even if renamed and
rerun.
11/05/01 Fixed the sign of TCV of P-channel EKV devices.
11/05/01 Fixed a problem with EKV bulk leakage current monitoring.
11/05/01 Broke EKV impact ionization(Fixed on 11/08/01).
10/25/01 Fixed a problem in expression evaluations.
10/25/01 Cleaned up statusbar information during simulation.
10/24/01 Added models and symbols for the LTC1562, LTC1562A and LTC1562-2.
10/23/01 Updated help file.
10/23/01 Changed the LTC1871 model to turn off INTVcc when run is low.
10/23/01 Fixed a problem evaluating user defined functions.
10/22/01 Fixed the Pgood pin of the LTC3714.
10/20/01 Fixed a problem back-annotating subcircuit ports with symbol pin names for
steadystate .asc simulations.
10/20/01 Added LT1617,-1 FB bias current.
10/20/01 Added LT1533, LT15334 FB bias current.
10/20/01 Added LT1371,HV FB bias current.
10/20/01 Added LT1370 FB bias current.
10/20/01 Added LT1377 FB bias current.
10/19/01 Modified the LT1372, LT1372HV, and LT1377 symbols.
10/19/01 Fixed a initial solution issue with the LTC1436A, LTC1436A-PLL, and
LTC1437A models.
10/19/01 Removed fixed-voltage versions of the LTC1626.
10/19/01 Added LTC1626 FB bias current.
10/19/01 Added LTC1574 FB bias current.
10/18/01 Added LTC1265 FB bias current.
10/18/01 Added LTC1174 FB bias current, fixed Ipgm operation.
10/17/01 Added an LT1074HV symbol.
10/17/01 Modified the LT1074 symbol.
10/17/01 Added LTC1148,L,HV FB bias current.
10/17/01 Added LTC1147L FB bias current.
10/17/01 Changed the LT1507 symbol.
10/17/01 Changed the LT1376 symbol added an LT1376HV symbol.
10/17/01 Changed the LT1375 symbol added an LT1375HV symbol.
10/16/01 Added LT1074, LT1076 FB bias current.
10/16/01 Added an LT1371HV, modified the LT1371 symbol.
10/16/01 Added LT1372HV and LT1373HV symbols.
10/14/01 Removed the "Compute Power dissipation" control panel option(set up in
tran init).
10/14/01 Increased subckt pin name back annotation priority so it's done earlier.
10/12/01 Added LT1070HV LT1071HV, LT1072HV, LT1082 feedback bias currents.
10/11/01 Fixed a problem computing the size of extended Ariel font characters.
10/09/01 Fixed the Pierce oscillator example.
10/09/01 Fixed a problem in the field update utility client.
10/09/01 Improved autoranging schematic zoom for text in Ariel font.
10/09/01 Improved schematic font selection feedback.
10/08/01 Improved LTC3401 and LTC3402 model latency and initial conditions.
10/08/01 Added an example of a .op simulation(back annotation of schematic
document).
10/08/01 Improved the pre-netlister's capability to sniff out analysis commands.
10/08/01 Added the ability to see .op voltages and currents on the status bar.
10/08/01 Fixed a problem with reported device currents for .op
10/08/01 Added Rpar and Cpar included for the Gowanda inductors.
10/07/01 Linked in preliminary SOI support.
10/07/01 Added some flexibility in the font used for schematics.
10/05/01 Modified the License.txt file.
10/04/01 Added an example of a .noise simulation.
10/03/01 Added an example of a .dc sweep.
10/02/01 Added an LTC3405 model and symbol.
10/02/01 Added prelim. LT1510 and LT1510-5 models, but the Design Eng. is out due
to knee surgery.
10/01/01 Modified the bitmap size when copying a schematic to clipboard.
10/01/01 Fixed a problem when printing on Windows 98.
9/25/01 Added a description to the LTC1622 symbol.
9/25/01 Changed the S/S pin name to _SHDN on the LT1370 and LT1377(sync isn't
modeled).
9/25/01 Changed the S/S pin name to Run/SS on the LTC1627.
9/24/01 Fixed a problem saving and running large netlist files on Windows 98.
9/24/01 Added the varistor symbol to the distribution.
9/23/01 Added an LT1618 model and symbol.
9/23/01 Added an LT1512 model and symbol.
9/23/01 Changed LT1372 FP pin bias current to 250uA.
9/21/01 Added an LTC1931A model and symbol.
9/21/01 LTC1931 model, max duty cycle changed from 86% to 90%, improved model
latency, reference, and slope.
9/20/01 LTC1624 model, max duty cycle changed from 93% to 95%.
9/19/01 LTC1771 model, current limit corrected.
9/19/01 Rpar and Cpar included for Coilcraft inductors.

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