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Subject: Re: Information on the implementation of "Spice"
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Date: Fri, 20-Feb-87 11:39:09 EST
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In article <1450@umd5>, cgs@umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes:
> Can anyone steer me to references, or can explain the general principles
> used in the "Spice" program to calculate solutions of arbitrary circuits?

Possibly the best reference on SPICE and its algorithms is Larry Nagel's
PhD thesis, available from UC Berkeley's Electronics Research Lab:

SPICE2: A Computer Program to SImulate Semiconductor Circuits
Lawrence W. Nagel
Memorandom No. ERL-M520
May 9, 1975.
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