17. Bibliography

17.1. SPICE References

The technical report No. UCB/ERL M520 written by Nagel gives an interesting description of the algorithms involved in Spice. I recommend to read part 2 and 3 that explain the equation formulation. The next parts describes the numerical analysis.

The relevant references on Spice are by date of publication:

• Technical Report No. UCB/ERL M382; SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis); Nagel, Laurence W. and Pederson, D.O.; April 1973

• Technical Report No. UCB/ERL M520; SPICE2: A Computer Program to Simulate Semiconductor Circuits; Nagel, Laurence W.; 1975

• Technical Report No. UCB/ERL M89/42; Analysis of Performance and Convergence Issues for Circuit Simulation; Quarles, Thomas L.; 1989

• official spice3f5 source code on eecs.berkeley.edu server, the page contains some links on Spice (historical notes).