4.9 PULSE: Pulsed time dependent value
4.9.1 Syntax
PULSE args
PULSE iv pv delay rise fall width period
4.9.2 Purpose
The component value is a pulsed function of time.
4.9.3 Comments
For voltage and current sources, this is the same as the Spice PULSE function, with some extensions.
The shape of a single pulse is described by the following algorithm:
if (time > _delay+_rise+_width+_fall){
// past pulse
ev = _iv;
}else if (time > _delay+_rise+_width){
// falling
interp=(time-(_delay+_rise+_width))/_fall;
ev = _pv + interp * (_iv - _pv);
}else if (time > _delay+_rise){
// pulsed value
ev = _pv;
}else if (time > _delay){
// rising
interp = (time - _delay) / _rise;
ev = _iv + interp * (_pv - _iv);
}else{
// initial value
ev = _iv;
}
For other components, it gives a time dependent value.
As an extension beyond Spice, you may specify the parameters as
name=value pairs in any order.
4.9.4 Parameters
- IV = x
- Initial value. (required)
- PV = x
- Pulsed value. (required)
- DELAY = x
- Rise time delay, seconds. (Default = 0.)
- RISE = x
- Rise time, seconds. (Default = 0.)
- FALL = x
- Fall time, seconds. (Default = 0.)
- WIDTH = x
- Pulse width, seconds. (Default = 0.)
- PERIOD = x
- Repeat period, seconds. (Default = infinity.)