| .SENS |
DC or Small-Signal AC Sensitivity Analysis
The sensitivity of out_var to all non-zero device parameters is calculated when the SENS analysis is specified.
| .SENS <out_var> [AC <sweep type> <points> <start frequency> <end frequency>] |
out_var
Is a circuit variable (node voltage or voltage-source branch current).
sweep type
Must be LIN, OCT, or DEC, as described below.
| Sweep type | Description |
| LIN | Linear sweep. The frequency is swept linearly from the starting to the ending frequency. The points is the total number of points in the sweep. |
| DEC | Sweep by decades. The frequency is swept logarithmically by decades. The points is the number of points per decade. |
| OCT | Sweep by octaves. The frequency is swept logarithmically by octaves. The points is the number of points per octave. |
points
Specifies the number of points in the sweep, using an integer.
start frequency
Is the starting frequency.
end frequency
Is the final frequency.
Spice will calculate either the DC operating-point sensitivity or the AC small-signal sensitivity of an output variable with respect to all circuit variables, including model parameters. Spice calculates the difference in an output variable (either a node voltage or a branch current) by perturbing each parameter of each device independently. Since the method is a numerical approximation, the results may demonstrate second order affects in highly sensitive parameters, or may fail to show very low but non-zero sensitivity. Further, since each variable is perturb by a small fraction of its value, zero-valued parameters are not analyized (this has the benefit of reducing what is usually a very large amount of data).
To calculate the sensitivity of the output variable with respect to the analysis DC, specify only the name of the variable without the term AC. Specify the term AC and its parameters to calculate the sensitivity with respect to the analysis AC.
The output values are in dimensions of change in output per unit change of input (as opposed to percent change in output or per percent change of input).
.SENS V(1,OUT)
.SENS V(OUT) AC DEC 10 100 100k
.SENS I(VTEST)