| SQUARE |
Controlled Square Wave Oscillator
This function is a controlled square wave oscillator with parameterizable values of low and high peak output, duty cycle, rise time, and fall time. It takes an input voltage or current value. This value is used as the independent variable in the piecewise linear curve described by the coordinate points of the cntl_array and freq_array pairs. From the curve, a frequency value is determined, and the oscillator will output a square wave at that frequency. From the above, it is easy to see that array sizes of 2 for both the cntl_array and the freq_array will yield a linear variation of the frequency with respect to the control input. Any sizes greater than 2 will yield a piecewise linear transfer characteristic. For more detail, refer to the description of the piecewise linear controlled source, which uses a similar method to derive an output value given a control input.
Alternatively to the pair of parameters cntl_array and freq_array it is possible to determine the frequency of the VCO using the pair of parameters FC and KF.
| Description | Direction | Default Type | Allowed Types | Vector | Vector Bounds | Null Allowed |
| Input | IN | v | v,vd,i,id,vnam | NO | NO | |
| Output | OUT | v | v,vd,i,id | NO | NO |
| Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Limits | Vector | Vector Bounds | Null Allowed |
| cntl_array | control in array | Real | 0.0 | YES | 2 / - | NO | |
| freq_array | frequency array | Real | 1.0e3 | 0 / - | YES | 2 / - | NO |
| FC | center Frequency | Real | 1.0e6 | NO | YES | ||
| KF | frequency sensitivity in Hz/Volt | Real | 1.0e5 | NO | YES | ||
| out_low | output low value | Real | -1.0 | NO | YES | ||
| out_high | output high value | Real | 1.0 | NO | YES | ||
| duty_cycle | duty cycle | Real | 0.5 | 1e-6 / 0.999999 | NO | YES | |
| rise_time | rise time | Real | 1.0e-9 | NO | YES | ||
| fall_time | fall time | Real | 1.0e-9 | NO | YES |
SQUARE: Error allocating square block storage
Generic storage allocation error.
SQUARE: Frequency extrapolation limited to le-16
This error occurs whenever the controlling input value is such that the output frequency ordinarily would be set to a negative value. Consequently, the output frequency has been clamped to a near-zero value.
SQUARE: Size of control array different than frequency array
This error message normally occurs whenever the controlling input array and the frequency array are different sizes.
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.model pulsel square(cntl_array = [-1 0 5 6]
+ freq_array = [10 10 1000 1000]
+ out_low = 0.0 out_high =4.5 duty_cycle = 0.2
+ rise_time = le-6 fall_time = 2e-6)