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• PSpice Advance Analysis Enhancements: The new enhancements in PSpice Advanced Analysis (AA) allow users to run PSpice AA on existing designs without the need to update any parts/models of the design. The key functional enhancements including (): • Assign global tolerance on device/model parameters • Assign global tolerance on global variables • Assign global tolerance on Voltage and Current sources • Assign global tolerance on sub circuit parameter • Models downloaded from web can be readily used in Advanced Analysis flows • Enhancements in PSpiceAA GUI. • Virtual Prototyping: New functionality for automating the code generation for multilevel abstraction models written in C/C++, and SystemC, VerilogA-ADMS, and a set of behavioral analog devices and controlled sources. • 64 Bit Simulation Engine and Result Analysis – Leverage full potential of compute platform to perform simulation and waveform analysis on extremely large designs. • New functions for Behavioral models – a set of Delay() functions to introduce delay in behavioral models or controlled sources. • New Models – Models for TinySwitch-III family devices and new Optocoupler devices have been added • Support for TCL 8.6 - In 17.2 release Capture and PSpice support TCL 8.6. • PSpice Learning Resources Update: Users can use the new Digital Electronics and Data Convertors chapters with working examples that have been added to the Basic Electronics book in Learning PSpice.
• Speed Upgrades: Users can take advantage of the 5 levels of speed upgrades with the default set at a level 3, (speed level should be set at 0 for compatibility with previous releases). The speed levels will allow for faster switching of devices and show substantial improvement from the previous release. • Enhanced Multicore Support: Removed multi-core usage limit (previously maxed out at 4 cores). • Convergence Improvements: With QIR7 improvements, users are recommended to use lower values of ITL4 to achieve convergence and performance compared to previous releases requiring high ITL4 values using Switches circuits to achieve convergence.
This will help to eliminate performance and mathematic errors. • Hysteresis Core Loss Calculator: Users can now use this app that measures Steady State loss of energy in a magnetic core for power supplies. • New Simulation Reporting Capabilities: Users are now able to generate an HTML report for Analog Transient simulation where average, RMS, and Peak values of Current, Voltage, and Power can be reported. This is user customizable and there is a TCL source available in the installation hierarchy. • Enhanced PSpice Model Search Utility: Now PSpice Advance Analysis libraries, such as, aa_igbt.olb, and so on are added to the PSpice Part Search database so you are able to search and then place in your designs. The symbol viewer within the Searcher has also been updated.
• Object Distribution Feature: Enhanced to force equal spaced distribution by default. 
• Temperature Sweep for Monte Carlo: With this new PSpice app, multiple runs of Monte Carlo can be run sweeping at different temperatures. • New PSpice Modeling Applications: PSpice modeling applications for Switch, Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS), Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), Independent Sources, and PieceWise Linear (PWL) Sources have been added to Capture • Random Function for PSpice Simulation: A new, supported Random function has be added to the PSpice Engine eliminating the previous work-around that required a PieceWise Linear (PWL) source set to auto-repeat. • Frequency Response Analysis: New method to calculate open loop gain for switching circuits from transient analysis using Middlebrook's Method (blog article) • Learning PSpice Update: Added a new Power Electronics module. Complete theory and design with examples included. Accessible through Help>Learning PSpice • Comments as OrCAD PSpice Directives: All comments in the Capture canvas starting with @PSpice are net-listed into the.cir file. Used to quickly define commands not available through standard PSpice setup GUI • Option to Ignore DML Error: New option in the IBIS2Spice command to DML checks and attempt at translating to Spice.