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Bob Penoyer

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a circuit comprising one OP-77/AD op-amp that is basically a
Sallen-Key filter with some other resistors and capacitors around it.
All capacitors use a tolerance (10%) and all resistors use both a
tolerance (1%) and a tempco (100 ppm/C).

I've had convergence problems during worst-case simulations at some
temperatures. The OP-77/AD seems to be at the heart of the problem but
I'm stuck with it because I'm analyzing an existing circuit.

All of the power supplies (+/-15V for the op-amp, and +5 for another
item) have both 5% voltage tolerances and 200 mVpp noise at 20 kHz
bandwidth.

I've made these modifications to the default simulation settings:
VNTOL = 1E-4
ABSTOL = 1E-10
GMIN = 1E-9
ITL1 = 5000
ITL2 = 2000
ITL4 = 2000

Is there something else I should do to enhance convergence?

What about the solver? Is the default best? What are solver 0 and
solver 1?

Is selecting GMIN stepping helpful?

Thanks,

Bob Penoyer
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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I have a circuit comprising one OP-77/AD op-amp that is basically a
Sallen-Key filter with some other resistors and capacitors around it.
All capacitors use a tolerance (10%) and all resistors use both a
tolerance (1%) and a tempco (100 ppm/C).

I've had convergence problems during worst-case simulations at some
temperatures. The OP-77/AD seems to be at the heart of the problem but
I'm stuck with it because I'm analyzing an existing circuit.

All of the power supplies (+/-15V for the op-amp, and +5 for another
item) have both 5% voltage tolerances and 200 mVpp noise at 20 kHz
bandwidth.

I've made these modifications to the default simulation settings:
VNTOL = 1E-4
ABSTOL = 1E-10
GMIN = 1E-9
ITL1 = 5000
ITL2 = 2000
ITL4 = 2000

Is there something else I should do to enhance convergence?

What about the solver? Is the default best? What are solver 0 and
solver 1?

SOLVER=0 is the old original solver before it was "new and improved".
I have found the setting SOLVER=0 will often work on difficult
circuits.
Is selecting GMIN stepping helpful?

Sometimes ;-)
Thanks,

Bob Penoyer


...Jim Thompson
 
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