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The method to rearrange the classic transient analysis circuit simulation algorithm is presented in this paper. The steps of transforming circuit equations into state variable equations are illustrated. Explicit fourth order Runge Kutta method written in C is selected to solve the transformed equations in order to break the time dependencies, and hence to permit parallel transient analysis. Results of implementing the new algorithm on non-linear example circuits are reported. This approach can obtain significant speedup as compared to the simulation on the same circuit using tradition method. The proposed ideas of extracting parallelism are also discussed.
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Lam, K.C.A., Zwolinski, M. (2013). Circuit Transient Analysis Using State Space Equations. In: Gaur, M.S., Zwolinski, M., Laxmi, V., Boolchandani, D., Sing, V., Sing, A.D. (eds) VLSI Design and Test. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-42024-5_39
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