Simulation software eases capacitor selection

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 30, 2007

Updated software package allows design engineers to simulate the effects of Kemet capacitors over frequency, temperature and bias.

Kemet has released an improved and updated version of its Spice software.

The package allows design engineers to simulate the effects of Kemet capacitors over frequency, temperature and bias, helping them determine the most appropriate device for their application.

The latest version of the Spice software introduces several unique and useful new features.

These allow designers to: view and compare responses for up to ten different part types at one time, build a complex filter by selecting multipliers for each part type involved and then see the cumulative impedance response for all elements combined, view the effects on one device at multiple DC bias conditions or multiple temperatures (up to ten each), and see voltage coefficients for MLCCs.

In order to maximise flexibility and ease of use, the Spice modelling software has been designed such that it can combine capacitors of different chip styles and dielectrics in a single analysis.

This could include parts from Kemet's ceramic, tantalum MnO2, tantalum polymer or aluminium polymer ranges.

Kemet's Spice software can be accessed via the home page of the company's website.

A manual (in Adobe Acrobat format) explaining in detail how to use the new software is also available online.