Hi, I’m trying to import a third-party model of an IGBT which has multiple subcircuits within the model library. When I copy and paste it into Qspice to create an initial symbol by the system, it asks which subcircuit I have to select. However, I need all the subcircuits.
Any idea on how to solve this issue?
Thanks.
I have attached one example here.
- Behavioral model of IR IGBT Generation 4 Level 1 version 1.0
- for SPICE compatible simulators
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- The Level 1 model is based on a behavioral description. The calibration is
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- conditions given in the table “Switching Characteristic, Inductive Load”.
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- 25°C and the maximum allowed junction temperature, which is stated in the
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- PINS:
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- | PIN | DESCRIPTION
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- | C | IGBT collector for single devices and DuoPacks
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- | G | IGBT gate for single devices and DuoPacks
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- | E | IGBT emitter for single devices and DuoPacks
- Product Device Type Vce/V Ic/A Package L1-model name
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- AUIRG4PH50S Single IGBT 1200 33 TO247AC AUIRG4PH50S_L1
- AUIRGDC0250 Single IGBT 1200 33 Super-TO-220 AUIRGDC0250_L1
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.SUBCKT AUIRG4PH50S_L1 C G E PARAMS: TJ= {TEMP}
X018Q C G E E2 Z00GE PARAMS: TJ= {TJ}
.ENDS
.SUBCKT AUIRGDC0250_L1 C G E PARAMS: TJ= {TEMP}
X019Q C G E E2 Z00GE PARAMS: TJ= {TJ}
.ENDS
.SUBCKT Z00GE C G E E2 PARAMS: TJ= {TEMP} N15ME=298.15 N19EO=0.36643
.FUNC N1ARJ(N1BXU) {IF(N1BXU>=0,IF(N1BXU>50,(N1BXU-49)EXP(50),EXP(N1BXU)),IF(ABS(N1BXU)>50,1/((ABS(N1BXU)-49)
+EXP(50)),1/EXP(ABS(N1BXU))))}
.FUNC N1C4N(N1D0Q,N1GSW,N1IQJ,N1IYE) {N1GSW+N1IQJN1ARJ(N1IYEN1D0Q)}
.PARAM KP= {N19EON1KILPWR((TJ+273.15)/N15ME,-1.5)} N1KIL=131.1486
.PARAM N1KX5= {N1LJH+N1MWL*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N1LJH=5.59 N1MWL=-0.009288
.PARAM N1O6L=0.0099897
.PARAM N1OUH=4.0091
.PARAM IS= {N19EON1SRDEXP((((TJ+273.15)/N15ME)-1)N1TKI)} N1SRD=0.00084784 N1TKI=9.0337
.PARAM N1U6R= {N1UWR+N1VN4(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N1UWR=0.010916 N1VN4=1E-05
.PARAM N1WJM= {N1XNK+N1ZVB*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N1XNK=-5.662E-06 N1ZVB=7E-07
.PARAM N21OZ= {N236T+N23R6*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N236T=-8.6643E-05 N23R6=8E-07
.PARAM N24EX=15.1056
.PARAM N25F7= {N269E+N270J*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N269E=0.00077486 N270J=2.5E-05
.PARAM N27AX= {N29PM+N29RE*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N29PM=1.8566 N29RE=0.53216
.PARAM N2B05= {N2B2U+N2COK*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N2B2U=-0.762 N2COK=-0.004905
.PARAM N2D8A= {N2E6K+N2EBQ*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N2E6K=-2.2049 N2EBQ=-0.0022204
.PARAM N2EFO= {N2GBE+N2H60*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N2GBE=0 N2H60=0
.PARAM N2HOI= {N2JKZ+N2JLG*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N2JKZ=0 N2JLG=0
.PARAM N2L3G=7.401
.PARAM N2MJM=12.9246
.PARAM N2P7A= {IF(N1C4N(N2MJM,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05)>N1C4N(N2L3G,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05),N2L3G,N2MJM)}
.PARAM N2SJE= {IF(N1C4N(N2MJM,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05)>N1C4N(N2L3G,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05),N2MJM,N2L3G)}
.PARAM N2SLP= {IF(N1C4N(N2MJM,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI)>N1C4N(N2L3G,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI),N2L3G,N2MJM)}
.PARAM N2SUY= {IF(N1C4N(N2MJM,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI)>N1C4N(N2L3G,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI),N2MJM,N2L3G)}
.PARAM N2SWU=1; 1==N2T1X N2TIY,0==N2US5 N2TIY
.PARAM N2W3B=0; 1==N2Y4P(N30UA),0==N2Y4P
.PARAM N2Y4P= {N19EON31NG} N31NG=0.9E-8
.PARAM N34Q8=1E-08
.PARAM N37AX=0
.PARAM N3DQV= {N19EON3EJ7} N3EJ7=1.75E-8
.PARAM N3FY1= {N19EON3G9J} N3G9J=1.30E-09
.PARAM N3GAC=30.0
.PARAM N3J6V=-0.69
.PARAM N3JBI=3.6162E-10
.PARAM N3K2P= {N19EON3KNX} N3KNX=9.4886E-10
.PARAM N3LLM=0.0011065
.PARAM N3NX7=-0.36076
.PARAM N3Q32= {N3QI8+N3T3Q*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N3QI8=9.5E-7 N3T3Q=0.5E-8
.PARAM N3UCJ=0.8
.PARAM N3XQT=7E-9
.PARAM N3XVA=1E-10
.PARAM N3YVN= {N3Z89+N3ZBF*(TJ+273.15-N15ME)} N3Z89=6E-2 N3ZBF=1E-4
X03ER C G E E2 Z0114 PARAMS: TJ= {TJ} N15ME= {N15ME} N19EO= {N19EO} KP= {KP} N1O6L= {N1O6L} N1OUH= {N1OUH} IS= {IS} N2Y4P= {N2Y4P}
+N3DQV= {N3DQV} N3JBI= {N3JBI} N3XQT= {N3XQT}
+N3XVA= {N3XVA} N3YVN= {N3YVN} N1U6R= {N1U6R} N1WJM= {N1WJM} N21OZ= {N21OZ} N25F7= {N25F7} N27AX= {N27AX} N2B05= {N2B05}
+N2D8A= {N2D8A} N2EFO= {N2EFO} N2HOI= {N2HOI} N3FY1= {N3FY1} N3GAC= {N3GAC} N3J6V= {N3J6V} N3K2P= {N3K2P}
+N3LLM= {N3LLM} N3NX7= {N3NX7} N3Q32= {N3Q32} N1KX5= {N1KX5} N3UCJ= {N3UCJ} N34Q8= {N34Q8} N37AX= {N37AX} N1LJH= {N1LJH}
+N1MWL= {N1MWL} N24EX= {N24EX} N2P7A= {N2P7A}
+N2SJE= {N2SJE} N2SLP= {N2SLP} N2SUY= {N2SUY} N2SWU= {N2SWU} N2W3B= {N2W3B}
.ENDS
.SUBCKT Z0114 C G E E2 PARAMS: TJ= {1} N15ME= {1} N19EO= {1} KP= {1} N1O6L= {1} N1OUH= {1} IS= {1} N2Y4P= {1} N3DQV= {1} N3JBI= {1}
+N3XQT= {1} N3XVA= {1} N3YVN= {1}
+N1U6R= {1} N1WJM= {1} N21OZ= {1} N25F7= {1} N27AX= {1} N2B05= {1} N2D8A= {1} N2EFO= {1} N2HOI= {1} N3FY1= {1} N3GAC= {1} N3J6V= {1}
+N3K2P= {1} N3LLM= {1} N3NX7= {1} N3Q32= {1} N1KX5= {1} N3UCJ= {1}
+N34Q8= {1} N37AX= {1} N1LJH= {1} N1MWL= {1} N24EX= {1} N2P7A= {1} N2SJE= {1} N2SLP= {1} N2SUY= {1} N2SWU= {1} N2W3B= {1}
.FUNC N1ARJ(N1BXU) {IF(N1BXU>=0,IF(N1BXU>50,(N1BXU-49)EXP(50),EXP(N1BXU)),IF(ABS(N1BXU)>50,1/((ABS(N1BXU)-49)
+EXP(50)),1/EXP(ABS(N1BXU))))}
.FUNC N403G(N1BXU) {(1-N1ARJ(-2N1BXU))/(1+N1ARJ(-2N1BXU))}
.FUNC N45LL(N1BXU) {0.5*(N1ARJ(N1BXU)+N1ARJ(-N1BXU))}
.FUNC N46AS(N1D0Q,N1GSW,N1IQJ,N1IYE) {N1GSW+N1IQJN1D0Q+N1IYEPWR(N1D0Q,2)}
.FUNC N1C4N(N1D0Q,N1GSW,N1IQJ,N1IYE) {N1GSW+N1IQJN1ARJ(N1IYEN1D0Q)}
.FUNC N46K0(N1D0Q,N1GSW) {N1GSWN1D0Q}
.FUNC N479N(N1D0Q,N1GSW,N1IQJ,N1IYE) {(N1GSWPWR(N1IQJ+N1D0Q,N1IYE+1))/(N1IYE+1)}
.FUNC N4990(N1D0Q,N1GSW,N1IQJ,N1IYE) {N1GSWLOG10(MAX(N1IQJ+N1D0Q,1E-2))+N1IYEN1D0Q}
.PARAM N4A9J=1.3806E-23
.PARAM N4AWM=1.6022E-19
.MODEL MA NMOS(KP= {KP} VTO= {N1KX5} LAMBDA= {N1O6L} TNOM= {TJ} T_ABS= {TJ})
M064V 2 N4BG7 1 1 MA
.MODEL N4BL2 D(N= {N1OUH} IS= {IS} TNOM= {TJ} T_ABS= {TJ})
D06AE 5 4 N4BL2
.FUNC N4CI3(N1D0Q,N1U6R,N1WJM,N21OZ) {MAX(MIN(N46AS(N1D0Q,N1U6R,N1WJM,N21OZ),
+N46AS(N24EX,N1U6R,N1WJM,N21OZ)),
+N46AS(N1LJH+N1MWL*(175+273.15-N15ME),N1U6R,N1WJM,N21OZ))}
E06DS 1 E1 VALUE= {I(V0MSJ)N4CI3(V(N4BG7,E),N1U6R,N1WJM,N21OZ)}
.FUNC N4E4M(N4EOE,N30UA,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05) {(1-(1/(N1ARJ(N4EOE-N4F0Y(N30UA,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI)
+)+1)))N4FFS(N30UA,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05)}
.FUNC N4FFS(N1D0Q,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05) {MAX(MIN(N1C4N(N1D0Q,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05),N1C4N(N2SJE,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05))
+,N1C4N(N2P7A,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05))}
.FUNC N4F0Y(N1D0Q,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI) {MAX(MIN(N1C4N(N1D0Q,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI),N1C4N(N2SUY,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI))
+,N1C4N(N2SLP,N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI))}
E081C 2 3 VALUE= {I(V0MSJ)N4E4M(V(C,E),V(N4BG7,E),N2D8A,N2EFO,N2HOI,N25F7,N27AX,N2B05)}
.FUNC N4GTK(N1D0Q,N2Y4P,N37AX,N34Q8) {IF(N2W3B==1,MIN(N1D0Q-N37AX-(1/N2Y4P)(N46K0(N1D0Q,N34Q8)-N46K0(
±N1D0Q,N34Q8)),0),0)}
.FUNC N4H3M(N1D0Q,N3DQV,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V) {IF(N2SWU==1,
+MAX(N1D0Q-(1/N3DQV)(N479N(N1D0Q,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V)-N479N(0,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V)),0),
+MAX(N1D0Q-(1/N3DQV)(N4990(N1D0Q,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V)-N4990(0,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V)),0))}
.FUNC N4HFC(N1D0Q,N3JBI,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7) {IF(N2SWU==1,
+MAX(N1D0Q-(1/N3JBI)(N479N(N1D0Q,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7)-N479N(0,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7)),0),
+MAX(N1D0Q-(1/N3JBI)(N4990(N1D0Q,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7)-N4990(0,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7)),0))}
C09EM E1 15 {N2Y4P}
C0BPB 6 13 {N3DQV}
C0CRI 7 14 {N3JBI}
E0D22 15 N4BG7 VALUE= {N4GTK(V(E1,N4BG7),N2Y4P,N37AX,N34Q8)}
E0E03 6 N4BG7 VALUE= {N4H3M(MAX(V(C,N4BG7),0),N3DQV,N3FY1,N3GAC,N3J6V)}
E0E47 7 E1 VALUE= {N4HFC(MAX(V(C,E1),0),N3JBI,N3K2P,N3LLM,N3NX7)}
R0F36 13 5 {10E-3}
R0F7I 14 5 {100}
G0FFZ 5 11 VALUE= {MAX(ABS(I(V0OOV))-ABS(I(V0P0Y)),0)}
G0FP3 0 10 VALUE= {ABS(I(V0MSJ))*N3UCJ}
G0FW2 8 9 VALUE= {(V(8,0)*1E-6)/N3Q32}
C0HFN 0 8 {1E-6}
L0KES E E2 {N3XQT}
L0KRJ E2 E1 {N3XVA}
G0LAW N4J5G N4BG7 VALUE= {V(N4J5G,N4BG7)/N3YVN}
V0MSJ 4 3 {0}
V0MVQ C 5 {0}
V0OOV 9 0 {0}
V0P0Y 10 8 {0}
V0RUJ 11 E1 {0}
V0RX8 G N4J5G {0}
R0W6J 5 0 {100E6}
R0WQL 15 E1 {100E6}
R0WVR 6 N4BG7 {100E6}
R0XR7 7 E1 {100E6}
R12ST 8 0 {100E6}
R132G E E1 {100E6}
.ENDS
You have two ways to include all subcircuits
- In autogenerate symbol window, it has an option “Include Entire File”, select that and all subcircuits will be included in that one line netlist syntax in embedded symbol
- Or you just take advantage of using autogenerate symbol for generating symbol and pin. After symbol is generated, right click > symbol properties. In library, delete one line netlist and put your library file name there (e.g. Mylibrary.lib)
Thank you. I tried both of them. however, I am getting the same error which is “Fatal error: Timestep too small (1.25e-19) at t=0”.
I tried including .options gshunt = 1e-9 and .options MAXSTEP = 100n, but still the same error.
Then…better attache your schematic
Not img, simulation schematic file and symbol used file
I tried but, I couldn’t upload the schematic file. I’m getting the following text…
Following the same procedure, I tried the simulation using another IGBT model and it worked perfectly. I think the Spice model of the previous IGBT is not complete or can be another reason also.
The “Timestep” selection is tricky, especially for voltage sources greater than 1 kV.