Questions tagged [qucs]
For questions about the Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS) open source circuit simulator package.
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Simulation discrepancy in Qucs with 2N3904 transistor
I've been testing out a few circuit simulation applications and ran into an unusual issue with Qucs and the 2N3904 transistor. For a simple NPN transistor circuit with load resistor \$R_L\$, base ...
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NFC Antenna matching
I am trying to follow the TI document on NFC antenna matching for the TFR7970A chipset.
http://www.ti.com/lit/an/sloa241b/sloa241b.pdf
I am under linux, and while I could try wine to use the smith ...
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Resistance or conductance of resistor networks
I am trying to figure out if the equivalent resistance (or similarly conductance) of a resistor network can be calculated using Qucs (as opposed to solving the Kirchhoff equations directly, or doing ...
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Why is there no variation caused by this swept parameter?
I quite like Qucs now that I more or less have the hang of it. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get a parametric sweep working.
I'm running an AC simulation on this circuit:
For now I'm not ...
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Qucs model for 2.4 GHz matching circuit
I am designing a matching circuit for an EFR32BG13 SoC. The current board layout looks like this:
In addition to the visible layers (top and bottom), layer 2 is a solid ground plane and layer 3 is a ...
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Why is there no current flowing through the relay coil in this Qucs 0.0.19 simple dc circuit?
I just started looking at Qucs and am going through the components. I am puzzled by the results shown by the ammeters in the relay circuit below:
As you can see from the table, the circuit on the ...
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Matching wideband antenna with QUCS
I am trying to match a dipole antenna to a 50Ω source. Problem is that for my frequencies (VHF) the complex impedance basically circles the 50Ω point between VSWR 2 and 3 lines. Because of that ...
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Nonlinear equation solvers in SPICE simulators
We have an assignment at the Parallel processing class, the target is to implement a Non-linear Equations solver on cuda based on Newton Raphson method and to interface this solver with an application ...
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qucs capacitor simulation
I was playing with qucs and noticed that capacitors are not simulated as I expected. I designed simplest circuit that illustrates that case.
AC Source: 2 Hz (2 times a a second)
Capacitor: 1pF
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QUCS Darlington pair
I'm modeling a Darlington pair in QUCS to understand better how to use it in practice. The model is below:
The DC analysis predicts a current in the base of T1 of about 1uA and a collector current on ...
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QUCS simulation radio transistor amplifier
I'm trying to design a small amplifier for AM signals to use before the usual diode-C-R detection (the reception in my area is very poor). I devised a QUCS simulation as below:
The diode and ...
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How to setup a simulation on QUCS for a RF differential source?
I need to setup some simulations on QUCS for the RF circuit below:
Pin1 is IC's positive port and Pin2 is IC's negative port.
My initial goal is to investigate the circuit behavior on different ...
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Simulate capacitor discharge in Qucs
I want to find how long a capacitor takes to discharge from 12 volts to 2 volts using Qucs. I can use a voltmeter to measure the voltage across it when it charges up, but I cannot turn the power ...
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QUCS simulation of simple capacitor/resistor circuit - strange results.
Hi I have just started to learn electronics. In order to understand the RC constant I have built the following very simple circuit in QUCS simulator.
According to the formula
RC time constant = R ...
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Add a timer LM555C on Qucs
Does anyone know how to add a timer on Qucs ? The component's navigation bar doesn't help at all, It confuses me, I can't find a timer. I wondering, perhaps It could be added through library. In this ...
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Qucs How to add 10uF Polarised Capacitor
I'm new to this site. I have a small experiment. I did trying to make a circuit from a schema that needs 10uF Polarised Capacitor in the schema. I use Qucs (Quite Universal Circuit Simulator) qucs....
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Coupled Line Filter Design in Qucs
I'm getting to grips with designing coupled line filters and wanted to implement the band-pass filter described in Example 8.7, p. 435 in David Pozar's excellent "Microwave Engineering" just as a ...
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How do I import a spice model into QUCS
I am trying to import one of the spice models (from here) into QUCS.
I haven't been able to find much documentation about this except for vague hints that it is possible.
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How can I create a new component using Qucs?
I'm using Qucs for a simulation, but I don't understand how can I create a new component (E.g. a new LED from a data sheet). How can create it and use it easily in my project?
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How to model transistor ATF 53189 in QUCS?
In my internship I have to create an amplifier with low noise, high impedance and that works in the 100 to 400MHz band.
While searching for a transistor, I found the ATF 53189 (datasheet), which ...
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How do I measure the characteristics of a voltage divider in a QUCS simulation?
How do I measure the characteristics of a voltage divider in QUCS?
Below is what I have tried thus far, using Qucs 0.0.15 on Ubuntu 10.04
I want to measure how the voltage at the center of a ...
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Is there a way to open/import gschem .sch file in qucs?
Is there a way to open .sch files produced by gschem in qucs? The two applications use different file formats. Does anyone know if a converter exists?
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Qucs - what is DC sweep?
I'm learning how to use Qucs using the tutorial.
But I have no idea what is DC sweep, AC sweep, parameter sweep, Vsweep, ... and so why to even use them.
Could anyone please help explain what are ...
