Amplitude modulated source (AM)
General Form (the PHASE parameter is only possible when XSPICE is enabled):
AM(VA VO MF FC TD PHASES)
Examples:
V1 12 0 AM(0.5 1 20K 5MEG 1m)
Name
|
Parameter
|
Default value
|
Units
|
VA
|
Amplitude
|
-
|
V, A
|
VO
|
Offset
|
-
|
V, A
|
MF
|
Modulating frequency
|
-
|
Hz
|
FC
|
Carrier frequency
|
$\frac{1}{TSTOP}$
|
Hz
|
TD
|
Signal delay
|
-
|
s
|
PHASES
|
Phase
|
0.0
|
degrees
|
The shape of the waveform is described by the following equation:
[\begin{array}{ll} {V\left( t \right) = V_{A}\left( {VO + \sin\left( {2\pi \cdot MF \cdot t} \right) + PHASES} \right)\sin\left( {2\pi \cdot FC \cdot t + PHASES} \right)} & \ \end{array}]