Known subclasses: pingspice.lib.diodes.MBR40250_Finder, pingspice.lib.diodes.MUR420_Finder

I am a parameter finder for all stand-alone diodes.

Method	setup	Undocumented
Method	sc_parasitics	Undocumented
Method	stc_231	Setup 231: Forward-bias current Iac vs Vac, vs Tj.
Method	stc_232	Setup 232: Forward-bias current Iac vs Vac, with no temperature dependency.
Method	stc_261	Undocumented
Method	stc_341	Reverse recovery time. The diode is forward-biased with I_rr and then the current decreases, crossing into negative territory, at a rate of dIdt_rr V/sec.
Method	stc_441	Setup 441: Capacitance, dynamically measured with biased sinusioid:
Method	setupTestCircuit	Sets up the test circuit for the specified setup ID during parameter finding, with the anode tied to ground.
Method	_checkTestConditions	Called by `stc_341` to ensure that this device's test conditions have been specified for this setup ID.

Inherited from DiodeMixin:

Method	sc_diode_fwd	The forward-biased diode primitive. Call with `Elements` instance f, anode node na, and cathode node nc.
Method	sc_diode_rev	The reverse-biased diode primitive. Call with `Elements` instance f, anode node na, and cathode node nc.:

Inherited from DiodeMixin:

Method	sc_diode_fwd	The forward-biased diode primitive. Call with `Elements` instance f, anode node na, and cathode node nc.
Method	sc_diode_rev	The reverse-biased diode primitive. Call with `Elements` instance f, anode node na, and cathode node nc.:

def setup(self, f):

overrides pingspice.analysis.param.ParameterFinder.setup

Undocumented

def sc_parasitics(self, f):

Undocumented

def stc_231(self, f):

Setup 231: Forward-bias current Iac vs Vac, vs Tj.

def stc_232(self, f):

Setup 232: Forward-bias current Iac vs Vac, with no temperature dependency.

def stc_261(self, f):

Undocumented

def _checkTestConditions(self, ID):

Called by stc_341 to ensure that this device's test conditions have been specified for this setup ID.

def stc_341(self, f):

Reverse recovery time. The diode is forward-biased with I_rr and then the current decreases, crossing into negative territory, at a rate of dIdt_rr V/sec.

def stc_441(self, f):

Setup 441: Capacitance, dynamically measured with biased sinusioid:

   +-----------------+                   +--------+
   |                 |                   |        |
   |  +--(+)--> npos |>-------->-------->|C >\    |
   |  |          :   |                   |   V    |
   |  |          :   |                   |   V    |
   |  |          :   |                   |   V    |
   |  |    +--< nneg |<-----<-----------<|A </    |
   |  |    |         |                   |        |
   |  |    0         |                   +--------+
   |  |              |
   |  |   CM.aB      |
   |  |              |
   |  +-------< bias |>---+
   |                 |    |
   |             cap |>---|-----------------------------: 'cap1'
   |                 |    |
   |         filt_in |<---+
   |                 |
   |        filt_out |>---------------------------------: 'bias1'
   |                 |
   +-----------------+

Leakage current from the DC bias at the cathode could affect capacitance measurement, but should be very small.

See Also MOSFET_Finder.stc_421 for an analogous test setup of what is mostly the body diode capacitance of a MOSFET.

def setupTestCircuit(self, f, ID):

overrides pingspice.analysis.param.ParameterFinder.setupTestCircuit

Sets up the test circuit for the specified setup ID during parameter finding, with the anode tied to ground.

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