Models

How do I set up a temperature coefficient for a resistor? I would like to define a resistor that has a temperature coefficient of 1500ppm/degree C.

There are two methods that can be used to define temperature coefficients for the resistor. The first method is through the RESISTANCE attribute of the resistor. The RESISTANCE attribute has the format:

value [TC=tc1[,tc2]]

where the temperature coefficients are an optional entry. When these coefficients are specified, they multiply value by the following factor:

1 + tc1*(T-Tnom) + tc2*(T-Tnom)^2

As can be seen above, the tc1 is a linear temperature coefficient and the tc2 is a quadratic temperature coefficient. An example for the RESISTANCE attribute would be:

1K TC=1.5E-3

which would produce a 1500ppm/degree C coefficient for a 1K ohm resistor.

The second method to declare a temperature coefficient is through the resistor model statement's TC1 and TC2 parameters. When in the Attribute dialog box, define the MODEL attribute of the resistor with a model name such as RESTEMP or RMOD. Any valid name will work. When the MODEL attribute has been defined, the model parameters at the bottom of the Attribute dialog box become available for editing. Among these parameters are TC1 and TC2. These act in the same manner as the tc1 and tc2 parameters in the VALUE attribute. Defining the TC1 parameter with the value 1.5E-3 will create the 1500ppm/degree C coefficient also. Any coefficients defined within the RESISTANCE attribute will take precedence over model parameters.

The capacitor and inductor each have TC1 and TC2 model parameters available in order to create temperature coefficients when the MODEL attribute has been defined. These parameters operate with the same behavior as the resistor's temperature parameters.

The resistor model has one extra temperature coefficient parameter that the capacitor and inductor models do not have. This parameter is TCE and defines the exponential temperature coefficient in units of %/degree C as:

1.01 ^ (TCE*(T-Tnom))

In general, the TC1 parameter will be the value specified in databooks.