EDA Update: Free Component Models

Sept. 29, 2003

Free for downloading are over 4000 component models for Ansoft's Simplorer multidomain system simulation tool. Models include MOSFETs, op amps, diodes, multiplexers, bipolar junction transistors, rectifiers, capacitors, insulated-gate bipolar transistors, and junction field-effect transistors. These predefined models of commercially available components come from a host of vendors, such as Analog Devices, Infineon, International Rectifier, Maxwell Technologies, and On Semiconductor. Existing customers can download the free component models from Ansoft's online database at http://model.simplorer.com.

About the Author

David Maliniak

MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.