Does LTspice assume some value of Q when simulating parallel LC circuits where the resistance of the inductor and ESR of the capacitor are not specified? I notice I get different results where the L or C resistance is not stated, but the simulator works ok and just displays weird waveforms. It seems to assume something.
Another question I have is how to write a directive to sweep a bandpass filter from F1 to F2 to get a dB display of the response from input to output over the frequency range?
LTSpice supplies a minimum damping resistance to inductors, unless you turn it off in Control Panel/Hacks or override it with a specified value for individual inductors. (Hint: specifying Rs=0 will confuse the simulator in circumstances where there is no external damping, use some value like 1E-18 in such cases.)
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You need to specify a source of AC 0V.
Then plot the voltage at the output node. You can have Bode, Nyquist, or Cartesian plots.
RTFM.
Try this: TURN OFF WRAPPING!
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Click Simulate/Edit Simulation Command/AC Analysis and it will create the directive for you. You will have to declare one of your generators as the thing to be swept; Voltage/advanced/sine, fill out the form.
There are lots of plot options.
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Thanks, I got it working. I was trying to sweep a LC frequency doubler circuit (tuned to second harmonic) and observe the bandwidth at the output. Spice gives me a -60dB result which I guess is the attenuation of the fundamental. I was trying to figure out how far down in amplitude the output at FX2 would be relative to the input at various frequencies.
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