Bad OpAmp Spice Models?

Sep 19, 2013 2 Replies

I'm trying to make a list of OpAmp Spice models that either poorly model power supply currents, or not at all.



Suggestions, hopefully with details of how they deviate from the real device, would be appreciated.



Thanks! ...Jim Thompson



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So, you're working on a model for the people who do the "connect a PNP booster to the power supply pin" dodge?

Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com

Not specifically for that application. Just generally. Since that seems a common complaint.

But I've done that very "dodge" myself. Early '70's, LDO with 2N2907 plus LM741 ;-)

Worked a peach EXCEPT I found out that not everyone's 741 was actually the same circuit schematic... I was making hybrids at the time, 741 in chip form. ...Jim Thompson

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