Department of Electrical Engineering

Faculty Member: Qazi Waqas Muhayudin Dated: 16/9/2025

Semester: 5th Section: Bee-15D

EE313: ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DESIGN

Lab 01: Simulation Using Advanced Features of

PSpice

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Muhammad 481329
Hamza
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Mudassar 454982

Shakeel
Eman rana 472195

Taha 454573

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LABORATORY EXERCISE – 1

Simulation Using Advanced Features of PSpice

Objective

1. To simulate slighly more advanced circuits, such as the transformers and a peak
detector, using the PSpice simulation software. This familiarize the student with some
more features of PSpice.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

2. The following will be required in this lab experiment:

- Lab PC
- PSpice Software version 9.1

Introduction to PSpice

3. In the last Laboratory exercise the simulation software was used to study the behaviour
of circuits with active components. This experiment leads into some passive components
whose simulation will give confidence to the student in handling more complex circuits
later on.

[4.] By now the students have learned that Spice is a powerful tool that allows one to quickly
obtain the complete list of voltages and currents for any given circuit. Moreover it can be
used to display simulation results graphically.The graphing tool is really powerful and has
many variations which will be helpful nin understanding component characteristics,
behaviour and performance under various stimulations and circuit conditions. The student
is encouraged to explore various features of PSPICE and master its use.

4.[5.] It is strongly suggested that during this lab the student must read and use the document
developed by University of Pennsylvania titled PSpice: A Brief Primer . This is available
as an Adobe PDF file on your PC; in case you are unable to find it please contact the Lab
Assistant, the Lab Engineer or your instructor. The students are urged to read the
primer carefully and learn to perform the experiment independently with as little
help from the teaching staff. The Lab Engineer / Instructor will be conducting a Viva
Voce during the lab and grade you individually.

5.[6.] The students are required to fill in various simulation results and graph that were
generated during the course of this lab as attachments to the LAB REPORT which will be
submitted before start of next Lab.

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 EXERCISE 1

6.[7.] The first part of the lab is given below:

a. Creating and Simulating a Transformer Circuit in PSpice.

For this exercise refer to section 3.1 of the primer. Using the tutorial provided as a guide,
perform transient analysis on the following circuit and save the results. Print or sketch the
results on a separate sheet and attach it to the lab handout for submission

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 Figure 1

1. Reverse the primary and secondary of transformer and comment on the result.

Reversing the primary and secondary windings of a transformer changes its

function from step-up to step-down (or vice versa).

Key Effects:

 Voltage Ratio Reversal:

o If the transformer originally stepped up from, say, 10V to 20V, reversing it would
now step down from 20V to 10V.
 Polarity remains the same (assuming no phase inversion in winding).
 Before reversing:
o Voltage is stepped up from ~1.8V to ~2.5V (gain ≈ 1.39×).
 After reversing:
o Voltage is stepped down from ~2.8V to ~1.9V (gain ≈ 0.68×).
 This confirms the transformer behaves as expected based on its turns ratio, which gets
inverted when primary and secondary are swapped.

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 2. Change the transformation ratio of transformer via the formula given and print
Print graphs for input and output voltages.

2000 :20

EXERCISE 2

7.[8.] This part will allow the students to use parametric sweep for dynamic simulations.

a. Rectifier Circuit (peak detector).

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 A peak detector circuit, like the name suggests, is used to clamp voltage at a
certain peak value. For this exercise refer to section 3.4 and 3.4.2 of the primer.

Figure 2

1. Change the amplitude of input voltage and find out the peak to peak value of ripple
voltage along with graph.
Note: The ripple voltage obtained should be visible on graph as indicated by cursor.

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 b. Use of Parametric Sweep
It is interesting to see the effect of the load resistance on the output
voltage and its ripple voltage. This can be done using PARAM part.
For this exercise refer to 3.4.2 of primer

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 1. Change the value of load resistance from 250 to 1000 ohm in steps of 250
ohm and attach the graph obtained as result of parametric sweep of load
Resistor.

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 2. Comment on the effect of ripple voltage as result of changing load resistance.

The ripple voltage increases as the load resistance decreases.

1. Higher Load Current (Lower Resistance):

o When load resistance decreases, the current drawn from the filter capacitor
increases.
o This causes the capacitor to discharge more quickly between charging cycles
(typically each half-cycle of AC input), leading to a larger voltage drop (more
ripple).
2. Lower Load Current (Higher Resistance):
o Less current is drawn from the capacitor.
o The capacitor discharges more slowly, maintaining a steadier voltage and
resulting in lower ripple.

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