.PRINT

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.PRINT TRAN|AC|DC|NOISE|TF vector|{expression} ...

Instructs the simulator to output selected simulation data to the list file in tabulated form.

Where:

vector	Name of vector to print. May be in SIMetrix native format or traditional SPICE format (see notes below).
expression	Arithmetic expression of vectors

Notes

A traditional SPICE2 command, this was not supported by SIMetrix until release 4.0. It is SPICE2 compatible but also supports some additional features:

NOISE and TF results may be output as well as TRAN, AC and DC
You can put expressions as well as single values enclosed in '{' and '}'. E.g.
.PRINT TRAN {vout-q5_c}

You can use the SPICE2 style method of accessing single voltages, differential voltages and device currents. These are of the form:

Single ended voltage

funcname(nodename)

Differential voltage

funcname(nodename, nodename)

Device current

funcname(device_name)

Where:

funcname	Function to be applied. For available list, see below.
nodename	Node name as specified in the netlist.
device_name	Name of device for current.

Available functions:

Function name	Argument	Analysis mode	Meaning
V	node name	Transient	Voltage at node
V	node name	AC	Voltage magnitude at node
VM	node name	AC	Voltage magnitude at node
VP	node name	AC	Voltage phase at node
VR	node name	AC	Real voltage at node
VDB	node name	AC	dbV at node
VG	node name	AC	group delay at node
I	two term. device name	TRAN	Current in device
IB	BJT name	TRAN	Base current
IB	MOSFET name	TRAN	Bulk current
IC	BJT name	TRAN	Collector current
ID	MOSFET/JFET name	TRAN	Drain current
IE	BJT name	TRAN	Emitter current
IG	MOSFET/JFET name	TRAN	Gate current
IS	MOSFET/JFET name	TRAN	Source current
IS	BJT name	TRAN	Substrate current
IM	Two term device	AC	Device current
IP	Two term device	AC	Current phase
IR	Two term device	AC	Current real part
II	Two term device	AC	Current imaginary part
IDB	Two term device	AC	Current dB
IG	Two term device	AC	Current group delay

.PRINT statements may be placed inside a subcircuit definition in which case the device and node names refer to local devices and nodes. Output will be listed for every instance of the subcircuit.

For transient analysis the results are displayed at the interval specified by the time step parameter on the .TRAN statement. If this is zero or omitted, it defaults to (tstop-tstart)/50. The data is created by interpolation unless the NORAW option (see .OPTIONS) is specified in which case a time step is forced at the time step interval.

.PRINT

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