

The additional settings in the Value tab are used for other analyses or for simulating with the instruments. In this exercise you will use the default values, 1V and 0°, respectively. If you want to perform the analysis with specific values for magnitude and phase, double-click the input source, Vin, go to the Value tab and enter values for AC Analysis Magnitude and AC Analysis Phase. The circuit will attenuate frequencies greater that 500 Hz. Experiment with different values to see the circuit’s behavior. Stop the simulation and change the frequency of the AC_VOLTAGE source, Vin.Open the Oscilloscope front panel and run the simulation.Open circuit file butterworth_filter.ms11 located in the Downloads section.

You will use AC Analysis to determine its frequency response.Ĭomplete the following steps to configure and run an AC Analysis: This is a fourth-order Butterworth low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 500 Hz and a passband gain of 10 (20 dB) this circuit was taken from. Digital components are treated as large resistances to ground.Ĭonsider the circuit shown in Figure 1.

DC operating Point Analysis is performed to obtain the small-signal models.Multisim performs AC Analysis using the following process:

The result of an AC Analysis is displayed in two parts: gain versus frequency and phase versus frequency. Then, the equivalent circuit is analyzed from a start to a stop frequency. In AC Analysis, the DC operating point is first calculated to obtain linear, small-signal models for all nonlinear components. AC Analysis is used to calculate the small-signal response of a circuit.
