Thread: Where to find component models?

Hi.

I need to get a model for a PIN diode (HP HSMP-3810) to use in my simulations. Does anybody know how to find good models for components on the internet? Do you have to find a library that includes your desired component or...? And where do you look?

I discovered the same page earlier, but didn't understand much of it. First of all, I thought Spice were just another simulation program like ADS? Or isn't it?

I tried to see if ADS had a pin diode component with the variables listed in the page you're refering to, but the only one I found was the one in the "Devices-Diodes"-library included in the installed version of ADS:

C:\ADS2008\doc\ccnld\ads2008\PIN_diode_(PIN_Diode).html

That component had 46 different variables and some of the variable names in the page you're refering to isn't mentioned (or maybe has another name)..

So I don't know what to do..

Thanks for the answer.

starheim@stud.ntnu.no

Thank you very much!