Asymmetric Delay

The Asymmetric Delay models a digital delay with different delay times for the rising and falling edges.

In this topic:

Model Name: Asymmetric Delay
Simulator: This device is compatible with the SIMPLIS simulator.
Parts Selector Menu Location: Digital Functions > Functions
Symbol Library: None - the symbol is automatically generated when placed or edited.
Model Library: None - the model is automatically generated when the simulation is run.
Subcircuit Names:
  • SIMPLIS_DIGI1_D_ASYMMETRIC_DELAY_N : Without Ground Reference
  • SIMPLIS_DIGI1_D_ASYMMETRIC_DELAY_Y : With Ground Reference
Symbol:
With Ground Reference
Multiple Selections: Only one device at a time can be edited.

Editing the Asymmetric Delay

To configure the Asymmetric Delay, follow these steps:

  1. Double click the symbol on the schematic to open the editing dialog to the Parameters tab.
  2. Make the appropriate changes to the fields described in the table below the image.
Label Parameter Description
Rise Delay Delay from the rising edge of the input until the output changes
Fall Delay Delay from the falling edge of the input until the output changes
Initial Condition Initial condition of the Asymmetric Delay output at time=0
Ground Ref Determines whether or not a device has a ground reference pin. Any digital component that has an input or output pin connected to an analog circuit node must have its Ground Ref pin connected to an analog node. This is usually the ground on the schematic.

To define the parameters for the interface between this digital component and each analog component connected directly to an input or output pin, follow these steps:

  1. From the Edit Asymmetric Delay dialog box, click on the Interface tab.
  2. Make the appropriate changes to the fields described in the table below the image.
Label Parameter Description
Input Resistance Input resistance of each Asymmetric Delay input pin
Hysteresis, Threshold Hysteresis and Threshold of the inputs. The hysteretic-window width, HYSTWD is centered around Threshold (TH) voltage. To determine the actual threshold ( TL , THI ), substitute Threshold (TH) and Hysteresis (HYSTWD) in each of the following formulas:
Input Logic Level Actual Threshold
1 Threshold + 0.5 * Hysteresis
0 Threshold - 0.5 * Hysteresis
Output Resistance Output resistance of each Asymmetric Delay output pin
Output High Voltage Output high voltage for each Asymmetric Delay output pin
Output Low Voltage Output low voltage for each Asymmetric Delay output pin

Examples

The test circuit used to generate the waveform examples in the next section can be downloaded here: simplis_022_asymmetricdelay_example.sxsch.

Waveforms

The waveforms below were taken from an Asymmetric Delay block with a rising edge delay of 200ns, and a falling edge delay of 500ns. The first input pulse is delayed as expected, while the second input pulse is not propagated to the output. This is because the second input pulse width is less than the propagation delay of the Asymmetric Delay.

Subcircuit Parameters

The subcircuit parameters, parameter names, data types, ranges, units, and descriptions are in the following table. The parameter names can be used to directly generate netlist entries for the device. For example, the netlist entry for an Asymmetric Delay without ground reference would be as follows: 
X$U1 2 1 SIMPLIS_DIGI1_D_ASYMMETRIC_DELAY_N vars: IC=0 RIN=10Meg ROUT=10 TH=2.5 HYSTWD=1.0 
VOL=0 VOH=5 RISE_DELAY=2p FALL_DELAY=2p GNDREF='N'
Parameter Name Label Data Type Range Units Parameter Description
FALL_DELAY Fall Delay Number 1f to 1024 s Delay from the falling edge of the input until the output changes
GNDREF Ground Ref String
  • 'Y'
  • 'N'
 none Determines whether or not a device has a ground reference pin. Any digital component that has an input or output pin connected to an analog circuit node must have its Ground Ref pin connected to an analog node. This is usually the ground on the schematic.
HYSTWD,
TH		 Hysteresis,
Threshold		 Number min: 1f V Hysteresis and Threshold of the inputs. The hysteretic-window width, HYSTWD is centered around Threshold (TH) voltage. To determine the actual threshold ( TL , THI ), substitute Threshold (TH) and Hysteresis (HYSTWD) in each of the following formulas:
Input Logic Level Actual Threshold
1 Threshold + 0.5 * Hysteresis
0 Threshold - 0.5 * Hysteresis
IC Initial Condition Number
  • 0
  • 1
 none Initial condition of the Asymmetric Delay output at time=0
RIN Input Resistance Number min: 100 Ω Input resistance of each Asymmetric Delay input pin
RISE_DELAY Rise Delay Number 1f to 1024 s Delay from the rising edge of the input until the output changes
ROUT Output Resistance Number min: 1m Ω Output resistance of each Asymmetric Delay output pin
VOH Output High Voltage Number any V Output high voltage for each Asymmetric Delay output pin
VOL Output Low Voltage Number any V Output low voltage for each Asymmetric Delay output pin