
Part I: Designing Models for the Periodic Operating Point (POP) Analysis
- POP reduces the time it takes to get to steady-state.
- Over 90% of the tests performed on your circuits start from steady-state:
- Load Transient
- AC Analyses (Bode Plot, ZOUT, ZIN)
- Line Transient
- Harmonic Analysis
- Efficiency
- The main (only?) test NOT performed in steady-state is a startup test.
- Anything we can do to reduce the time it takes to get to steady-state pays huge dividends.