Use of SPICE in communications research

Concerns the use of SPICE in a number of projects. All of the projects fall within the communications area but are nevertheless rather diverse, including development of photoparametric low-noise amplifier/converters for optical receivers, high frequency linear and nonlinear transistor circuits and wideband monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). The authors try to emphasise points about SPICE which are reinforced in these differing projects. They begin with a general review of different nonlinear simulators and a comparison of different versions of SPICE.<>