LTspice IF statement syntax

[Faringdon]

Hi,
The attached doesnt work in changing the duty cycle. Do you know the "IF"  syntax which will unlock the required action?

[berke]

You can't change the parameters of a PWL dynamically, but you can do what I think you're trying to do using a behavioural voltage source like this.

[Kean]

I don't think the IF math function can be used just on its own, so you need to use it as part of the .param definition or as the expression on a behavioral voltage source.

[Zero999]

Use a comparator to generate the PWM. The UniversalOpamp2 model can be used to make an ideal comparator. Note I upped the gain, slew rate and GBWP to mimic a very high speed comparator.

[SiliconWizard]

You can't step a *parameter* during simulation as far as I know anyway. Parameter stepping triggers a different simulation for each value and gathers all results after that.
Use a behavioral voltage source instead to implement this, and look at the list of all functions available for these.

[Ian.M]

Yep, anything in braces (required for .param parameter usage) is evaluated before the individual simulation run starts and treated as a constant for the duration of that run.  .step causes multiple runs, changing the parameter before each.

Only behavioral^* component's user defined expressions are evaluated at each timestep during each run.  Note that if the expression is discontinuous or to a lesser extent has a discontinuous derivative, the simulation is likely to drastically slow down near each discontinuity.

I posted an example of how to do voltage controlled PWM here:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/ltspice-pwm-input-signal-creation-for-motor-soft-start/
Its very similar to Zero999's suggestion above.

* Documented: behavioral voltage and current sources; Undocumented: behavioral resistors

[Zero999]

I tried the differential Schmitt and the rise/fall times were slow. Changing trise and tfall to 10ns didn't help. I tried setting tau to 10n, but the made the output over/undershoot.