Parameterize Blocks to Match Manufacturer Specifications
Use Simscape™ Electrical™ and data provided by manufacturers to represent electrical components.
To represent components from specific manufacturers, use blocks that support built-in parts in the Block Parameterization Manager tool.
To represent passive and semiconductor devices, run SPICE netlists from within MATLAB®, run cosimulations in SPICE and Simscape Electrical, or import parameter values from SPICE netlists into Simscape.
To represent a wide variety of components, import or specify values that you obtain from data sheets.
Tools
| Block Parameterization Manager | Apply part parameterization to block |
| Graph Data Extractor | Extract graphs from datasheets for use in block parameterization (Since R2024a) |
Functions
generateSemiconductorSubcircuitROM | Generate reduced-order model of semiconductor switch by running SPICE (Since R2025a) |
ee.spice.diodeSubcircuit2lookup | Generate lookup table data for two-terminal device by running SPICE (Since R2023a) |
ee.spice.semiconductorSubcircuit2lookup | Generate lookup table data for three- or four-terminal device by running SPICE (Since R2022a) |
subcircuit2ssc | Convert SPICE subcircuit to custom Simscape component |
ee_importDeviceParameters | Import ideal semiconductor block parameters from Hitachi, Infineon, or Wolfspeed XML data sheet (Since R2021b) |
Simscape Blocks
| SPICE-Imported MOSFET | MOSFET with built-in parts parameterized from SPICE subcircuit |
| SIMetrix Cosimulation Interface | Interface to cosimulate Simscape Electrical and SIMetrix models (Since R2025a) |
Topics
- Simscape Electrical Part Collection
List of available parts in the Simscape Electrical part collection.
- Converting a SPICE Netlist to Simscape Blocks
Convert subcircuits defined in a SPICE netlist to equivalent Simscape blocks.
- Parameterize MOSFET from Data Sheet and Create Part Collection
Parameterize a MOSFET (Ideal, Switching) block using data from a manufacturer data sheet and create a part collection. (Since R2026a)
- Parameterizing Blocks from Data Sheets
Overview of techniques used to specify block parameters to match the data from manufacturer data sheets.
- Additional Parameterization Workflows
Additional ways to parameterize and validate your model, including using a test harness, tuning parameters, and building an equivalent model.
- Machine Parameterization
Specify machine parameters using standard or fundamental parameterization methods.
Featured Examples
Parameterize Gate Driver from SPICE Netlist
Parameterize the Simscape Electrical Gate Driver block from a manufacturer netlist using LTspice.
SPICE Conversion of a CMOS Voltage Comparator
A typical implementation of a CMOS voltage comparator and how you can convert a SPICE subcircuit to a Simscape™ component using the subcircuit2ssc function. You can use CMOS voltage comparators in analog to digital converter (ADC) or relaxation oscillator circuits.
Troubleshoot a SPICE Conversion of an IGBT Subcircuit
Troubleshoot the conversion of a SPICE insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) subcircuit and convert it into an equivalent Simscape™ component. The subcircuit2ssc function converts all the subcircuit components inside a SPICE netlist file into one or more equivalent Simscape files. However, in some cases, you must manually edit the original SPICE netlist.
Parameterize Half-Bridge Block from Wolfspeed Datasheets
Import the device parameters from Wolfspeed® datasheets for MOSFETs and diodes into a Half-Bridge (Ideal, Switching) block.
Parameterize MOSFET and Diode Blocks from Wolfspeed Datasheets
Automatically apply parameterizations from Wolfspeed® datasheets to tabulated MOSFET (Ideal, Switching) and Diode blocks in Simscape™ Electrical™.
Import Infineon XML Datasheets into Simscape Half-Bridge Block
Import device parameters from Infineon® datasheets for IGBTs and diodes into a Half-Bridge (Ideal, Switching) block.
Import IGBT Parameters from Hitachi
Import parameters from a Hitachi IGBT module and save them in an IGBT(Ideal, Switching) block. The Hitachi IGBT parameters are stored in an XML file in the hitachi format.
Import Infineon XML Parts into Simscape IGBT and Diode Blocks
Automatically apply parameterizations from Infineon datasheets to tabulated IGBT (Ideal, Switching) and Diode blocks in Simscape™ Electrical™.
Torque Motor Parameterization
How manufacturer data for torque as a function of current and angle can be used to model a torque motor. The datasheet shows linear characteristics for rotor angles between 20 and 70 degrees and for currents where saturation does not occur. Data in this range is used to parameterize the simplified model of the torque motor. Using MATLAB® to process the data points extracted from the datasheet, we can convert manufacturer data into motor parameters that are often obtained from finite element software.
