Is this a two definition in a .pat file?

[ruwan2]

Hi,

In an example project of SMASH, there is one line inside testbench.pat file:

.DC LIN TEMPERATURE.VALUE 0 10 1 compress=no compressCoeff=1 compressTolX=0 compressTolY=1u

I am not clear about its meaning. In its reference book, it has DC Temperature Analysis example line:

.DC TEMPERATURE 0 85 2

In DC Transfer Analysis, it has definitions:

.DC <vsrc> <vstart> <vstop> <vincr> [compress=YES|NO]
+ [compressCoeff=<value>] [compressTolX=<value>]
+ [compressTolY=<value>]

I am puzzled about

.DC LIN TEMPERATURE.VALUE 0 10 1 compress=no compressCoeff=1 compressTolX=0 compressTolY=1u

whether it is a DC analysis, why does it have temperature keyword? It combines the two? A little awkward way to me.


BTW, .pat file is a wide use file format, or a SMASH proprietary file format?

Thanks,