Hi All,

     We have tried to use assert statements to get additional warnings about the operationg region of a SiGe HBT. Well as shown below , the assert statement does  not work if an expression is  used.  Is there any work-around for this ?

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inline subckt npnA  c b e bn
parameters Nx=1
+ icmax=Nx*0.0025
* cannot refer to Nx or icmax in the assert statement

   npnA (c b e bn) npnA_vbic
* works with fixed values:
*    warnImax assert max=2*0.0025 min=-0.0025 duration=0 dev="npnA" param=ic message="Warning: collector current range exceeded" level=warning

*doesnt work with expression - no error msg, but won't flag a violation
*    warnImax assert max=Nx*0.0025 min=-icmax duration=0 expr=(npnA:ic) message="Warning: collector current range exceeded" level=warning

 model npnA_vbic vbic
 ...
ends npnA


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        With Regards,

                 Analog Aroma