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PACKAGE electricalSystem IS NATURE electrical IS real ACROSS real THROUGH GROUND REFERENCE; FUNCTION SIN (X : real ) RETURN real; END PACKAGE electricalSystem; use work.electricalSystem.all; entity plate is generic ( cell_resistance : real := 1000.0 ); port ( terminal up, down, left, right, top : electrical ); end entity plate; architecture behav of plate is quantity Vup across Iup through up to top ; quantity Vdown across Idown through down to top ; quantity Vleft across Ileft through left to top ; quantity Vright across Iright through right to top ; begin Rup : Vup == Iup * cell_resistance ; Rdown : Vdown == Idown * cell_resistance ; Rleft : Vleft == Ileft * cell_resistance ; Rright : Vright == Iright * cell_resistance ; end behav ; use work.electricalSystem.all; entity parallel_plate_cap is port ( terminal up1, up2, down1, down2, left1, left2, right1, right2, top1, top2: electrical ); end entity; architecture struc of parallel_plate_cap is component plate is generic ( cell_resistance : real := 1000.0 ); port ( terminal up, down, left, right, top : electrical ); end component ; for all : plate use entity work.plate(behav); -- this need not be in the port list but i am adding it -- to observe vcap uniquely. --terminal top1, top2 : electrical ; quantity vcap across icap through top1 to top2 ; quantity vrgnd across irgnd through top2 ; -- quantity vs1 across left1 to left2; -- quantity vs2 across right1 to right2; -- quantity vs3 across up1 to up2; -- quantity vs4 across down1 to down2; constant cell_cap : real := 1.0e-8; begin plate1 : plate port map ( up1, down1, left1, right1, top1) ; plate2 : plate port map ( up2, down2, left2, right2, top2) ; --plate2 : plate port map ( up2, down2, left2, right2, ground) ; capeqn : icap == cell_cap * vcap'dot; -- there should be some ground resgnd : vrgnd == irgnd * 1000.0 ; -- vsrc1 : vs1 == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source -- * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); -- vsrc2 : vs2 == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source -- * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); -- vsrc3 : vs3 == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source -- * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); -- vsrc4 : vs4 == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source -- * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); end struc ; use work.electricalSystem.all; entity real_cap is end entity ; architecture struct of real_cap is component parallel_plate_cap is port ( terminal up1, up2, down1, down2, left1, left2, right1, right2, top1, top2: electrical ); end component ; for all : parallel_plate_cap use entity work.parallel_plate_cap(struc); terminal u1, u2, u3 , u4, d1, d2, d3, d4, l1, l2 , r1, r2, r3, r4 , t1, t2, t3, t4: electrical ; terminal d11, d21, d31, d41, l11, l21 , r11, r21, r31, r41 , t11, t21, t31, t41: electrical ; -- not needed. --terminal l3 , l4 : electrical ; quantity vs across l1 to l2 ; quantity vs1 across l11 to l21 ; begin p1 : parallel_plate_cap port map (u1, u2, d1, d2, l1, l2, r1, r2, t1, t2); p2 : parallel_plate_cap port map (u3, u4, d3, d4, r1, r2, r3, r4, t3, t4); p3 : parallel_plate_cap port map (d1, d2, d11, d21, l11, l21, r11, r21, t11, t21); p4 : parallel_plate_cap port map (d3, d4, d31, d41, r11, r21, r31, r41, t31, t41); vsrc : vs == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); vsrc1 : vs1 == 5.0 * sin(2.0 * 3.1415 * 10.0e3 --sine source * real(time'pos(now)) * 1.0e-15); end ;