[ibis-macro] Re: IBIS-to-AMS script update

  • From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <arpad.muranyi@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:29:54 -0800

Wow!  That was quick...  I will take a look
soon.  Thanks,

Arpad
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From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Paul Fernando
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:21 PM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: IBIS-to-AMS script update

Arpad,

I've updated the script as you requested to handle VHDL-A(MS).
The script and an example output file are attached.

Regards,
Paul

On Wed, February 1, 2006 11:52 am, Muranyi, Arpad wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Sorry for the delay in answering your message, but I am
> trying to get this library finished franticly...  I am
> getting close now, and I will look at your GUI as soon
> as I am done.
>
> I would like to make a request to you.  We need another
> script, or some code added to this one to do a similar
> extraction for the VHDL-A(MS) version of the library.
> I am attaching a file as an example.  The rules are
> simple:
>
> Put the name of the parameter on a line by itself, and
> I mean it BY ITSELF, nothing before, nothing after
> (except for any of these four: CRLF, CR, LF, LFCR),
> and then put the value on the line immediately following
> it.  The line with the value can have blank spaces or
> tabs before and/or after the number.  To be safe, for now
> the number should only use exponential notation.  After
> the value you can have blank lines or any other text before
> the new variable name.  If it is an array, each element
> must be on a new line, without any blank lines between the
> rows.  The array ends with anything that is not a number,
> blank line, any text, a new variable name (or EOF).
>
> Regarding your idea of reading the template for the extraction,
> I think it is a nice idea.  Anything that can make the life of
> a modeler easier is good.
>
> I am not aware of any more templates other than the ones we
> distributed in the macro model group.
>
> Regarding the scaling element, bring it up in a meeting and
> we can discuss it there.  (Or address this email forum, and not
> me directly...).  We can add anything that is needed and is
> useful to the library, but we need consensus for doing it...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arpad
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> Message-----
> From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Fernando
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:05 PM
> To: Muranyi, Arpad
> Cc: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ibis-macro] IBIS-to-AMS script update
>
> Hi Arpad,
>
> I've added a GUI (Perl/Tk) to the IBIS-to-AMS script. When the user selects 
> the IBIS
> file, it lists the models in the file. Once the user selects a model, it asks 
> for the
> corner and creates a Verilog-A .dat file with the relevent information. (To 
> run it type:
> "perl conv.pl") Needless to say, its quite simple at this point.
>
> I'm thinking of updating the script so that it can handle templates as well. 
> For
> example, if a model maker wants to create a pre-emphasis AMS model, they 
> would select
> the relevent template and the GUI would request the input data/ibisfiles 
> interactively.
> Is this a good approach to creating a more complete IBIS-to-AMS converter?
>
> Could you please let me know if there are anymore templates available (other 
> than the
> pre-emphasis buffer)? I'd like to create the template for an LVDS buffer at 
> some point;
> the problem is that I fail to see how the AMS modeling technique helps in 
> this case.
> Could you give me some pointers?
>
> I have a suggestion for an additional macro library element. Right now the 
> scaling is
> done my using 8 current sources. Could we lump them into a library element, 
> since
> scaling would be frequently used?
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
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