WalterDid you respond to Arpads question? I seem to be missing it in my AMI email thread
Scott McMorrow President Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC (401) 284-1827 -----Original message----- From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx> To: IBIS-ATM <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 14:57:45 GMT+00:00 Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: SiSoft's Official Position on BIRDS 116-125 ... Walter, This caught my eyes: "the EDA tool must be able to output the characteristic of the channel (typically insertion loss, return lose, and ICR of the channel that needs to include the package model at both ends, but exclude the analog model of the Tx and Rx" I thought that having a channel model without the Tx and Rx models would not be useful for much, since the reflections at the end of this kind of a channel would be completely incorrect. Why do you say that an EDA tool would also be able to do this? Thanks, Arpad ================================================================ From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walter Katz Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:35 AM To: 'Taranjit Kukal'; 'IBIS-ATM' Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: SiSofts Official Position on BIRDS 116-125 ... Kukal, You are correct, but you are not considering several important points. The AMI Buffer analog model is written by the IC designer (or the IP provider) of the SerDes buffer. He can generate the analog model for the buffer, but he does not design the package that the silicon is being used. Further, the same chip can be used in multiple package configurations. The package model is then built by a different individual with different tool