[SI-LIST] Re: HSPICE S-parameter File Syntax

  • From: "Stephen Zinck" <signalintegrity@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <garyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:40:28 -0500

Hi Gary,

This is indicative of what I have used in the past. Probably no difference 
relative to what others have suggested...

All the best,
Steve

S1 1 2 3 4 0 mname=s_model

* S parameter

.model s_model S TSTONEFILE = yourfile.s4p

+ fbase=50e6 fmax=50e9

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Otonari" <garyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <chen_jinhua@xxxxxxx>; <esayre3@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: HSPICE S-parameter File Syntax


> Thanks, everyone, for the prompt and very helpful feedback.  Still have =
> not
> resolved the issue, and now suspect a license or version problem.  Good =
> to
> know that so many have been successfully using this feature...
>
> -- Gary
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:44 PM
> To: esayre3@xxxxxxxx; garyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: HSPICE S-parameter File Syntax
>
> Try not use the number as the first letter for filename, modelname, =
> nodename
> ...
>
> Jinhua
>
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> Behalf Of Ed Sayre III
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:46 PM
> To: garyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: HSPICE S-parameter File Syntax
>
> Gary,
>   This is pulled from a working s-parameter demo file I just used.  The =
>
> s-paramter file name and model name have been changed to protect the
> innocent..
>
> .model NAME s tstonefile=3D'FILENAME.s4p'
> s1   txp rxp txn rxn  0 mname=3DNAME INTERPOLATION=3DSTEP
>
> This was for a 4 port single ended representation a 2 port differential=20
> model.  Ports txp and txn are inputs and rxp and rxn outputs.
>
> Regards
> -Ed
>
>
>
>
> At 12:39 PM 3/1/2006 -0800, Gary Otonari wrote:
>>Sorry if this has been covered:
>>
>>I have a need to deliver HSPICE netlists that use S-parameter models =
> =3D
>>(for
>>vias).  Don't have HSPICE documentation to check the correct syntax, =
> and =3D
>>our
>>netlist won't pass thru the HSPICE parser.  Error is on the =3D
>>"DATAFILE=3D3Dxxx" =3D20
>>
>>Here's the relevant text:
>>
>>" svia n1 n2 n3 n4 0 fqmodel=3D3Ddiffvia "=3D20
>>" .model diffvia      sp      n=3D3D4     datafile=3D3Dvia.s4p "
>>
>>Comments from you HSPICE experts out there, greatly appreciated...
>>
>>-- Gary
>>
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