The first problem is that the resistance values are negative. I think that means that the package pin is generating power. If that's real, we'll all buy some. The bad resistance values bring the whole model into doubt. My choice would be to remove that package model, move forward with the lumped RLC per pin, and in parallel ask the IC vendor to correct their model so I can run a final verification with the best possible model. Regards, Weston -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Dill Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 1:43 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] IBIS Confusion over Component/Package/Pin vs Define Package Model I'm looking at the Component/Package/Pin RLC values of an IBIS component (Micron 2Gb DDR2 SDRAM) and the Package Model RLC data. I realise they won't be identical since they are measuring different things, but even in the case of banded matrix components with 0 bandwidth (resistance matrix) they are way off. For example, From the Component/Package/Pin section: [Pin] signal_name model_name R_pin L_pin C_pin [...] L1 BA2 INPUT 293.00m 2.27nH 0.40pF L2 BA0 INPUT 225.78m 1.80nH 0.31pF L3 BA1 INPUT 164.66m 1.31nH 0.24pF And from the define package model section: [Model Data] [Inductance Matrix] Sparse_Matrix [...] [Row] L1 L1 2.2E-09 L2 3.7E-10 [...] [Row] L2 L2 1.69E-09 L3 6E-10 [...] [Row] L3 L3 1.2E-09 L7 -6.59E-12 The inductance matrix is reasonable close... [Capacitance Matrix] Sparse_Matrix [...] [Row] L1 L1 4.8E-13 L2 -3.47E-14 [...] [Row] L2 L2 3.84E-13 L3 -1.05E-13 [...] [Row] L3 L3 2.94E-13 L7 -4.26E-15 The capacitance matrix a little further off. [Resistance Matrix] Banded_Matrix [Bandwidth] 0 [...] [Row] L1 -0.001546917 | [Row] L2 -0.000994774 | [Row] L3 -0.001111145 But the resistance matrix is off by a few orders of magnitude. I must be missing something really basic. What am I not understanding here? Or is this model just out of whack? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu