Eoin, Thanks for your interest in IBIS! You may wish to note that the IBIS Open Forum has recently introduced a new and improved format for expressing interconnect model data: the IBIS Interconnect Modeling Specification (ICM). The specification supports both S-parameter and RLGC matrix data in a modular way and is appropriate to connectors, cables, devices packages and many other types of interconnect. A free syntax parser is available. You can find the specification in a variety of formats at http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/icm_ver1.0/. The parser is available at http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/icmchk1/. Best of luck! - Michael Mirmak Intel Corp. Chair, EIA/IBIS Open Forum -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of package_char Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:02 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] SPICE or IBIS Experts, I have been researching some methods to model packages and connectors=20 and from what I have seen a common method is to extract a coupled=20 lumped/distributed SPICE model from VNA or TDR/T measurements. These=20 SPICE models can be used to model performance at high=20 speed/frequencies. My question is if I was to create an IBIS model as=20 oppposed to a SPICE model is there any limitations, for example?=20 a) the highest frequency/shortest rise time possible b) how does it handle losses etc As I understand there is software to convert a SPICE model to IBIS=20 format, would this be the best way to go or directly create an IBIS=20 model from measurements?=20 Regards, Eoin Mc Gibney CIT emcgibney@xxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.org List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu