[SI-LIST] Re: S-parameter simulation in Time Domain

Hi Michael,

Yes, this feature will be available in Hspice-RF.  The beta release for
Hspice-RF is scheduled for 12/15/2001.

Tracy Barclay
Product Support Engineer
Avant! Corporation

> Avant! guys,
>
> is this feature planned to be included in the upcoming HSPICE releases?
> If yes, what's the estimated release date?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Gutzmann
> Intel Corp.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Smith [mailto:ldsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 8:56 AM
> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] S-parameter simulation in Time Domain
>
> A similar question was asked on SI-list several weeks ago but did not
> get a clear answer.  Does anybody have a good way to simulate
> S-parameters in the time domain?
>
> We often have silicon driver and receiver models that are composed of
> proprietary (BSIM or otherwise) transistor by transistor nonlinear
> elements best handled by HSpice, Smart Spice or similar software.  We
> want to know the openness of an eye diagram at the far end of a
> transmission path.  The transmission path involves two electronic
> packages, printed circuit boards with vias and a connector between
> boards.  We may have S-parameter models for some of the components and
> lumped element models for others.  The characteristics of nearly all of
> the components are a function of frequency.
>
> The response to the question several weeks ago involved methods for
> obtaining S-parameter models.  We can get S-parameter models form
> measurement, extraction from materials and geometries, the guy down the
> hall or the company across the street.  The question is, "what do we do
> with the models after we get them?"  We want to know the openness of
> the eye diagram at 1 GB/sec or more.  We want to know the response of a
> receiver built from nonlinear circuit elements to that eye diagram.
> Does anybody have a good success story in this area?  Does anybody have
> software that claims to do this?
>
> Grading scale:
>
>         A - Has model to hardware correlation for eye diagram.
>         B - Can simulate but does not exactly match lab waveforms.
>         C - Above, but not with proprietary spice models.
>         D - Simulator has capability but nobody has ever tried it.
>         F - Software available in next release.
>
> regards,
> Larry Smith
> Sun Microsytems
>
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