[ibis-macro] Re: FW: Question on clock_times

  • From: "Jin, Wenyi" <Wenyi.Jin@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "vladimir_dmitriev-zdorov@xxxxxxxxxx" <vladimir_dmitriev-zdorov@xxxxxxxxxx>, "ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:22:40 -0600

(1)    for CASE 2  and CASE 3, how can clock_time begin from 0? It is already 
2nd block.

(2)    If some call generate valid clock_time, some not, that means DLL has to 
track

the information like block number to decide from which block begin return clock 
time.

(3)    DLL can always return clock time even CDR is in lock-in stage, it is the 
EDA tool that

Specified after how many UI or block, to make use of clock_time.

From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Dmitriev-Zdorov, Vladimir
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:08 PM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: FW: Question on clock_times

Please clarify if the following clock time patterns are legitimate when 
performing several GetWave calls (for simplicity/brevity, let's assume that we 
have only 10 bits per call and will use integers instead of small double 
values). Which of the following 3 cases are allowed?

CASE 1:

After the 1-st call:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -1

After the 2-nd call:
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -1

After the 3-rd call:
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 -1

etc.





CASE 2:

After the 1-st call:
-1 # # # # # # # # # #                  // First call does not generate clocks

After the 2-nd call:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -1

After the 3-rd call:
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -1        // time increment continued from the 
last call

etc.




CASE 3:

After the 1-st call:
-1 # # # # # # # # # #

After the 2-nd call:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -1

After the 3-rd call:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -1    // i.e. always start from zero



etc.


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From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Muranyi, Arpad
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:38 PM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] FW: Question on clock_times

Kumar,

So are you saying that the vector can begin
with a bunch of -1 and then have valid number
later in the vector?  Lie this:

-1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1 -1 -1 -1

If this is true, is it also true that you can
have alternating -1 and good values in the
vector?  Like this?

-1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1 -1 -1 -1

Arpad
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________________________________
From: C. Kumar [mailto:kumarchi@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:29 PM
To: Muranyi, Arpad
Subject: Re: [ibis-macro] Question on clock_times
arpad:
let me take shot at this

1. Yes -1 indicates end of clock vector

2. clock vector is the clocks associated with the particular wave vector in the 
particular getwave call.

3. some models can have delayed start for returning a clock vector.
   Once a legitimate clock vector is returned , the eda tool is expected to use 
that information to sample the  wave
returned by the getwave call. Other wise the eda tool may rely on its own 
devices to sample the wave, (usually this is an 'ideal' clock)

4. some models may modify the wave form but may never return a clock vector. 
(i.e -1 in the first position)

________________________________
From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 4:08:16 PM
Subject: [ibis-macro] Question on clock_times

Hello AMI experts,

I would like to ask a question about the clock_times vector.
The spec says that "The last clock in indicated by putting a
value of -1 at the and of clocks for the current wave sample".

We got a DLL from a vendor which seems to fill the vector
for the first few GetWave calls with -1 and then it starts
filling it with good numbers.

What is the interpretation of the specification?  First,
does the above text refer to the entire vector, or each
little section independently that a single GetWave call
returns?

If it is for the entire vector, then having -1 in the first
few thousand locations would mean that everything else
after that is garbage, correct?

If it is per GetWave call, is the EDA tool expected to
assemble something from bits and pieces that are returned
by the various GetWave calls?

Thanks,

Arpad
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