Audio ===== Voice dial-in: 877-384-0543 Passcode: 904-37-837 Web === Click Here to Join Live Meeting https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/sisoft/join?id=NKQQN3&role=attend&pw=TP8j %23-%25%7E5 FIRST TIME USERS: To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is compatible with Microsoft Office Live Meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda ====== 1) Opens 2) Call for patent disclosure 3) Review of ARs - Mike: update macro library documentation Verilog version almost done. - Arpad: Write parameter passing syntax proposal for a possible BIRD TBD (Someone else could jump in and take this one) 4) Technical discussion: - Parameter passing * The same parameter passing proposed by BIRD for SPICE is in IBIS 5.x should be for AMS and LTI modeling too. * It was noted that the parameter passing mechanism can also pass results from the model back to the simulation tool, it is not just for model input. - This was noted at the Feb 1 meeting. - Ian had presented on this topic at the July 2006 IBIS summit. - His proposal included description, type, and range info. - Walter had also defined "info" parameters, neither input nor output. - We need to decide if pole-zero is one of the parameter formats. * The decision was made to write separate parameter passing BIRDs: - First for channel analysis - Second for external circuit - Cadence Proposed BIRD * Mentor and Cadence should meet to get in synch on the Cadence BIRD. * Details of these discussions need to be presented to the group. * Bob Ross suggested it should be a separate multi-lingual chapter of the IBIS spec. * No touching the 3rd rail: - We will not change the existing AMS/SPICE portion of IBIS. 5) Plans/ARs: AR: Mentor and Cadence will meet to get in synch on the Cadence BIRD. - The BIRD should be reworked before the Feb 27 meeting. * Cadence, Mentor, and SiSoft will meet before next task group meeting. * Web sessions may be held shortly - Todd: we also need to revisit the "electrical model stuff" --------------------------------------------------------------------- IBIS Macro website : http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ IBIS Macro reflector: //www.freelists.org/list/ibis-macro To unsubscribe send an email: To: ibis-macro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe