[ibis-macro] Re: Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD

  • From: Ambrish Varma <ambrishv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "gedlund@xxxxxxxxxx" <gedlund@xxxxxxxxxx>, "ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:28:05 -0700

Greg,
Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD in the current spec can be of Usage Info or Out – which by 
definition are either info for the EDA tool or value out from the AMI model.
Any parameter that is going to be used by the AMI model will be of Usage In.

Thanks
Ambrish.

From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Gregory R Edlund
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 11:06 AM
To: Kumar Keshavan; ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD


Thank you, Kumar.

Is anyone aware of language in the specification saying that the EDA tool 
should apply Reserved_Parameters and not the algorithmic model (DLL)?  I need 
to know so I can instruct our internal model users on what to expect from the 
vendors they're working with.  We're looking at a case where it appears the 
vendor included transmitter jitter inside the DLL.  I don't see a problem with 
this as long as we know about it and we're not simulating the same jitter from 
both the DLL and the EDA tool.

Here's what I found in Section 10A, page 183.  By inference, the optional 
Reserved_Parameters should also be used by the EDA tool and not the algorithmic 
model.

RESERVED PARAMETERS REFERENCE

The parameter definition file shall have a branch with the heading 
“Reserved_Parameters”. This branch shall contain all the Reserved Parameters 
for the model.

The following Reserved Parameters are used by the EDA tool and are required if 
the [Algorithmic Model] keyword is present.


Greg Edlund
Senior Engineer
Signal Integrity and System Timing
IBM Systems & Technology Group
3605 Hwy. 52 N  Bldg 050-3
Rochester, MN 55901



[cid:image001.gif@01CE94F3.8312E360]Kumar Keshavan ---08/09/2013 09:44:11 
AM---if they are in Reserved_Parameters  it becomes the responsibility of the 
eda tool __________________

From: Kumar Keshavan <ckumar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Gregory R Edlund/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS
Date: 08/09/2013 09:44 AM
Subject: RE: [ibis-macro] Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD

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if they are in Reserved_Parameters  it becomes the responsibility of the eda 
tool

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From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Gregory R Edlund [gedlund@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 10:27 AM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD

I have a basic question about where Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD are supposed to be 
applied during simulation:

Is the EDA tool supposed to apply Tx_Jitter and Tx_DCD, or is that up to the 
algorithmic model?



I was unable to find the answer in the following sections of IBIS 5.1.  Maybe 
it's in another section that I missed.

Section 10.2.3.2, Time Domain Simulation Reference Flow, page 161

Section 10.2.2, Time Domain Simulations, page 160

Section 10A, Reserved Parameters Reference, page 187


Greg Edlund
Senior Engineer
Signal Integrity and System Timing
IBM Systems & Technology Group
3605 Hwy. 52 N  Bldg 050-3
Rochester, MN 55901

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