[SI-LIST] Re: DDR3 Clock non-monotonicity issue

  • From: Hithesh <hitheshn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bala89si@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:48:57 +0530

Bala,
Model the probe and add it to your simulation schematic.
Even active probe will have some inductance and capacitance.

-Hithesh


On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Bala G <bala89si@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Experts,
> I am doing simulation and measurement for DDR3 interface operating at
> 1866MT/s in one of our fabricated board. We have 5 DDR3 (4-DDR & 1- ECC)
> SDRAM chips in the Daisy chain. When I simulated for clock and probed at
> pin of the first DRAM in the Daisy chain, the clock was highly
> non-monotonic and this non-monotonicity decreases down the line of daisy
> chain. When I did the measurement to validate the simulation using
> Tektronix 12GHz differential probe at the first DRAM test points the signal
> doesn’t have the non-monotonicity issue.  I am not sure what is causing the
> problem, whether its an issue with IBIS Model or any. Btw I checked for
> different clock drive strengths but the problem still exists. Any valuable
> suggestion will be helpful for me to align the simulation & measurement.
>
> Regards,
>
> Balaji
>
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