[SI-LIST] Re: IBIS-AMI Vendor Support Help
- From: "Walter Katz" <wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:02:48 -0500
All,
On die S-Parameter is just one part of the problem. Models requiring on die
S-Parameter are incompatible with the rest of IBIS IV and VT data, including
things liked Vdiff, Cdiff.
The problem with [External Circuit] it that it is explicitly outside of a
model definition and therefore not model based. So if a chip had 300
instances of the same SerDes differential model, then using [External
Circuit] would require 300 instances of the same [External Circuit], this
combined with IBIS inability to properly handle true differentials makes
putting this capability in IBIS problematic.
As soon as the current revision of the AMI specification is completed,
SiSoft will be introducing new AMI parameters that satisfy the Analog
modeling requirements to support the AMI algorithmic modeling. One
additional compelling reason to put this into the .ami file is that we have
found that configuring the ami algorithmic model also configures the analog
parasitics.
Walter
Walter Katz
303.449-2308
Mobile 720.333-1107
wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx
www.sisoft.com
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Behalf Of Muranyi, Arpad
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:33 AM
To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: IBIS-AMI Vendor Support Help
Ken,
[External Model] may not work because it is specifically designed to
replace the [Model] with a better modeling language content while
preserving the same connectivity of the [Model] keyword. This means
that the all of the nodes of [Model] or [External Model] are supposed
to be connected the same exact way, which would prevent us to put die
parasitics between the buffer model and the pads.
However, [External Circuit] does not have this restriction, so we
could potentially make use of that keyword for this purpose, perhaps
referencing the new (proposed) IBIS-ISS capabilities which allow
us to use S-parameters. If we went with this route, the question
is, can we have a [Model] behind the [External Circuit], which is
something I don't remember for sure now. I need to research the
spec on that a little more...
Arpad
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Willis [mailto:kwillis@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:19 AM
To: 'Todd Westerhoff'; Muranyi, Arpad
Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Re: IBIS-AMI Vendor Support Help
Hi Todd,
On #1, it makes sense to incorporate S-parameters into IO models,
especially
since some major IP suppliers have this data today. I think the item
that
brings some uncertainty is why this would be pushed into the algorithmic
(AMI) portion of the model, especially if new syntax/API has to be
invented
and supported. The intent of AMI was to capture the adaptive filtering
behavior of these advanced Serdes devices, which you couldn't really
model
well in a circuit model. If the S-parameters are largely parasitic data,
it
seems more straightforward to include them in the analog circuit part of
the
model.
I understand that there is no standard "IBIS" syntax for S-params right
now,
but I would agree with Arpad that Touchstone is widely supported. Maybe
we
should be looking at [External Model] > Touchstone or something like
that.
But we can continue the discussion in the IBIS forum.
Thanks,
Ken Willis
Sigrity, Inc.
860-871-7070
kwillis@xxxxxxxxxxx
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