$15K o $25K sounds high. If you are paying that kind of money for your measurement based models, you should shop around more. Steve. Katkoria, Deepak wrote: > Hi Iain, > Usually vendor don't gives a guarantee about the model.. > > You need to check the file, if some reading are not according to device then > you can ask for circuit used for simulation. > > They will give you a RLC diagram.. > Otherwise you have to look for 3rd party, who can create a model for you.. > They charge from 15K to 25K depends upon time.. > > I have faced similar problem in past.. > > You can even ask for spice model and create your own Ibis model.. > For ask for IO cell parameters(technology used) and based on that you can > create the Ibis model.. > > > Deepak > > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Iain Waugh > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 3:00 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] What do you do when the manufacturer's model doesn't match > the measurements? > > Hi all, please can you advise! > > Our aim is to prove the vendors' IBIS models on a dev board so we can have > confidence that simulations of our own 400MHz DDR2 design (using the same > parts) will be accurate. We're simulating with Hyperlynx 8.0 and have taken > the most up-to-date IBIS models from the vendors' websites. > > We've made a pretty good free-form schematic model of the dev board with the > target CPU and memories (plus 'scope probe at the receiver's pin). The > initial simulations were horrible with a massively non-monotonic rising edge > crossing the Vil and Vih levels of the receiver twice. We used a 6GHz LeCroy > 'scope with 1GHz probes to measure the actual dev board's signal integrity > and the edges were clean. > > In my mind, that proves that I can't trust the model. The catch, however, is > that the vendor then told us to put the simulation probes at the die instead > of at the pin. We re-simulated and the non-monotonic edges went away - they > actually looked like the measurement! > > Would you trust the results of a simulation when the measured case only > correlates with a simulation having probes in a different place? Can we use > the wrong (but matching) model to guide us to the best routing topology? I'm > tempted to just use standard good SI practises and ignore the simulations. > > Best regards, > > Iain Waugh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > The information contained in this message may be confidential and legally > protected under applicable law. The message is intended solely for the > addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any use, forwarding, dissemination, or reproduction of this message is > strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by return e-mail and destroy all copies > of the original message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu