[SI-LIST] What frequency are IBIS models good to?

  • From: Eric Goodill <ericg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: si-list <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:54:42 -0700

Howdy,

We were having a discussion around work the other day about the maximum 
frequency any given SPICE or IBIS model is good to.  For SPICE circuit 
models, it seemed pretty clear that the frequency accuracy of the model 
depends on how good a job the model builder did at including parasitics 
and so forth that come into play as the frequency increases.

Our understanding of IBIS models is not great, but we understand them to 
be essentially I-V curves.  One fellow asserted that this info is 
gathered essentially at DC and thus could not represent the 
high-frequency (> 500 MHz) behavior of a driver.

Comments?

-Eric
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Eric Goodill                    Redback Networks
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