Hi, Rich; Thanks for your reply. Can you provide more clarification on what the PDF of data edge represents? 1. It seems to be a function of both time and voltage. Correct? 2. Does it include effects of Tx jitter? 3. Does it include effects of ISI? 4. Does the jitter PDF in your email represent Tx jitter or Rx sampling jitter? 5. Do you need separate PDFs for logic 1 and logic 0? Thanks, Fangyi -----Original Message----- From: Mellitz, Richard [mailto:richard.mellitz@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:20 AM To: RAO,FANGYI (A-USA,ex1); Mirmak, Michael; ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ibis-macro] Re: Follow-up on PDF discussion... Hi Fangyi, The PDF we are talking about is the PDF of data edges. That PDF convolves in with a jitter PDF in time and voltage PDF in for receive sensitivity. Notice there is no data stream here at all. We get an exact BER CDF in this manner. I.e. no extrapolation. ... Rich -----Original Message----- From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fangyi_rao@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:48 PM To: Mirmak, Michael; ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: Follow-up on PDF discussion... Hi, Michael; Isn't Tx_Jitter in AMI the same as Tx jitter PDF? I think that's all needed in Casper's approach. Thanks, Fangyi -----Original Message----- From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mirmak, Michael Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:12 AM To: IBIS-ATM Subject: [ibis-macro] Follow-up on PDF discussion... FYI, in an earlier mail, I asked whether PDFs could be used directly under IBIS-AMI. To clarify, the usage of PDF was as "probability distribution function." The reason for the question, plus some concerns about TX jitter treatment, are outlined in a paper by Bryan Casper, Ganesh Balamurugan et al, entitled "Future Microprocessor Interfaces: Analysis, Design and Optimization." It's available through IEEE and other sources. The full citation follows. IBIS-AMI support for this style of data input would be highly useful. - MM Casper, B.; Balamurugan, G.; Jaussi, J.E.; Kennedy, J.; Mansuri, M., "Future Microprocessor Interfaces: Analysis, Design and Optimization," Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2007. CICC '07. IEEE , vol., no., pp.479-486, 16-19 Sept. 2007 URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4405777&isnumber=4405667 ISBN: 978-1-4244-1623-3 Additional material in a similar vein is available here: Balamurugan, G.; Casper, B.; Jaussi, J.E.; Mansuri, M.; O'Mahony, F.; Kennedy, J., "Modeling and Analysis of High-Speed I/O Links," Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on , vol.32, no.2, pp.237-247, May 2009 URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4811945&isnumber=4982886 --------------------------------------------------------------------- IBIS Macro website : http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ IBIS Macro reflector: //www.freelists.org/list/ibis-macro To unsubscribe send an email: To: ibis-macro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------- IBIS Macro website : http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ IBIS Macro reflector: //www.freelists.org/list/ibis-macro To unsubscribe send an email: To: ibis-macro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------- IBIS Macro website : http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ IBIS Macro reflector: //www.freelists.org/list/ibis-macro To unsubscribe send an email: To: ibis-macro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe