Greg, Yes, almost. You still need a voltage swing either extracted from the VT curves, Ramp data or [Voltage Range]. You would be assuming a zero rise time for the driver. This is equivalent to the simple Tx Analog Buffer Circuit described in BIRD 122. Walter From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gregory R Edlund Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:15 AM To: 'IBIS-ATM'; ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: What part of Legacy IBIS is used by IBIS-AMI What if an EDA programmer wanted to discard the VT and ramp data and compute an "ideal mathematical" impulse response assuming a delta function? Is that allowed by BIRD 120? I took a quick look and didn't see anything specific about how to calculate the impulse response. In the "ideal mathematical" case, I would think all you need is C_Comp and some resistance extracted from the IV tables. Greg Edlund Senior Engineer Signal Integrity and System Timing IBM Systems & Technology Group 3605 Hwy. 52 N Bldg 050-3 Rochester, MN 55901 Inactive hide details for "Walter Katz" ---07/11/2012 03:53:30 AM---I agree."Walter Katz" ---07/11/2012 03:53:30 AM---I agree. From: "Walter Katz" <wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>, "'IBIS-ATM'" <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 07/11/2012 03:53 AM Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: What part of Legacy IBIS is used by IBIS-AMI Sent by: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _____ I agree. Walter From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Muranyi, Arpad Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:44 PM To: IBIS-ATM Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: What part of Legacy IBIS is used by IBIS-AMI That is correct. Arpad ================ From: <mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:%5Bmailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx%5D> [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mirmak, Michael Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:07 PM To: Walter Katz Cc: IBIS-ATM Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: What part of Legacy IBIS is used by IBIS-AMI Walter, Thank you! So, someone using IBIS-AMI models with valid traditional data in a workflow should expect changes in the IBIS TX C_comp or V-t (or [Ramp]) data to have an impact on the results provided by the receiver in an IBIS-AMI-based flow, assuming nothing else changes? - MM From: Walter Katz <mailto:%5Bmailto:wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx%5D> [mailto:wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:20 PM To: Mirmak, Michael Cc: IBIS-ATM Subject: What part of Legacy IBIS is used by IBIS-AMI MM, The Legacy part of an IBIS model is used to generate the Impulse Response of the channel. One method of generating the impulse response is to do a step response, and take the derivative of the waveform at the Rx input. A simulator uses a combination of the Tx [Voltage Range], C_Comp, IV, VT and Ramp data, and the Rx C_Comp and IV data. Of course, [External Model] can also be used by a simulator. The following required Tx IBIS fields are not used in the AMI flow: Vmeas The following required Rx IBIS fields are not used in the AMI flow: Vinl Vinh Walter Walter Katz wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx Phone 303.449-2308 Mobile 303.335-6156