[ibis-macro] Re: question on tap parameters in AMI

  • From: Ambrish Varma <ambrishv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:56:38 -0800

Hi Fangyi,
You can give any name to the parameters themselves. For ex,
The model_specific section of the RX model with a 5 tap FFE and 3 tap DFE can 
look like:
(Model_Specific
(RX_FFE_Taps
  (-2 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.1 -0.1 0.2)(Default 0.1)
     (Description "Second Precursor Tap"))
  (-1 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.2 -0.4 0.4)(Default 0.2)
     (Description "First Precursor Tap"))
  (0 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 1 -1 2)(Default 1)
    (Description "Main Tap"))
  (1 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.2 -0.4 0.4)(Default2 0.2)
    (Description "First Post cursor Tap"))
  (2 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.1 -0.1 0.2)(Default 0.1)
    (Description "Second Post cursor Tap"))
)
(RX_DFE_Taps
    (-1 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.2 -0.4 0.4)(Default 0.2)
     (Description "First Precursor Tap"))
    (0 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 1 -1 2)(Default 1)
      (Description "Main Tap"))
    (1 (Usage Inout)(Type Tap) (Format Range 0.2 -0.4 0.4)(Default2 0.2)
      (Description "First Post cursor Tap"))
)
) | end model_specific

Hope that helps,
Ambrish.
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Subject: [ibis-macro] question on tap parameters in AMI

Hi, Experts;

I have a question on tap parameter definition in .ami file. The current 
standard states that:

If in addition the individual tap weights are each given a name
which is their tap number (i.e., "-1" is the name of the
first precursor tap, "0" is the name of the main tap, "1" is
the name of the first postcursor tap, etc.) and the tap
weights are declared to be of type Tap, then the EDA platform
can assume that the individual parameters are tap weights in
a tapped delay line

This way we have to assume that Tx only has FFE and Rx only has DFE. What if Rx 
has both FFE and DFE? How can we tell which group of taps is FFE and which is 
for DFE?

Thanks in advance.

Fangyi

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