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IBIS INTERCONNECT MODELING AD HOC TASK GROUP MEETING MINUTES AND AGENDA

http://www.eda.org/ibis/adhoc/interconnect/

Mailing list: ibis-interconn@freelists.org

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Next Meeting
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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Agenda:
- Review of Touchstone(R) 2.0 Addendum, draft 4
  ([Matrix Format], [Number of Frequencies], 
   [Number of Noise Frequencies] keywords)

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Minutes from October 24:

Attendees:
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(* denotes present)
Agilent                    - Radek Biernacki, John Moore
Green Streak Programs      - Lynne Green
Intel                      - Michael Mirmak*
Mentor Graphics Corp.      - John Angulo*
Micron Technology          - Randy Wolff*
Sigrity                    - Sam Chitwood*
Teraspeed Consulting Group - Bob Ross* 

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The team reviewed the latest version of the Touchstone 2.0 draft plus
the addendum documenting the [Matrix Format] keyword and associated
network parameter changes.

Touchstone 2.0
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Minor changes were suggested to the Touchstone 2.0 base specification,
to emphasize the removal of normalization in the "Compatibility Notes"
section.  This section was also moved to its own page.

Addendum
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- Bob Ross suggested removing many of the keyword ordering restrictions,
  to simply require that the new keywords must appear before the network
  data.  
- [Number of Frequency Points] will be moved forward in the document, with
  appropriate adjustments to the examples.
- The equations will be corrected to follow mathematical conventions.
- Several of the examples should be checked for consistency with the 
  Version 2.0 requirements.

The drafts are nearly ready for consolidation into a single document for
review and forwarding to the IBIS Open Forum.

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Team Objectives:
1) complete ICM-IBIS linking BIRD and any associated changes to the 
   ICM specification
2) update the ICM specification, if needed, to clarify the mapping of 
   ICM nodes to S-parameter ports
3) complete a specification for "Touchstone Plus" or similar 
   industry-standard definition for Touchstone-like files, to include 
   complex impedance references, removal of limits on the maximum number
   of ports and per-port impedance references