Minutes, IBIS Quality Committee

25 January 2011

11:00-12:00 EST (08:00-09:00 PST)

ROLL CALL

Cisco Systems:                * Mike LaBonte
Ericsson:                     * Anders Ekholm
Green Streak Programs:          Lynne Green
Huawei Technologies:            Guan Tao
IBM:                            Bruce Archambeault
IOMethodology:                * Lance Wang
Mentor Graphics:                John Angulo
Micron Technology:            * Moshiul Haque,
                                Randy Wolff
Nokia Siemens Networks:         Eckhard Lenski
Signal Consulting Group:        Tim Coyle
Teraspeed Consulting Group:   * Bob Ross
Texas Instruments:              Pavani Jella

Everyone in attendance marked by *

NOTE: "AR" = Action Required.

-----------------------MINUTES ---------------------------
Mike LaBonte conducted the meeting.

Call for opens and IBIS related patent disclosures:

- Mike: We need to plan the next meeting dates
  - Bob: We need to skip the next week
- No one declared a patent.

AR Review:

- Anders and Mike finalize IBIS summit presentation
  - Done

New items:

Mike showed the presentation for the IBIS summit:
- Slide 1:
  - Anders: The font has to change to an Ericsson font
- Slide 3:
  - Some had trouble with the diagram flowing off the page
  - This was probably a font issue
  - The PDF should have no trouble
  - Bob: The spec has differential test load circuits
    - This is text only, no diagram
    - There is an R_diff parameter
- Slide 4:
  - Some example file extensions changed to csv
  - Add comment about internal [Test Stimulus]
  - Mike: We might use a generic file include facility
  - Anders: That implies a 100MB file could be in IBIS
  - Bob: We have have left size limits open, or at 1000 lines
  - Moshiul: We may want external files to hold multiple items
- Slide 5:
  - Anders: We can't be too general
  - Moshiul: Should we have symbols for common PRBS patterns?
  - Anders: This is not a waveform, it is a list of times
  - Mike: This encodes the times
  - Bob: The rise times it could drive receivers
  - Anders: IBIS driver buffers could be used
  - Mike: PWL could be used
    - The [External Test Data] format could work for that
- Bob: Anders will have to change the fonts
  - Will Anders make copies?
- Anders: The PDF should be printable by anyone
  - How many copies?
- Bob: We have 23 signups so far
  - Syed may bring more Cisco people
  - Let's have 40 to be safe

AR: Mike send update PPT to Anders
AR: Anders send PPT and PDF to Mike and Bob
AR: Anders print presentation handouts

Next meetings:
- Next meetings Feb 8 and Feb 15

Feb 08 agenda:
- Review IBIS summit presentation feedback

Meeting ended at 12:02 Eastern Time.