IBIS Version 6.1 (WIP)

This directory contains the "work in progress" of IBIS Version 6.1 drafts.
The contents are:

  00readme.txt               This file
  ver6_1_draft_rev1.docx     Draft revision 1, Microsoft Word* format
  ver6_1_draft_rev1.pdf      Draft revision 1, Adobe Portable Document Format*
  ver6_1_draft_rev2.docx     Draft revision 2, Microsoft Word* format
  ver6_1_draft_rev2.pdf      Draft revision 2, Adobe Portable Document Format*
  ver6_1_draft_rev3.docx     Draft revision 3, Microsoft Word* format
  ver6_1_draft_rev3.pdf      Draft revision 3, Adobe Portable Document Format*

The new features in Version 6.1 are based on extensions defined in the following 13 BIRDs:
BIRD155.2       New AMI API to Resolve Dependent Model Parameter
BIRD167.1       Table Corrections for Tx Jitter Parameters and Ignore_Bits
BIRD168.1       Handling of Overclocking Caused by Delay in Waveform Tables
BIRD169.1       DLL Dependency Checking
BIRD170         Delete Extra Paragraph for Ports under [External Circuit]
BIRD171.3       Clarify that Empty Root Name is Not Permitted in AMI Files
BIRD172.2       Extend Multilingual Parameter and Converter Parameter Rules
BIRD173.3       Package RLC Matrix Diagonals
BIRD174.1       Quote Character Clarifications
BIRD175.3       Extending IBIS-AMI for PAM4 Analysis
BIRD176         Power Pin Package Modeling
BIRD177         [Initial Delay] keyword for Submodels and Driver Schedules
BIRD178.3       Specifying Buffer Directionality for AMI

Rev. 2 makes the following changes from Rev. 1

        p. 8 - changed the phrase "12 BIRDs" to "13 BIRDs" for IBIS 6.1.

        p. 215 - changed the sentence

                "If these parameters are Usage Out, the EDA tool shall use the values
                 returned by the AMI_Init function." 

                to:

                "If these parameters are Usage Out, the EDA tool shall use only the values
                 returned by the AMI_Init function, unless otherwise noted."

Rev. 3 makes the follow changes from Rev. 2

        p. 10 - changed the sentence "This includes files with file extensions .ibs, .pkg,
                .ebd, .ami and any files used as parameter files." to "This includes files with file
                extensions .ibs, .pkg, .ebd, .ami and any other files used for passing parameter
                values."

        p. 232 - changed the sentence "clock_times, zero crossing time and edge transition
                 time are the same and are defined as 1/2 UI before the times that the Rx latch is
                 sampled." to "For clock_times, zero crossing time and edge transition time are the
                 same and are defined as 1/2 UI before the times that the Rx latch is sampled."

        p. 232 - changed the sentence "clock_times returned by AMI_GetWave are edge
                 transition times, and are 1/2 UI before the nominal sample times." to "The clock_times
                 returned by AMI_GetWave are edge transition times, and are 1/2 UI before the nominal
                 sample times."

        Throughout the document, the phrase "AMI parameter definitions file" and appropriate
        variants is used when referring to .ami files, with the phrase "parameter
        definitions file" kept when referring to files other than .ami files.


Last Updated: August 16, 2015