Thank you all for the response to my question. - Sanjay "Angulo, John" wrote: > Sanjay, > > I'm sorry I failed to reply to this promptly. To confirm statements > implied, Hyperlynx avoids double counting C_comp when performing > rise/fall simulations, just like ICX. It is straightforward for the > driver to supply the extra current necessary to charge the C_comp > capacitance so that the simulation continues to reproduce V-t table > waveforms when the buffer is driven into V-t table loads. > > Best regards, > > John Angulo > Software Development Engineer > Hyperlynx Products > Mentor Graphics Corp. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ibis-users@eda.org > > [mailto:owner-ibis-users@eda.org] On Behalf Of Abril, > > Giovanni (Space Technology) > > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:33 PM > > To: Sanjay Mehta; ibis-users@eda.org > > Cc: Muranyi, Arpad > > Subject: RE: [IBIS-Users] How do simulators handle C_Comp? > > > > Sanjay, > > > > Here is a response to the same question from a few years ago, > > with respect to the ICX simulator, also from Mentor: > > > > The effect of C_comp is only double counted if you are using > > a substandard simulator. All the major simulators that I > > know of expect C_comp to be specified with the same (static > > approximation) value as what is included in the waveforms. > > Somewhere in the simulator this is reconciled. Usually it is > > done is such a way that the capacitive effect is calculated > > out of the waveforms and then the lumped capacitor is present > > at the pin during the transient simulation.. > > > > As Arpad noted, the capacitive effect is usually impossible > > to remove from the SPICE models used to derive IBIS data. It > > is part of the transistor models. Arpad and others have > > proposed methods of finding the best static value of the die > > capacitance to use for C_comp and this value needs to be > > there. If you put the value of 0 for C_comp then the > > simulator will try to back out the capacitance and put no > > capacitance at the pin. At first this seems OK because the > > waveforms still have all the capacitive effect. The problem > > appears when a reflected signal hits this pin or if this pin > > is hi-Z. There would be no capacitive loading and you would > > then have invalid simulations. > > > > > > I assume Hyperlynx is not a "substandard simulator" so it > > shouldn't double-count either. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ibis-users@eda.org [mailto:owner-ibis-users@eda.org]On > > Behalf Of Sanjay Mehta > > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:36 AM > > To: ibis-users@eda.org > > Cc: Muranyi, Arpad > > Subject: Re: [IBIS-Users] How do simulators handle C_Comp? > > > > > > In practice, I would like to know how simulators such as > > Hyperlynx account for this C_comp? Does it exclude > > double-counting of the C_comp when performing rise/fall time > > domain simulations? > > > > Can someone from the tool vendor answer this question? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sanjay Mehta > > Xilinx > > > > "Muranyi, Arpad" wrote: > > > > > Lee, > > > > > > The IBIS model's IV curve which determines its impedance does not > > > include any C_comp effects. The Vt curves which are used > > to turn on > > > and off the IV curves do include the C_comp effect in their > > shape, but > > > they do not effect the DC nature of the IV curves. Therefore we do > > > need to add a capacitor to account for the capacitive nature of the > > > drivers (or receivers). As stated in another response, this is > > > necessary for getting the correct reflections in the > > simulations when > > > a wave hits the model. > > > > > > Arpad Muranyi > > > Intel Corporation > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-ibis-users@eda.org [mailto:owner-ibis-users@eda.org] On > > > Behalf Of lee yang > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:58 PM > > > To: ibis-users@eda.org > > > Subject: [IBIS-Users] C_Comp > > > > > > Hi, > > > Since the C_Comp effect is already embedded in the Spice > > model, hence, > > > the generation of IBIS model automatically includes the > > effect of it. > > > I am wondering, since the C_Comp effect is already included in the > > > IBIS model, why do we still need to put it in the IBIS > > file? 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