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File Name:	Tester_Operation.txt
Revision:	v2.0
Description: 	This is the Readme File for the TESTER program provided in the 
		Cadence IBIS AMI Evaluation Toolkit from Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Author:		Ambrish Varma
(c) Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Tester Operation
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This Readme file gives a description of how the tester operates, the input and output files of
the Cadence AMI Tester program.

Input files for a run:
        -ibisamictrl.txt (Control File - needed for user control of data rate, ignore bits, simulation length,
			  output file names etc. If not present, Tester uses default)
        -ibisimp_10g_32.txt (Impulse response file - must be referenced in control file)
        -IBIS_ATM_Tx.ami    (Model Parameters. If present, must have the same name as the model with a .ami extension)
        -IBIS_ATM_Tx.so(dll)(model)
	-bits_file.txt (optional - If no bits file is provided, the tester will	generate a random bitstream.)

Please read 'Overview and Intro' file for a detailed description of the input 	

Output files for this run:
After a successful run of the TESTER, the following files will be generated.
        -impin.txt(sim) (Input Impulse Response)
        -impout.txt(sim) (Output Impulse Response from the INIT call)
        -stimin.txt(sim) (Stimulus Input (bits) to the GetWave call
        -wavein.txt(sim) (Stimulus Input (wave) to the GetWave call
        -waveout.txt(sim)(Output (wave) after the GetWave call
        -clks.txt(sim)	(Output after the CDR in the Getwave.)


VIEW RESULTS AND DATA

The .sim files can be viewed in Cadence Sigwave program, where as the .txt files 
The output waveform data from the TESTER are .txt and .sim.


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Ambrish Varma
ambrishv@cadence.com
