IBIS Simulation concepts

[shreyaskm]

Hello,

I have a very basic question regarding the IBIS models and the way the simulator understands them.

I observe that the IBIS models have the V-I characteristics and the V-T waveforms to
reflect the way the buffers behave.
If we have a capacitive /transmission line load in my simulation set up, How will the simulator extrapolate the
Information from the resistive load scenario that we have captured in the V-T waveform.
Is there any document that I could get to read about? Or can you give a brief overview of how the simulator understands these models?

Best Regards,
Shreays

 

[marce]

IBIS main site may have the info you require:
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[b00merang]

Hello,

There are actually parameters in IBIS to model the load capacitance. One parameter under which such effect can be captured is 'Cdiff'. This parameter is almost synonymous to C_comp which refers to the overall capacitance of the buffer. The Cdiff however gives capacitance found across output pads. For more info on how it is extracted, please refer to Pg42 of the following IBIS Cookbook.

www.eda.org/ibis/cookbook/cookbook-v4.pdf

I hope it helps,