Posts tagged with 'SPICE'
A few weeks ago I was visiting a nearby customer to demonstrate the powerful ELDO SPICE simulator as an add-on to our HyperLynx Analog simulation lauchpad. To navigate through the schematic, I clicked on the arrows I use for links on the cover page to jump to the page for simulation. After the demo was complete the customer asked me, “You clicked on an arrow on the table of contents page and ended … Read More
You may have heard lately about IBIS-AMI models, which are being used more often for SERDES simulation. IBIS-AMI stands for I/O Buffer Information Specification Algorithmic Modeling Interface. These models are an addendum to the existing IBIS spec that contain executable models.
Actually the models contain 3 parts: an analog buffer model, a parameter file, and the actual executable model. The executable … Read More
Anyone who has ever had to simulate a SERDES interface knows how long it take to run a couple hundred bits through a SPICE model. Hours. Sometimes you have to kick it off overnight. And if you want to do some solution space exploration, probably one of the main purposes for running your simulation, it could take you a whole week of sims. I mean, you could take the time that your sim is running to … Read More