What Makes a Better IO Driver Model.ppt

What Makes a Better I/O Driver Model? Vadim Heyfitch Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (978) 446-6455 vadimh@  Content: What are we going to discuss? Personal Introduction What is the intended audience? Who should care? What is an IBIS Driver model? Why verify? Model Integrity (MI) - Cadence Tool for verification, editing What can it do? What to watch out for: typical problems? Qualitative criteria of IBIS model “goodness” What is an IBIS Driver model? Why verify? IBIS speed ~25x of SPICE lends it for solution space exploration (aka pre-layout analysis) Time spent upfront pays off Lots of bad IBIS models out there Only 42% passed IBISchk3 without errors or warning Model Integrity (MI) Module - a graphical look at IBIS models Model Integrity (MI) Module – What Can It Do? Ibischk3 Golden Parser: GUI to navigate errors and warnings. Visual representation and navigation of (multiple) .ibs file structure Editing, Sorting, … Translation to: IBIS to DML QUAD to DML Espice to Spice Viewing curves V-I for Pullup and Pulldown, GND_Clamp, PWR_Clamp V-T Look and Feel (Physical View) Look and Feel (Object View) Navigating Errors and Warning Viewing Curves Viewing Curves (cont’d) What should we do to insure quality of the next IBIS model we use in simulation? Check original data: all I-V curves (i.e., static behavior): V-Range of I-V data: - Vcc + 2Vcc Pulldown I-V WITHOUT GND_clamp Pullup I-V WITHOUT PWR_clamp GND_clamp PWR_clamp V-T (i.e., dynamic behavior): How many V-T curves? None, 2, 4? V-T does not contradict I-V ? dV/dT_r/f (even if V-T available) Pullup and PWR_clamp – translating the raw data Qualitatively Correct I-V Picture Error: Clamp Diode Current – not subtracted Clamp Diode Current – properly subtracted PVT variation All I-V info at once- textbook example Suspiciously Looking Model V-T: dynamic behavior V-T Driving in to Configurable Load What do simulators do with an IBIS model? Simulator specific If 4 V-T available (Rising and Falling w/f into p