Subject: IBIS User Group minutes 3/19 - In future will only be sent to [email-masked].

From: Kathy Breda <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 13:25:27 -0400

***Minutes of the IBIS Users Group Meeting
   held at DEC/Compaq on Thursday, March 19, 1998***

Thank you to Jeff Chu of DEC who coordinate the
meeting room and refreshments.  Also, thanks
to Bob Haller of DEC who chaired the meeting
in Ed Sayre's absence - a job well done!  

Next Meeting is Scheduled for Thursday, April 23, 1998
at 3:00PM.  The meeting will be hosted by Joe Socha
of TRILOGIC, Inc. in Wilmington, MA.  Directions and
Agenda to Follow.

Apologies for the late distribution of the minutes.

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See directions for this and other interesting IBIS related addresses below.

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       ([email-masked]), the IBIS Users' Group Reflector ([email-masked])
       or both.  State your request.

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       for individual response, and to inquire about joining the EIA-IBIS
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       technical enhancements.  Job posting information is not permitted.

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       used mostly for IBIS clarification, current modeling issues, and
       general user concerns.  Job posting information is not permitted.

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       To report ibischk2 parser bugs.  The Bug Report Form Resides on
       eda.org in /pub/ibis/bugs/ibischk/bugform.txt along with reported bugs.

       To report s2ibis, s2ibis2 and s2iplt bugs, use the Bug Report Forms
       which reside under eda.org in /pub/ibis/bugs/s2ibis/bugs2i.txt, 
       /pub/ibis/bugs/s2ibis2/bugs2i2.txt, & /pub/ibis/bugs/s2iplt/bugsplt.txt
       respectively.

 Information on IBIS technical contents, IBIS participants, and actual
 IBIS models are available on the IBIS Home page found by selecting the
 Electronic Information Group under:

   http://www.eia.org

 Check the pub/ibis directory on eda.org for more information on previous 
 discussions and results.  You can get on via FTP anonymous.

IBIS Accuracy Sub-Committee Progress
------------------------------------

A proposal has been written for the IBIS Accuracy Specification.
Each member of the Accuracy sub-committee is assigned to one
part of the specification.  This was presented by Greg Edlund
and details from his presentation can be found below.  Please
send ideas to Greg ([email-masked]) about the specification.

Scope:
	* Define which IBIS features and driver families to cover.
	* Define different levels of accuracy so the user can decide which
 	  is appropriate for his or her own application.

Test Loads:
	*  Define a minimum set of test loads appropriate for the IBIS
	   features and driver families covered.

Measurement Techniques:
	*  Provide selection criteria for test equipment.
	*  Describe how to account for the electrical characteristics  of
 	   the test environment.

Comparison Metrics:
	*  Define a curve overlay metric for use when IC processing 	   
	   conditions are known.
	*  Define an envelope metric for use when IC processing conditions 	   
	   are unknown.
	*  Define a tabular format for reporting the results of the above
	   comparisons.
	*  Write a C program which implements the above metrics and creates 	   
	   a summary table.

The IBIS model test board has been powered up and is in debug.  A board
respin will be taking place.  Once the IBIS Users' Web Page is ready the 
Gerber files and schematics will be posted.

Software Aspects of IBIS Sub-Committee Progress
-----------------------------------------------

Paul Galloway is leading this sub-committee and portions of his
presentation can be found below.

Need for an IBIS development kit: 
	*  It sounds like the recently announced Hyperlynx “IBIS
	   Development” Suite may cover this requirement.  See 2/26/98
	   e-mail message from [email-masked] regarding how to get 
	   the Hyperlynx Developer Tool Kit.

Need for enhanced s2ibis to correct issues with the existing s2ibis2: 
	*  Capture issues and problems with s2ibis2 and determine what
	   specific features of IBIS 3.0 should be added, basically develop
 	   a specification for the new s2ibis

	*  Proceed with soliciting funding by working with the IBIS Open 	  
	   Forum and solicit member organizations for development funds and
 	   researching available grants, etc. for development.
	
	*  Locate and schedule software development contractor for code
	   development of the new s2ibis utility

Action Item - Pursue funding through member organizations - Haruny Said
Action Item - Research potential availability of grants - Paul Galloway

Requirement for both a short (1 hour) "what is IBIS?" seminar:

	*  Material probably exists for this from several past IBIS
	   presentation we should leverage

Requirement for in depth course teaching IBIS model development(and usage?):
	*  Need to develop curriculum outline and materials

Action Item - Contact Ed Sayre to move forward on development

The European Summit
	*  It was an interesting forum where the hot topic seemed to be 
	   EMI in IBIS simulation. 
	*  <KB comment> I believe copies of the presentations can be found by
	   going to ftp://ftp.eda.org/pub/ibis/summits/

Fabrizio Zanella is heading up the effort that focuses on the usability 
of connector models.  The IBIS connector model discussion has taken place 
in the past and was shelved, but has become a pressing industry and user 
issue in the last one to two years. As a result, the sub-committee 
feels that IBIS should include a defined format for connectors in IBIS 3.1.

Highlights from Fabrizio's presentation follow:

Connector Models:

	*  The plan is to create a BIRD for the connector model - Fabrizio
	   was wondering if one existed already.
	*  Interconnect multiline models are created using EM tools that
	   output LRC matrices as SPICE sub circuits
	*  Last year connector vendors were not fully supporting IBIS.  
	   They did not want to recreate multi line models
	*  The solution is for the sub-committee to develop a standard
	   format for connector and package multi line matrix model that
	   can be used by all simulators (avoid convergence issues)
	*  Plan is for the BIRD to be created this year
	*  Fabrizio is looking for participation of connector vendors in this effort.

Other Business
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User Web Page
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An outline has been created for the User Web Page by Kathy Breda and web 
site construction is being handled by Andrew Philips.  

A copy of the web page outline was presented and seemed to get good feedback.
Comments are appreciated and should be sent to Kathy at [email-masked].

(first page:)

Welcome to the IBIS User Forum Web Page...

   IBIS User Forum News - dates of next meetings...

IBIS User Forum Overview
IBIS User Meetings
Sub-Committee Activities
IBIS Tools
Useful IBIS related Links
On-line Chat

(and beyond first page:)

  |---->  IBIS User Forum Overview
                 - IBIS User Forum Mission
                 - IBIS User Forum Logistics (need better title)
                   --Who is involved (distribution list - maybe)
                   --meetings
                 --sub-committees and contacts
                   --current projects (link to IBIS User Meetings)

                 - What is IBIS
                   --Description of IBIS
                   --Contacts (i.e. Link to IBIS Forum page)
|----> IBIS User Meetings
                 - News Item, announcing next meeting detail for
                   user meeting and sub-committees
                 - Minutes & Agendas
                   -- User Forum
                        --- by date, meeting minutes, agenda for
                            upcoming meeting
                   -- Subcommittees
                        --- Subcommittee on accuracy
                            ---- by date, meeting minutes, agendas
                  --- Subcommittee on software aspects of IBIS
                      ---- by date, meeting minutes, agendas

                 - Presentations
                   -- Presentations from meetings (link back to meetings)
                        --- Abstract with PDF and ZIP availability?
                   -- Other Interesting presentations
                  --- Abstract with PDF and ZIP availability?
|----> Sub-committee Activities
                 - Sub-committee on accuracy
                   -- Members
                   -- link to minutes & Agendas
                   -- BIRDS
                   -- Test Board Design
                        --Test board schematics
                        --Test board simulation files
                        -- Other stuff?

                   -- Other?

                  - Sub-committee on Software Aspects....       
                    -- Members
                    -- links to minutes & Agendas
                  -- BIRDS
                    -- Education Topics
                   --?
                -- Other? 

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