V-AMS Compact Modeling Extensions subcommittee
Minutes of Jan. 13, 2004

Attendees:
Geoffrey Coram, Analog Devices
Ilya Yusim, Cadence
Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Motorola
Boris Troyanovsky, Tiburon
Jim Barby, U Waterloo
Al Davis, Kettering U
Kevin Cameron, CPU Technology

1) Approval of previous minutes (Dec 16)

2) main AMS committee

  2.1 output arguments can't be seen inside the function

  2.2 *require* symbolic derivatives
      ddx(ddx()) is OK

  3.1 $port_connected

  3.2 probably use attributes

  4.1 dc sweep not defined in AMS LRM
      -- a lot of questions, does dc sweep get addressed in an HDL?

  4.2 gmin for the simulator evaluating this module

  4.3 `ifdef VAMS_CM_EXTENSIONS
      `if could be added, which would support > for sim version

    Al said he could have a student write a compliance suite for CM_EXT
    Kevin said NatSemi could perhaps give some money

  4.4 could $previous be in ANY analog function?
      does arg to function need to be branch voltage?

      should limiting function set a flag to say limOccurred?

  4.5 discussion on $display, $strobe, $write, ...


3) Next meeting Jan 27 3PM EST/ noon PST