Re: [SI-LIST] : meaning and value of C_comp

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From: Mike LaBonte ([email protected])
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 06:09:46 PST


D.C., isn't Greg describing a reason why C_comp measured at 1MHz
can be larger than the effective C_Comp seen at "real" speeds?

Mike

"D. C. Sessions" wrote:
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Here's another thing to consider: what if you have an on-chip series
> > resistor? Physically speaking, some of the C_comp is distributed on the
> > FET side of the resistor, and some of it is on the pad side. Behavioral
> > simulators assume that all C_comp is in once place and all of the impedance
> > is in one place (from a network topology point of view). When the device
> > is tri-stated you still have a distributed network in real life, but you
> > have a very high impedance plus a lumped capacitance in your behavioral
> > model. This almost begs for a distributed model.
> >
> > I like to use a TDR to measure pin capacitance in the lab, but I'm not even
> > sure that a TDR will give you the right answer in this case.
>
> The good news is that it doesn't matter.
> Even the dominant effect of C_comp is down in the ~50 ps ballpark; the
> second- and third-order contributors are truly in the noise.
>
> > ---------------------- Forwarded by Gregory R Edlund/Rochester/IBM on
> > 03/21/2000 04:06 PM ---------------------------
> >
> > "D. C. Sessions" <[email protected]> on 03/21/2000 02:53:40 PM
> >
> > To: [email protected]
> > cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] : meaning and value of C_comp
> >
> > Weston Beal wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear IC experts,
> > >
> > > I've been working a problem that might involve the C_comp parameter in an
> > > IBIS file. In discussion with others, I find some difference of opinion.
> > > the IBIS spec says that C_comp represents the capacitance on the die. I
> > > understand this to be the bond pad, clamp diode reverse bias capacitance,
> > > and final stage transistor channel capacitance. What other effects are
> > > important contributors to C_comp? I suspect that the bond pad is the
> > > dominant factor in todays technology. Is that correct? What are typical
> > > values for the components I've listed?
> >
> > C_Comp is whatever value most closely approximates the high-frequency
> > response that an incoming wave 'sees' hitting the IC. Personally, I
> > prefer deriving it from doing a best-fit optimization matching a cap
> > to a fully extracted SPICE netlist of the physical part. For most
> > I/O cells this runs just a bit over 1.0 pf, mostly in the gate/drain
> > capacitance of the output devices. The other contributors (diffusion
> > to bulk, pad to substrate) have such high ESR as to be negligible.
> >
> > Warning: most test groups want to measure input capacitance at 1 MHz,
> > and this gives dramatically higher values. There's been blood on the
> > floor in JEDEC meetings over this very difference.
> >
> > --
> > D. C. Sessions
> > [email protected]
>
> --
> D. C. Sessions
> [email protected]

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