IBIS Interconnect Modeling Specification
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The IBIS Interconnect Modeling Specification (ICM) in
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is a behavioral,
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. The ICM is used for distributing passive
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modeling information. The format and style of ICM are highly similar to the
Input Output Buffer Information Specification Input/output Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) is a specification of a method for integrated circuit vendors to provide information about the Digital buffer, input/output buffers of their product to their prospective customers without revea ...
(IBIS), and both specifications are managed by the same organization, the IBIS Open Forum. Interconnects under ICM may be represented through tabular frequency-dependent RLGC
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or through
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in separate Touchstone files. ICM models define interconnects as consisting of one or more segments. Segment topologies are described in terms of the arrangements of their nodes relative to pin or port lists. The electrical behaviors for each segment are then defined. Interconnects may be grouped into families with similar characteristics or sharing identical segment definitions. As of 2006, ICM version 1.1 has been standardized in the US through both the GEIA and
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as ANSI GEIA-STD-0001.


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Official IBIS and ICM website
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