ANSI INCITS TR 44 : 2008

Foreword
1 Scope
2 References
  2.1 General
  2.2 Approved references
  2.3 References under development
  2.4 Additional supplementary references
       2.4.1 Electrical
       2.4.2 Optical
       2.4.3 General circuit and modeling
3 Definitions, acronyms, symbols, abbreviations,
  keywords, and conventions
  3.1 Definitions
  3.2 Symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms
       3.2.1 Symbols
       3.2.2 Acronyms and other abbreviations
  3.3 Keywords
  3.4 Conventions
4 General
  4.1 Overview
  4.2 Signal path architectures for modeling
       4.2.1 Transmitter-receiver connection
       4.2.2 Electrical transmitter-receiver connection
       4.2.3 Optical transmitter-receiver connection
  4.3 Relationship between FCSM-2 and bit errors
  4.4 FCSM-2 and scaling
  4.5 Range of validity of models and simulations
  4.6 Signal modeling purposes
       4.6.1 Overview
       4.6.2 Physical components and signals
       4.6.3 Data patterns/launched signals
       4.6.4 Viewpoints
  4.7 Application to measurement
  4.8 Relationship between elemental component models,
       composite component models, model-elements,
       and simulation
  4.9 Specification of the simulation and the simulation
       environment
  4.10 Specification of signals at interoperability points
  4.11 Transmitter signals, interconnect, and receivers
       that contain compensation properties (equalization)
       4.11.1 Compensation
       4.11.2 Transmitter compensation
       4.11.3 Interconnect compensation
       4.11.4 Receiver compensation
  4.12 Approaches to creating component models
       4.12.1 Create the model from samples of physical
              components
       4.12.2 Creating the model from design information
  4.13 Practical considerations for creating models
  4.14 Relationship between constituents of the modeling
       environment
  4.15 Relationship between signal specifications
       in standards and modeling
  4.16 Accuracy and model validation considerations
  4.17 Component model validation/correlation methods
       4.17.1 Overview
       4.17.2 Range of validity
       4.17.3 Method 1 (simultaneous creation and validation)
       4.17.4 Method 2 (validation of extracted parameters
              for elemental components)
  4.18 Signal timing reference in simulations
  4.19 Tools
       4.19.1 Overview
       4.19.2 Simulation tools
       4.19.3 Parameter extraction tools
       4.19.4 Model creation tools
5 Results from a practical experiment to compare
  signal simulations using a complex component model
  5.1 Description of the experiment
  5.2 Description of the complex model
  5.3 Transportable specifications of the complex
       component model itself
       5.3.1 Overall description of the complex model
       5.3.2 Input signal source
       5.3.3 FIR specification
       5.3.4 Waveshaping/risetime
       5.3.5 Lumped passive elements
       5.3.6 S parameter files
  5.4 Final transmitter device specification
  5.5 Quantitative results
  5.6 Some additional requirements and actions
       to create transportable simulations
  6 Model-element descriptions
  6.1 Overview
  6.2 Circuit description
  6.3 Behavioral description - S-parameters
       6.3.1 Overview
       6.3.2 File specification requirements
       6.3.3 Self consistency tests
  6.4 Behavioral description - RLGC matrix (Maxwell matrix)
       6.4.1 Overview
       6.4.2 RLGC matrices for general construction
       6.4.3 An 11 conductor example
  6.5 Behavioral description - Mathematical function
  6.6 Behavioral description - IBIS
7 Transportable models
  7.1 General requirements
       7.1.1 Overview
       7.1.2 Documentation
       7.1.3 Model Name
       7.1.4 Model class
       7.1.5 Port identification
       7.1.6 Model boundary
       7.1.7 Model limitations and dependencies
       7.1.8 Model creation methodology
       7.1.9 Model validation
  7.2 Specific requirements for S-Parameter models
       7.2.1 Overview
       7.2.2 General requirements for transportable S4P
              models
  7.3 Samples of structure for component models
       7.3.1 Overview
       7.3.2 Electrical cable assembly - Composite component
       7.3.3 Host bus adapter board - composite model
Annexes
Annex A (normative) Model database format
  A.1 Overview
  A.2 Database format
Annex B (informative) Useful additional informative concepts
  B.1 Overview
  B.2 Concepts related to group
  B.3 Concepts related to phase
Tables
Figures

Establishes the framework for the exchange of signal performance information among component suppliers, system integrators, and those carrying-out simulations.