Patent ID: 7395192

Claim:
A method for converting an IBIS (Input/output Buffer Information Specification) model to a SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) behavioral model by RC (resistor/capacitor) extraction, the method comprising: obtaining data measured from a device or simulated as being representative of a device for modeling the electrical behavior of the device, wherein the SPICE behavioral models of pull-up and pull-down transistors are switching components of the output IBIS model, the data comprising: voltage-current tables of pull-up and pull-down resistors of the device; voltage-time tables of the pull-up and pull-down resistors of the device; and a pinout of the device and a pin-to-buffer mapping of the device; determining a resistance from the voltage-current tables of the pull-up and pull-down transistors; determining capacitance from the voltage-time tables of the pull-up and pull-down transistors; modeling a static characteristic as a resistor; and modeling a dynamic characteristic as a capacitor, wherein the SPICE behavioral model converted from the IBIS model is applicable for load simulation executions so as to provide a universal IBIS to SPICE behavioral model, wherein the capacitance is obtained by dividing the resistance extracted from the voltage-current tables into a delay time, and adding a division result value to a pad capacitor value, and the delay time is obtained through multiplying an arithmetic operation of a capacitor (C P ), a capacitor (C N ), and a pad capacitor (C comp ) by the resistance extracted from the voltage-current tables, and wherein the capacitor (C P ) and the capacitor (C N ) are connected at their first terminals to a common node of the pull-up and pull-down transistors and are connected at their second terminals to an input voltage (Vin), and the pad capacitor (C comp ) is connected at its one terminal to a common node of the capacitor (C P ) and the capacitor (C N ) and is connected at its other terminal to the ground.