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SAN JOSE, CALIF. - The latest addition to the Apsim family of signal-integrity tools from Applied Simulation Technology claims a unique capability for modeling IC packages. The ApsimIBIS-LCR product extracts inductance-capacitance-resistance (LCR) matrices from pc-board CAD data, and outputs this data in I/O Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) format.
The company, formerly Contec Microelectronics USA, has also released the ApsimIBIS translator utility, which reads in IBIS data sheets and produces macromodels for the ApsimSpice program.
Fred Balisteri, sales and applications manager at Applied Simulation Technologies, said ApsimIBIS-LCR is aimed primarily at IC packaging engineers. However, the IBIS models it generates can be used with any signal-integrity tool that accepts such...