DDR5 IBIS-AMI with Clock Forwarding

This example shows how to use Signal Integrity Toolbox™ for MATLAB® to analyze a DDR5 interface with the IBIS-AMI feature Clock-Forwarding enabled for analysis of system margins. IBIS BIRD 204, "DQ_DQS GetWave Flow for Clock Forwarding Modeling," adds the ability to pass in an external Clock signal (or Strobe, as appropriate) to an Address (or Data) IBIS-AMI receiver GetWave model using the clock_times pointer defined by the IBIS specification. A new AMI Reserver Parameter, Rx_Use_Clock_Input, is used to enable this functionality.

Open DDR5 Memory-Down Clock Forwarding Kit

Open the DDR5 Memory-Down Clock Forwarding kit in the Parallel Link Designer app using the openSignalIntegrityKit function.

openSignalIntegrityKit("DDR5_MD_Clock_Forwarding")

Kit Overview

• Project name: DDR5_MD_Clock_Forwarding

• Interface name: md

• Target data rate: DDR5-3200 to DDR5-4800

• Widebus sheet for each of two channels of Address/Command (5 DRAMs per lane with ODT selectable)

• Widebus sheet for DQ Read transactions (8 DQ plus 1 DQS in Widebus Group with ODT selectable)

• Widebus sheet for DQ Write transactions (8 DQ plus 1 DQS in Widebus Group with ODT selectable)

• Note: Widebus sheets are required for Clock-Forwarding analysis.

Typical DDR5 coupled channel simulation setup using clock-forwarding

The clock times or waveform generated by DQS is passed to DQ[7:0] using the DQ DLL clock_times pointer. The DQ DLL then operates on these clock times as desired (for example triggering DFE taps, modelling the DQS delay tree or centering the DQ on the DQS waveform) and then passes out the same or modified clock_times.