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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
May. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles L Berman, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Brand, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Louse H Trevillyan, Katonah, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364489 ; 364488 ;
Abstract
A method of reducing the number of connections in, and increasing the testability of, a logic network. This is accomplished by propagating global controlling information through a graphical representation of the logic network. Logically redundant connections are detected and removed by means of this information.