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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:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuro Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364489 ; 364488 ;
Abstract
A hierarchical circuit data base optimizing apparatus and a hierarchical circuit data base optimizing method which select and put out a specific partial circuit from a hierarchical circuit data base, compare the number of the interface signals found to be present between this partial circuit and the circuit module at the particular hierarchical level with the number of the interface signals found to be present between this partial circuit and another circuit module at the same hierarchical level, and renews the hierarchical structure of the circuit data base in case the latter number of the interface signals is smaller than the former number.