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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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364578 ; 364488 ; 395750 ; 326 56 ; 326 21 ; 327537 ; 327546 ; 331 / ; 371 251 ;
Abstract
A method for minimizing power consumption in a circuit is accomplished by identifying, based on the test parameters and topology information for the circuit, potential excessive power consuming sites. Next, the potential excessive power consuming sites, or potential leakage current sites, are monitored, based on the test parameters, for indeterminate logic states which result in leakage current and excessive power consumption. A report is generated detailing the locations of any leakage current sites, whereby the circuit may be modified to eliminate the leakage current sites prior to fabrication.