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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364488 ; 364489 ; 371 222 ; 371 42 ; 395500 ;
Abstract
A computer system is programmed with logic for automatically removing timing hazards from a circuit design. More specifically, the computer system is programmed with logic for automatically detecting and resolving clock gating as well as clock division timing hazards from the circuit design. In one embodiment, the computer system is further programmed with logic for logically organize timing hazards into levels, after the clock gating timing hazards have been resolved, and then resolving clock division timing hazards recursively. In one adaptation, the computer system is a component of a hardware emulation system.