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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cameron McClintock, Mt. View, CA (US);
James A Watson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Caleb Crome, Mt. View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364490 ; 364578 ;
Abstract
A system and method for making and using integrated circuits using a modeling system. The system utilizes a pin test buffer. The pin test buffer inputs external inputs to a pin, and outputs to the same pin from the device. If contention is noted between the system inputs to the pin, and outputs from the device to the pin, contention error notices are provided to the user.