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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Mitsuhisa Ohnishi, Tenri, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A system for detecting power consumption of an integrated circuit obtains a frequency of data holding operations, unreferred data storing operations, and unupdated data storing operations with a data holding operation frequency calculating section, an unreferred data storing operation frequency calculating section, and an unupdated data storing operation frequency calculating section based on the number of times of a signal transition from connection information of the integrated circuit and control conditions when data is referred to registers, and obtains power consumption caused by each of the operations from the number of times of the signal transition, a load capacity, and an operation voltage. In this manner, the system distinguishes, in a function design phase, between signal transitions in the designed integrated circuit that are necessary to processing and those that are not definitely necessary, and detects reducible power consumption caused by the signal transitions that are not definitely necessary. Places where improvements can be made to reduce the power consumption of the circuit can be thus detected at an earlier phase in the design process.