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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J Southgate, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Wenzler, Piedmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
716 11 ; 716 18 ;
Abstract
A method is described herein for generating a design file corresponding to a design entity in a logic design. An input and an output are specified for the design entity. A design file type is specified. The design file is created and a design file template corresponding to the design file type is copied into the design file. The design file template includes formatting corresponding to the design file type. The input and the output are instantiated in the design file. The designer may then completely specify the design entity in the design file.