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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. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Olivier Pribetich, Vallauris, FR;
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; H03K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; H03K 1/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides stimuli generators, methods of analyzing a cell, methods of generating at least one stimuli, and methods of characterizing delay of a cell. One method of analyzing a cell in accordance with the invention includes providing a truth table which includes plural lines defining the logical behavior of a cell, the truth table comprising stimulus for application to the cell and output information generated by the cell responsive to applied stimulus; providing a preselected condition; and selectively extracting at least one stimuli from the truth table responsive to the preselected condition.