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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy J. Southgate, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method for simulating a portion of a circuit design is described. The circuit design includes a plurality of design files each corresponding to one of a plurality of design entities in the circuit design. A subset of the design entities is selected. The subset of the design entities corresponds to the portion of the circuit design to be simulated. In response to selection of the subset of the design entities, a netlist is generated under software control directly from the design files associated with the subset of the design entities. The portion of the circuit design is then simulated using the netlist.