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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Naomi Takeda, Saitama-ken, JP;
Shozo Isobe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yuichiro Matsuoka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masami Aihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiichi Nishio, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A circuit design support apparatus partially converts a description of a circuit model to simulate the circuit operation. A register signal replacement section replaces a register signal with a variable in a process related with the register signal of the description and inserts a declaration of the variable in the process instead of a declaration of the register signal in the description. A clock signal simplification section replaces a clock signal with a variable in a clock signal reference process of the description and unifies a clock signal update process to the clock signal reference process in the description.