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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:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Farideh Golshan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/723 ; G01R 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/723 ; G01R 3/100 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining whether multiplexers select lines within a circuit are exclusive of one another. The disclosed invention may be performed in an automated manner on one or more multiplexers within subunit, across subunits, within units, across units, or within entire modules. The method and system employs the application of logical circuit analysis in combination with predefined gate logic to ascertain select line exclusivity in an automated and flexible fashion.