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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darren Galpin, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for, processing the output of a design tool for an integrated circuit, the output relating to a circuit under design. A part of the circuit to be investigated is selected. Information relating to each signal in the selected part of the signal is then selected, and an output containing the selected information for the signals in the selected part of the circuit is generated.