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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Tetsuya Higuchi, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref., JP;
Masahiro Murakawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Yuji Kasai, Tsukuba, JP;
Shogo Kiryu, Tsukuba, JP;
Toshio Adachi, Atsugi, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Atsugi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
In an electronic circuit being provided with a plurality of circuit elements and performing a specified function, a plurality of specific circuit elements related to a circuit performing the specified function out of the plurality of circuit elements are composed of circuit elements changing their element parameters according to values indicated by control signals. The electronic circuit is provided with a plurality of holding circuits for holding a plurality of control signals to be given to the plurality of specific circuit elements. The values of the plurality of control signals which these holding circuits hold are changed by external or internal apparatuses according to a probabilistic searching technique (for example genetic algorithms or simulated annealing algorithms) so that the function of the electronic circuit satisfies designated specifications.