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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth S. McElvain, Los Altos, CA (US);
David S. Rickel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synplicity, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G01G 2/301 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G01G 2/301 ;
Abstract
Methods and systems for designing integrated circuits. In one exemplary method, a first plurality of points in a first representation of a circuit are identified, and the first representation is modified to produce a second representation for which a second plurality of points are identified. The first representation is compared to the second representation at the first plurality and second plurality of points to determine whether the first representation is equivalent to the second representation. Other features and embodiments are also described.