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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Carol A. Fields, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Anthony D. Williams, San Bruno, CA (US);
Carol A. Fields, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Anthony D. Williams, San Bruno, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for developing a reusable electronic circuit design module are presented in various embodiments. In one embodiment, the functional design elements comprising a design module are entered into a database along with documentation elements that describe the design elements. The functional design elements are linked with selected ones of the documentation elements in the database. A testbench is simulated with the design module, and the generated results are stored in a database and linked with the functional design elements. By linking the simulation results, documentation, and design elements, the characteristics of the design module are easily ascertained by a designer who is reusing the design module.