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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:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Sean C. Tyler, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas A. Asprey, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Sean C. Tyler, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas A. Asprey, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods can be employed to determine one or more timing characteristics of a circuit design. In one embodiment, a system includes a calculator that provides an indication of slack for at least one node of a circuit design, the at least one node being capable of operating transparently and non-transparently. The indication of slack is determined based on a minimum of slack for paths that include the at least one node, regardless of path transparency.