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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:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Applicants:
Patrick Schaumont, Wijgmaal, BE;
Radim Cmar, Prievidza, SK;
Serge Vernalde, Heverlee, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum (IMEC), Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for designing an electronic system having at least one digital part. The method includes representing a behavioral description of the system as a first set of objects with a first set of relations therebetween. Furthermore, the method includes refining said behavioral description into an implementable description of said system, said implementable description being represented as a second set of objects with a second set of relations therebetween. Also, the method includes retaining at least one of said second objects for reuse in the design of a second electronic system.