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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Tathagato Rai Dastidar, Bangalore, IN;
Amir Yashfe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Partha Ray, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The state nodes in a sequential digital circuit are identified by identifying the minimal combinatorial feedback loops that are present in the digital circuit. Each minimal combinatorial feedback loop has at least one driver node, and one driver node from each minimal combinatorial feedback loop is assigned to be the state node for the loop.