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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. 04, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Nimrod Agmon, Givat Chaim Meucad, IL;
Inventor:
Nimrod Agmon, Givat Chaim Meucad, IL;
Assignee:
Marvell Semiconductor Israel, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and computer program for verifying a design of a circuit comprises providing a model of the design; providing a first property for the design, wherein the first property describes a first behavior; checking the model using the first property and an environment of the design starting at a reset state until an example of the first behavior occurs; providing a second property for the design, wherein the second property describes a second behavior; and checking the model using the second property and an environment of the design starting at a state when the example of the first behavior occurs.