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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2008
Applicant:

Adam P. Donlin, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventor:

Adam P. Donlin, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer-implemented method of incorporating probe points within a circuit design for implementation within an integrated circuit device can include routing probe nets of the circuit design in an overlap mode, identifying a plurality of probe net routes including a common overlapping portion, and including a switch at each location within the circuit design where at least two probe net routes of the plurality of probe net routes diverge from a common point. The circuit design can be output.


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