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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Christian Jacobi, Boblingen, DE;
Udo Krautz, Stuttgart, DE;
Viresh Paruthi, Austin, TX (US);
Matthias Pflanz, Schoenaich, DE;
Kai O. Weber, Boeblingen, DE;
Christian Jacobi, Boblingen, DE;
Udo Krautz, Stuttgart, DE;
Viresh Paruthi, Austin, TX (US);
Matthias Pflanz, Schoenaich, DE;
Kai O. Weber, Boeblingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved method, system and computer-readable medium for constructing binary decision diagrams for a netlist graph is disclosed. The method comprises traversing a netlist graph in a depth-first manner. At least one binary decision diagram is built for one input of a node of the netlist graph using a binary decision diagram for the other input of that node as a don't-care condition.