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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:
Aug. 30, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Richard L. Bartolotti, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas D. Burd, Fremont, CA (US);

Brian D. Mcminn, Buda, TX (US);

William A. Mcgee, San Jose, CA (US);

Arun Chandra, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard L. Bartolotti, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas D. Burd, Fremont, CA (US);

Brian D. McMinn, Buda, TX (US);

William A. McGee, San Jose, CA (US);

Arun Chandra, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A technique for constraint management and validation for template-based device designs is disclosed. The technique includes generating a template-level representation of an electronic device design based on a transistor-level representation of the electronic device design. The template-level representation includes one or more hierarchies of templates. Each template represents a corresponding portion of the electronic device design. The technique further includes determining constraint declarations associated with the electronic device design and verifying whether there is a functional equivalence between the template-level representation to a register-transfer-level (RTL) representation of the electronic device design. The technique additionally includes verifying whether the constraint declarations are valid and verifying the electronic device design responsive to verifying the functional equivalence and verifying the constraint declarations.


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