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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:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Applicant:
John R. Chase, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
John R. Chase, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently generating designs for testing design automation tools and applications. Randomized and diverse test designs with realistic attributes are automatically generated to allow comprehensive testing of design automation tools such as synthesis, simulation, and place and route tools used to implement designs on electronic devices. Each test design can incorporate a wide range of attributes to allow thorough integration testing of a design automation tool.