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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Ping-chih Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lung-chun Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Wei-jin Dai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thad Clay Mccracken, Portland, OR (US);
Ping-Chih Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lung-Chun Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Wei-Jin Dai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Thad Clay McCracken, Portland, OR (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are improved approaches for implementing design entry. An efficient, spread-sheet based representation is provided for both the instances and connections in a design. Visualization techniques provide the user with visual cues, to direct and identify compatible connection points, unconnected instances, and contention situations. Techniques are disclosed to automatically filter the spreadsheet in a variety of ways, to help the user to dynamically hide portions of the design space that are not interesting at a particular time, and thus to improve the efficiency with which they can work.