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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Ping-sheng Tseng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sharon Sheau-pyng Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Quincy Kun-hsu Shen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mike Mon Yen Tsai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steven Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ping-Sheng Tseng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sharon Sheau-Pyng Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Quincy Kun-Hsu Shen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mike Mon Yen Tsai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steven Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The debug system described in this patent specification provides a system that generates hardware elements from normally non-synthesizable code elements for placement on an FPGA device. This particular FPGA device is called a Behavior Processor. This Behavior Processor executes in hardware those code constructs that were previously executed in software. When some condition is satisfied (e.g., If . . . then . . . else loop) which requires some intervention by the workstation or the software model, the Behavior Processor works with an Xtrigger device to send a callback signal to the workstation for immediate response.