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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:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Chandrashekar L. Chetput, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijeet Kolpekwar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Chandrashekar L. Chetput, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijeet Kolpekwar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for utilizing dual-value signals, such as hierarchical dual-value signals, for mixed-signal simulation. Such dual-value signals can hold both analog and digital representations of a signal and use the appropriate representations based on which block (analog or digital) for which there is an interaction.