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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Ching-ling Tsai, Tainan, TW;
Shih-fan Chen, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Ling Tsai, Tainan, TW;
Shih-Fan Chen, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of simulating an electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit layout is disclosed. A netlist of an electronic circuit is pre-simulated. A circuit layout, including an ESD circuit layout, is accordingly generated. Parasitic is extracted according to the generated circuit layout. The ESD circuit layout is post-simulated according to an ESD waveform and a result of the parasitic extraction.