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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:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Manish Sharma, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Wu-tung Cheng, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Thomas H. Rinderknecht, Tualatin, OR (US);
Inventors:
Manish Sharma, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Wu-Tung Cheng, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Thomas H. Rinderknecht, Tualatin, OR (US);
Assignee:
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for reducing the set of initial candidates in signature based diagnosis methodology. These techniques are based on a unique way of making optimum use of information from logic back-cone tracing along with equations that describe the test response compactor.