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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Ryan Fung, Mississauga, CA;
Vaughn Betz, Toronto, CA;
David Neto, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for designing a system on a target device using an electronic design automation (EDA) tool including identifying synchronizer chains in a system design using timing relationships. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes conveniently reporting system reliability considering synchronization, and automatically protecting and optimizing synchronizer chains to improve system robustness.