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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5022 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for conducting fault sensitivity analysis of the analog portions of a mixed signal circuit design includes simulating the fault free circuit design, inserting a fault into the analog portion of the circuit design, simulating the circuit design with the fault during a fault interval time period, and determining whether the fault is detectable.