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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Maruyama, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A circuit division method for test pattern generation in which a computer performs processes of: acquiring, for each of a plurality of blocks included in a target circuit for test pattern generation, a first feature amount regarding a size of each block and a second feature amount regarding a function of the block; classifying the plurality of blocks into a plurality of groups so that blocks for which the acquired first feature amount is within a first predetermined range and the acquired second feature amount is within a second predetermined range belong to an identical group; and assigning, for each of the classified groups, each of the blocks included in the group to one of a plurality of divided circuits of a division number based on a ratio of the number of blocks included in the group to the division number by which the plurality of blocks are divided.