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- Patent Title: Circuit modeling system and circuit modeling method based on net list simplification technique
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Application No.: US14574727Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US10198541B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Soo-Yung Ahn , Young-Hoe Cheon , Chan-Seok Hwang
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0165543 20131227
- Main IPC: G06F7/50
- IPC: G06F7/50 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
A circuit modeling system includes a store a first net list. The first net list includes a plurality of semiconductor devices, a first power distribution network (PDN) connected to the plurality of semiconductor devices, and a signal network connected to the plurality of semiconductor devices that transmits signals to the plurality of semiconductor devices. A circuit simulation unit is configured to identify first semiconductor devices and second semiconductor devices from among the plurality of semiconductor devices. The first semiconductor devices are activated by receiving a signal through the signal network, and the second semiconductor devices are inactive. The circuit simulation unit is configured to reduce the first PDN to a second PDN based on the identified first semiconductor devices, and to generate a second net list including the signal network, the second PDN, and the first semiconductor devices.
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