Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modifying circuits to prevent redundant switching
-
Application No.: US15970979Application Date: 2018-05-04
-
Publication No.: US10740516B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Giora Biran , Eli Arbel
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farle Mesiti P.C.
- Agent William A. Kinnaman, Jr. Esq.; Blanche E. Schiller, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F30/327
- IPC: G06F30/327 ; G06F11/36 ; G06F30/3323

Abstract:
An unobservable cycle for at least one latch in a circuit design is detected. The unobservable cycle indicates that the at least one latch is not observable to downstream logic in the circuit design. A coverage event is generated to identify the unobservable cycle for the at least one latch. The coverage event is tracked to detect a state associated with the unobservable cycle and a state change cycle. The state change cycle is determined based on a simulation technique. A redundant switching of the at least one latch based on the state associated with the unobservable cycle and the state change cycle is determined. Furthermore, manufacturing of a circuit based on the circuit design is at least initiated. The circuit design is modified to prevent the redundant switching of the at least one latch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190340312A1 MODIFYING CIRCUITS TO PREVENT REDUNDANT SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
Information query