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- Patent Title: Automated debugging method and system for over-constrained circuit verification environment
- Patent Title (中): 自动调试方法和系统,用于过约束电路验证环境
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Application No.: US11498472Application Date: 2006-08-02
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Publication No.: US08099695B1Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Amir Lehavot , Vinaya Kumar Singh , Joezac John Zachariah , Jose Barandiaran , Axel Siegfried Scherer
- Applicant: Amir Lehavot , Vinaya Kumar Singh , Joezac John Zachariah , Jose Barandiaran , Axel Siegfried Scherer
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Sawyer Law Group, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
An automated debugging method and system for over-constrained circuit verification environment are described. Useful information related to circuit evaluation and/or over-constrained event is collected and provided. The information may include: clock cycles at which an over-constrained event occurs; identification of a minimum subset of constraints that will cause an over-constrained event to occur; signal ports having an associated signal that can not switch between different signal states; whether a triggering signal event has occurred during the evaluation; indicating whether constraints in the evaluation are realizable, etc. Novel approaches for detecting and obtaining the useful information also are described.
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