Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for property assertion in circuit simulation
- Patent Title (中): 电路仿真中属性断言的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12485625Application Date: 2009-06-16
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Publication No.: US08554530B1Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Donald O'Riordan , Prabal K. Bhattacharya , Walter Hartong , Richard John O'Donovan
- Applicant: Donald O'Riordan , Prabal K. Bhattacharya , Walter Hartong , Richard John O'Donovan
- 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: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
Systems and methods for simulating and verifying a design are contemplated. Various embodiments determine a set of verification rules for a design, wherein the verification rules use a PSL or SVA syntax in a SPICE netlist to describ a property of the circuit design. The state of a circuit at a simulated first time, t1, can be determined. The state at the first time, t1, may be analyzed to determine if a triggering event has occurred. Based on the occurrence of the triggering event, the systems and methods can verify the state at the first time, t1, against the set of verification rules. Some embodiments of the systems and methods described herein can include a mixed-signal circuit including an analog portion and a digital portion, and the analog portion, the mixed-signal portion, or both, may be simulated and verified.
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