Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor design support apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 半导体设计支持设备
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Application No.: US13034971Application Date: 2011-02-25
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Publication No.: US08701061B2Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Yasutaka Tsukamoto
- Applicant: Yasutaka Tsukamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2010-044598 20100301
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
A disclosed semiconductor design support apparatus reads circuit description information and generates information required for delay adjustment. The semiconductor design support apparatus includes a logic simulation unit configured to perform logic simulation based on the circuit description information and output logic simulation result information; a latency information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the logic simulation result information, latency information relating to signals at a signal junction, the signals being output from multiple blocks; an adjustment latency calculating unit configured to calculate, from the latency information, adjustment latency information required for the delay adjustment; and an adjustment delay information generating unit configured to generate, from the adjustment latency information, adjustment delay information required for the delay adjustment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110214098A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-01
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