Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor – Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-11
2010-10-05
Chiang, Jack (Department: 2825)
Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor
Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
C716S030000, C716S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07810059
ABSTRACT:
Methods of enabling the validation of an integrated circuit adapted to receive one of a plurality of configuration bitstreams for a circuit design is disclosed. The method comprises analyzing a plurality of implementations for the circuit design; determining minimum timing constraints based upon all of the implementations for the circuit design; generating a representative implementation, based upon the plurality of implementations, which meets the determined minimum timing constraints for all of the implementations of the circuit design; and outputting the representative implementation.
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Dimyan Magid Y
King John J.
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