Hierarchical Partitioning
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method of simulating an electrical circuit that receives a circuit description that has a set of sub-circuits. The method defines several partitions for several sub-circuits. The method then simulates the circuit using the partitioned sub-circuits. In some embodiments, the method ranks the sub-circuits prior to partitioning based on a parent-child relationship that shows how a sub-circuit is instantiated by other sub-circuits. These embodiments partition child sub-circuits first. Some embodiments provide a method of partitioning an electrical circuit that has a set of sub-circuits. For a particular sub-circuit that is instantiated from other sub-circuits, the method duplicates the particular sub-circuit into a first copy and a second copy when one port of the particular sub-circuit is connected to a voltage source in at least one instance and the same port is not connected to a voltage source in at least another instance.
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7. A method of partitioning an electrical circuit, the method comprising:
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a. receiving a circuit description comprising a set of sub-circuit descriptions; b. identifying whether a sub-circuit is instantiated from other sub-circuits; and c. for a particular sub-circuit that is instantiated from other sub-circuits, duplicating the particular sub-circuit into a first copy and a second copy when one port of the particular sub-circuit is connected to a voltage source in at least one instance and the same port is not connected to a voltage source in at least another instance. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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