MODULAR PLATFORM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN ANALYSIS AND VERIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing a circuit design, comprising:
- exporting design data from a design database in a first data format native to the design database,providing input design data to a sequence of one or more electronic design automation processes, the input design data corresponding to the exported design data;
executing the sequence of one or more electronic design automation processes using the input design data so as to produce output design data; and
importing design data into the design database in a second data format native to the design database, the imported design data corresponding to the output design data.
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Abstract
A modular electronic design automation tool platform for analyzing and verifying an integrated circuit design. The platform may provide a single, unified database that can contain both logical information and physical information relating to an integrated circuit design, together with a plurality of electronic design automation operation execution modules for performing one or more desired electronic design automation operations. The platform may also provide export modules and import modules. An export module extracts relevant data from the database, and configures that data for use by a specific electronic design automation operation execution module. An import module then receives output data from a particular electronic design automation operation execution module, configures that data for integration into the unified database, and then imports the configured data into the database.
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1. A method of analyzing a circuit design, comprising:
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exporting design data from a design database in a first data format native to the design database, providing input design data to a sequence of one or more electronic design automation processes, the input design data corresponding to the exported design data; executing the sequence of one or more electronic design automation processes using the input design data so as to produce output design data; and importing design data into the design database in a second data format native to the design database, the imported design data corresponding to the output design data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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