Method and mechanism for implementing electronic designs having power information specifications background
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1. A method of adding power control circuitry to an RTL circuit design comprising:
- using a computer to demarcate multiple power domains within the circuit design;
wherein demarcating respective power domains includes designating design object instances within the circuit design encompassed within respective power domains;
specifying multiple power modes each power mode corresponding to a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; and
defining isolation behavior relative to respective power domains.
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Abstract
A method of adding power control circuitry to a circuit design at each of an RTL and a netlist level comprising: demarcating multiple power domains within the circuit design; specifying multiple power modes each power mode corresponding to a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; and defining isolation behavior relative to respective power domains.
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1. A method of adding power control circuitry to an RTL circuit design comprising:
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using a computer to demarcate multiple power domains within the circuit design; wherein demarcating respective power domains includes designating design object instances within the circuit design encompassed within respective power domains; specifying multiple power modes each power mode corresponding to a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; and defining isolation behavior relative to respective power domains. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture that includes a computer data storage device, encoded with code structure, when executed by a computer causes the computer data storage device, to implement a method comprising:
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using a computer to instruct a circuit design process to include power control behavior in a circuit design at each of an RTL and a netlist level, the behavior including; multiple power domains demarcated by design objects of the circuit design; and multiple power modes each power mode including a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of designing power control circuitry for an RTL circuit design comprising:
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using a computer to produce a power specification encoded in computer readable medium that specifies; multiple power domains demarcated by design objects of the circuit designs, and multiple power modes each power mode including a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; using the power specification to simulate power-related behavior of an RTL version of the circuit design; and using the power specification to place power-related cells of a netlist version of the circuit design.
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26. A method of designing power control circuitry for an integrated circuit design at each of an RTL and a netlist level comprising:
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using a computer to produce a power specification encoded in computer readable medium that specifies; multiple power domains demarcated by design objects of the RTL circuit design, and multiple power modes each power mode including a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; using the power specification to synthesize power-related logic of the circuit design; and using the power specification to place power-related cells of a netlist version of the circuit design. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method of designing power control circuitry for an integrated circuit design at each of an RTL and a netlist level comprising:
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using a computer to produce a power specification encoded in computer readable medium that specifies; multiple power domains demarcated by design objects of the RTL circuit design, and multiple power modes each power mode including a different combination of on/off states of the multiple demarcated power domains; using the power specification to place power-related cells of a netlist version of the circuit design; and using the power specification to generate test signal patterns to test operation of the circuit design. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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