System and method for tracing a net
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1. A method of tracing a net, comprising:
- comparing an IC design against a marked portion of the IC design;
extracting a traced net that includes the marked portion from the IC design, wherein extracting the traced net comprises;
identifying a net identification (NETID) of the marked portion, andoverwriting a NETID of conductive portions of the traced net to match the NETID of the marked portion;
displaying the traced net on a user interface, wherein displaying the traced net comprises displaying an identified variance, if any, between the IC design and the traced net; and
storing at least one indicator along with information identifying the traced net.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracing a net includes comparing an IC design against a marked portion of the IC design, and extracting a traced net that includes the marked portion from the IC design file. The method also includes displaying the traced net and storing at least one indicator along with information identifying the traced net.
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1. A method of tracing a net, comprising:
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comparing an IC design against a marked portion of the IC design; extracting a traced net that includes the marked portion from the IC design, wherein extracting the traced net comprises; identifying a net identification (NETID) of the marked portion, and overwriting a NETID of conductive portions of the traced net to match the NETID of the marked portion; displaying the traced net on a user interface, wherein displaying the traced net comprises displaying an identified variance, if any, between the IC design and the traced net; and storing at least one indicator along with information identifying the traced net. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of tracing a net, comprising:
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comparing an IC design against a marked portion of the IC design, the marked portion of the IC design having a net identification (NETID); identifying one or more conductive portions of the IC design electrically connected to the marked portion, each conductive portion of the conductive portions that are not in a same net with marked portion having a NETID different than the NETID of the marked portion; overwriting the NETID of the conductive portions with the NETID of the marked portion, the conductive portions and marked portion forming the traced net; displaying the traced net on a user interface, wherein displaying the traced net comprises displaying an identified variance, if any, between the IC design and the traced net; and storing at least one indicator with information identifying the traced net. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium containing data representing an integrated circuit (IC) design, the IC design comprising a plurality of portions, and instructions for causing, if executed by a processor, the processor to perform a net tracer method; and a processor coupled to read the storage medium, the processor configured for; comparing an IC design against a marked portion of the IC design the marked portion of the IC design having a net identification (NETID); identifying conductive portions of the IC design electrically connected to the marked portion, the conductive portions each having a net identification (NETID) different than the NETID of the marked portion; overwriting the NETID of the conductive portions with the NETID of the marked portion, the conductive portions and marked portion forming the traced net; displaying the traced net on a user interface with an additional visual indication identifying the traced net including at least one of changed color, shading, patterning or size of the traced net, wherein displaying the traced net comprises displaying an identified variance, if any, between the IC design and the traced net. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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