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Apparatus for emulation of electronic hardware system

US5109353A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 1988
Grant dateApr 28, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/331
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for physical emulation of electronic circuits or systems includes a data entry workstation where a user may input data representing the circuit or system configuration. This data is converted to a form suitable for programming an array of programmable gate elements provided with a richly interconnected architecture. Provision is made for externally connecting VLSI devices or other portions of a user's circuit or system. A network of internal probing interconnections is made available by utilization of unused circuit paths in the programmable gate arrays.

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