Apparatus and method for synthesizing integrated circuits using parameterized HDL modules
US5841663A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for designing circuits uses parameterized Hardware Description Language (HDL) modules stored in a library. A datapath synthesizer accesses the library and assigns values to parameters to form specific implementations of the parameterized HDL modules. The specific implementations of the parameterized HDL modules are used by the datapath synthesizer to implement an HDL circuit description. Each parameterized HDL module includes an entity description, a behavioral description, and an implementation description
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