Method for spawning two independent states in a state flow diagram
US5894420A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for entering a circuit design into a computer using a schematic capture package. The schematic capture package is modified to include a library of state flow components represented by symbols which can be connected to produce a desired representation of the circuit design. The system allows a circuit design to be displayed on a video terminal using both state flow diagram and the schematic diagram symbols, with terminals of the state flow symbols connecting to terminals of the schematic symbols. The state flow diagram using state flow symbols is combined with a schematic diagram including schematic symbols to generate a netlist representing the combined circuit.
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