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Coverage measurement tool for user defined coverage models

US6356858B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3676
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Coverage measurement tool enabling a user to create a specific coverage tool for a coverage model including a set of coverage tasks specified by the user for checking a design such as a hardware or software system, and being associated with a database and model definition that defines the coverage model. The tool includes an insertion engine for storing into the database a table containing traces resulting from multiple tests, a processing engine processing the traces in the database according to the model definition, and a coverage analyzer analyzing the measurement results from the processing engine and preparing coverage analysis reports according to the model definition.

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