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Translation of an electronic integrated circuit design into hardware description language using circuit description template

US7007261B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2003
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/327
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for translating an electronic design of an integrated circuit into circuit description language is described. The electronic design includes a plurality of circuit descriptions representing behavior of circuit elements. A circuit description template is associated with a circuit description of the plurality of circuit descriptions. The circuit description template includes a first portion for fixed attributes of the circuit description and a second portion for variable attributes of the circuit description. One or more text processors are associated with the circuit description template. Variable attributes of the circuit description are related to the second portion of the circuit description template to produce a data structure. The circuit description template is processed using the one or more text processors with the data structure as parametric input.

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