System and method for generating virtual test benches

US8726203B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kdesign GmbH · US

Inventors

• Serdar Uckun · Palo Alto, US
• William Benjamin Schaefer, IV · Palo Alto, US
• Mark Flanagan Ward · Palo Alto, US
• Kerry Ryan Poppa · Palo Alto, US
• Michael Theodore Koopmans · Palo Alto, US
• Mark Drummond · Palo Alto, US
• Lee Travis Bergmann Johnson · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2013
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R31/318371
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for generating a test bench for testing a requirement is described. According to an embodiment, a test bench generator subsystem automatically chooses a test template based on a user specification of a requirement to be tested. The requirement is automatically associated with information such as parameters, context identifiers, and success criteria. The subsystem automatically generates a test bench data construct for a simulation that will test the requirement and evaluate success or failure. In an embodiment, generating the test bench includes automatically choosing a system model for the test bench.