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US 12,762,319 B2Granted
Determining the location of safety mechanism within a circuit design
AssigneeSynopsys, Inc.
InventorShivakumar Shankar Chonnad
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the location of safety mechanisms to be placed within a circuit design by receiving a circuit design and a safety relevant input. A first cone a first cone of influence and a first apex point of the first cone of influence are determined based on the safety relevant input. The first cone of influence includes first circuit elements of the circuit design. A location of a first safety mechanism to be placed within the circuit design is determined based on the first cone of influence and the first apex point.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving a circuit design and a safety relevant input;
- determining, by a processor, a first cone of influence and a first apex point of the first cone of influence based on the safety relevant input, wherein the first cone of influence includes first circuit elements of the circuit design;
- determining a location of a first safety mechanism to be placed within the circuit design based on the first cone of influence and the first apex point;
- and
- positioning the first safety mechanism in the circuit design at the location corresponding to the first apex point.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a circuit design, a first location of a safety mechanism within the circuit design, and one of a safety relevant input or a safety relevant output;
- determining, by a processor, a first cone of influence and a first apex point of the first cone of influence based on the one of the safety relevant input or the safety relevant output, wherein the first cone of influence includes first circuit elements of the circuit design;
- and
- positioning the safety mechanism at a second location within the circuit design based on comparing the first location of the safety mechanism to the first apex point, wherein the second location corresponds to the first apex point.
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A system comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor, coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions, the instructions when executed cause the processor to:
- receive a circuit design;
- perform path tracing within the circuit design to determine a first cone of influence and a first apex point of the first cone of influence, wherein the first cone of influence includes first circuit elements of the circuit design, and wherein the first apex point is associated with a logical and structural convergent point within the first cone of influence;
- determine a location of a first safety mechanism to be placed within the circuit design based on the first cone of influence and the first apex point;
- and
- position the first safety mechanism in the circuit design at the location corresponding to the first apex point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.