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US 2006/0190230 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for cross simulation data sharing to facilitate higher resolution data measurements for complex designs
OwnerSylvia Patterson, Robert Zimmerinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is presented for performing simulation of complex circuits. A circuit is simulated in a fast simulator. State information, which is the output of the fast simulator, is translated in a translator and then the circuit is simulated in a slow simulator. In one embodiment, the circuit is modeled in a digital format in the fast simulator and modeled in an analog format in the slow simulator.
Claims22
A method of simulating, comprising the steps of:
- modeling a circuit in a fast simulator and generating an output;
- generating a translated output by translating the output;
- and
- modeling the circuit in a slow simulator in response to generating a translated output.
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A method of simulating, comprising the steps of:
- modeling a variable under investigation in a digital format;
- generating an output by simulating the variable under investigation in the digital format;
- translating the output to an analog format;
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- modeling the variable under investigation in the analog format.
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A method of investigating a circuit variable, comprising the steps of:
- simulating a digital model of a circuit thereby producing digital state information;
- transforming the digital state information to analog state information;
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- simulating an analog model of the circuit in response to transforming the digital state information to the analog state information.
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