Electronic signal verification using a translated simulated waveform
AssigneeTektronix, Inc.
InventorDavid Everett Burgess
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Abstract
A system for verifying signals in electronic circuits that includes a waveform translator and a test-and-measurement instrument. The waveform translator is configured to receive a simulated waveform for a node of a simulated prototype circuit and to translate the simulated waveform into a translated waveform. The test-and-measurement instrument is configured to obtain a measured waveform and to determine a deviation of the measured waveform from the simulated waveform using the translated waveform.
Claims20
A signal verification method for an electronic circuit, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a circuit simulator, a simulated waveform for a node of a simulated prototype circuit;
- translating, by a waveform translator, the simulated waveform into a translated waveform, the translated waveform having a format different from a format of the simulated waveform;
- obtaining, with a test-and-measurement instrument, a measured waveform from a node of a fabricated circuit that corresponds to the node of the simulated prototype circuit;
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- determining, by the test-and-measurement instrument, a deviation of the measured waveform from the simulated waveform using the translated waveform.
A system for verifying signals in electronic circuits, the system comprising:
- a waveform translator configured to receive a simulated waveform for a node of a simulated prototype circuit and to translate the simulated waveform into a translated waveform, the translated waveform having a format different from a format of the simulated waveform;
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- a test-and-measurement instrument configured to obtain a measured waveform from a node on a fabricated circuit that corresponds to the node of the simulated prototype circuit, the test-and-measurement instrument further configured to determine a deviation of the measured waveform from the simulated waveform using the translated waveform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.