System and method for disabling schematics
AssigneeXilinx, Inc.
InventorStephen David Nolan
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Abstract
A system and method for designing schematic diagrams of electronic circuits is provided. A library of electronic components represented in graphical form are selectable by a user for inclusion into a schematic diagram. The components are connected together to define a circuit that performs a function. In order to simulate and test a particular portion of the circuit rather than the entire circuit, the present invention provides a disabling routine that disables portions of the circuit not to be included in the simulation. The present invention allows a circuit designer/tester to focus on desired areas of a circuit while ignoring others.
Claims3
A system for designing a schematic diagram of an electronic circuit where a textual description is generated. representing the schematic diagram, the textual description being inputted to a circuit simulation program that simulates the electronic circuit of the schematic diagram, the system comprising:
- a schematic editor for connecting electronic components based on user instructions, the connected electronic components forming a schematic diagram;
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- a hiding mechanism for hiding a selected sub-circuit of the schematic diagram such that when a textual description is generated representing the schematic diagram, the selected sub-circuit being represented as a different sub-circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.