Interactive simplification of schematic diagram of integrated circuit design

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for use in an electronic device that depicts a schematic diagram of an integrated circuit (IC), the non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions for:

• graphically representing the schematic diagram as having a first plurality of circuit elements on a user interface, wherein a circuit element of the first plurality of circuit elements is a functional element of the IC, a node, a port, a pin, or an interconnecting circuit path;
• receiving user input, wherein the user input comprises instructions on selecting and organizing circuit elements of the first plurality of circuit elements;
• in response to the user input, grouping a plurality of selected circuit elements into an entity, wherein the entity may comprise an aggregate of circuit elements of any type and function, wherein the entity is displayed, on the schematic diagram, instead of the plurality of selected circuit elements;
• and
• in response to the user input, ungrouping at least one selected entity on the schematic diagram into a second plurality of circuit elements.

An electronic device to generate and display a schematic diagram of an integrated circuit (IC) design, the electronic device comprising:

• a memory;
• a display screen, wherein the display screen displays the schematic diagram of the IC design;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor executes instructions comprising:
• generating the schematic diagram of the IC design on a graphical user interface (GUI);
• receiving input from a user related to simplifying the schematic diagram;
• and
• based on the input from the user, simplifying the schematic diagram by performing:
• grouping a first plurality of circuit elements on the GUI into an entity, wherein the first plurality of circuit elements can be selected and grouped into the entity independent of their type, further wherein the entity is displayed, on the schematic diagram, instead the first plurality of circuit elements;
• and
• ungrouping at least one entity on the GUI into a second plurality of circuit elements.