US 6,983,430 B2
Method of resolving mismatched parameters in computer-aided integrated circuit design
Shailesh U. Hegde, Cary, N.C. (US); and Melvin T. Isom, III, Durham, N.C. (US)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies AG, Munich (Germany)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/349,342.
Prior Publication US 2004/0143808 A1, Jul. 22, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 716—2 17 Claims
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1. A method of resolving mismatched parameters in a computer-aided integrated circuit design system, the method comprising:
(a) reading a source parameter of a source circuit primitive from a source schematic database;
(b) reading a respective target parameter of a target circuit primitive from a target schematic database, wherein the target circuit primitive corresponds to the source circuit primitive;
(c) automatically comparing the target parameter with the source parameter according to an exclusive OR logic operation on a character string corresponding to the source parameter and a character string corresponding to the target parameter; and
(d) altering the target circuit primitive if the source parameter and the target parameter are not identical.