Patent ID: 8434032
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an intellectual property (IP) block design kit including an IP block circuit design and a system-level characteristics table for manufacturing an integrated circuit, the method comprising: generating the IP block circuit design; simulating the IP block circuit design based on two or more predetermined configuration sets, each of the predetermined configuration sets comprising one or more different attributes regarding manufacturing options or operating conditions; generating a plurality of corresponding system-level models of the IP block circuit design for the predetermined configuration sets based on the simulation of the IP block circuit design; generating the system-level characteristics table by arranging the predetermined configuration sets and the system-level models in compliance with a predetermined system-level characteristics table template recognizable by a system-level characteristics modeling device, the system-level characteristics modeling device being configured to calculate another system-level model of the IP block circuit design according to the system-level characteristics table; and generating the IP block design kit based on the IP block circuit design and the system-level characteristics table.