Patent ID: 7827017
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for implementing an independent parameterized measurement block for an integrated circuit design, comprising: generically defining the independent parameterized measurement block which is reusable in a plurality of circuit designs, in which the independent parameterized measurement block is configured to defining a probe to be used with the independent parameterized measurement block; specifying a measurement point as a parameter using a probe, the probe being a function or operation which is used with the independent parameterized measurement block to handle a variation in the integrated circuit in applying the independent parameterized measurement block; configuring, by using the independent measurement block, a test fixture; specifying, by using the independent measurement block, a parameterized stimulus for the test fixture; performing, by using a processor, simulation upon the test fixture; analyzing simulation output data to compute a desired performance metric; and displaying the parameterized stimulus on a display apparatus or storing the parameterized stimulus in a tangible computer usable storage medium or a storage device for use in the integrated circuit design.