Patent ID: 7698669

Claim:
A method to evaluate operational characteristics of an electronic circuit, said method comprising: storing a plurality of graphical files on a database in a plurality of folders, each folder corresponding to a condition from a plurality of conditions used for setting a test parameter of the electronic circuit, each folder containing a subset of the plurality of graphical files, each graphical file including eye diagram information resulting from a test of the electronic circuit using the test parameter; generating a visual display, on a monitor, of an eye diagram viewer which includes an eye diagram display region and a test parameter region the generating further including, displaying in the test parameter region multiple data entry regions, each data entry region corresponding to a condition from the plurality of conditions, and providing in each data entry region a plurality of different condition values associated with the corresponding condition; selecting a folder based on the values for the conditions of the test parameter; accessing, from the database, the graphical file in the selected folder, an identifier of the graphical file corresponding to said values for the conditions; and changing the eye diagram display region to display an eye diagram of said eye diagram information in the accessed graphical file, wherein each operation of the method is executed by a processor.