Patent Document ID: 8504346
Application ID: 12638838
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for interfacing a complex hardware description language model with an analog simulation model for simulation that is executable by a computer processor, comprising: identifying a first design portion comprising a complex hardware description language model in a hardware description language; identifying a second design portion comprising an analog simulation model, wherein the analog simulation model is created in an analog simulation language that does not directly correspond to a complex type in the hardware description language associated with the complex hardware description language model of the first design portion of an electronic circuit design; creating a dummy cell in the hardware description language that is instantiated to include a first conversion element corresponding to the complex hardware description language model, wherein the first conversion element is of a type that is determined to receive priority for conversion element selection based at least in part upon prioritization; and modifying the analog simulation model to include a second conversion element to interface with the complex hardware description language model to perform analog simulation with a modified analog simulation model for the electronic circuit design by using an analog simulator.