Hierarchical finite state machine generation for power state behavior in an electronic design

US8943451B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8943451-B2
Application numberUS-201113167415-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 23, 2011
Priority dateJun 23, 2010
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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The invention provides techniques and apparatuses for generating a hierarchical representation of the power behavior of an electronic design. In some implementations, a flat finite state machine, representing the power behavior of an electronic design is extracted from the power specification for the electronic design. Subsequently, a hierarchical finite state machine representation for the power behavior is generated from the flat finite state machine, the power specification and the logical specification.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: generating, by a computing system, a flat finite state machine representation of at least a portion of an electronic design based, at least in part, on power state information described in a power specification of the electronic design; identifying, by the computing system, relationships between power states, between transitions associated with the power states, or between at least one of the power states and at least one of the transi…

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What does patent US8943451B2 cover?
The invention provides techniques and apparatuses for generating a hierarchical representation of the power behavior of an electronic design. In some implementations, a flat finite state machine, representing the power behavior of an electronic design is extracted from the power specification for the electronic design. Subsequently, a hierarchical finite state machine representation for the pow…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Dwivedi Pankaj Kumar, Srivastava Amit, Kakkar Sachin, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F30/398. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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