摘要:
A memory test circuit includes a collar for coupling to a memory device for switching an address bus and a data bus of the memory device between an external circuit and the collar in response to a switching signal; and a controller coupled to the collar for generating the switching signal, a test vector, and control signals between the controller and the collar on as few as seven control lines for testing the memory device with the test vector. Multiple memory devices of various sizes may be tested with the same controller concurrently.
摘要:
A method of defining a transformation between an input signal and an output signal. The transformation may implement a pseudo-random one-to-one function that may be implemented in hardware and/or software or modeled in software. The method may comprise the steps of (A) allocating the input signal among a plurality of block input signals, (B) establishing a plurality of transfer functions where each transfer function may be configured to present a plurality of unique symbols as a block output signal responsive to said block input signal, and (C) concatenating the block output signals to form the output signal.
摘要:
A Gaussian noise is simulated by discrete analogue ri,j. A first parameter α and pluralities of first and second integers i and j are selected. A plurality of points i,j are identified and a magnitude si,j is calculated for each point based on α, i and j. The discrete analogue ri,j is based on a respective si,j. Examples are given of α = 2 B - A 2 B and D>i≧0 and 2C>j≧0, where B≧0, 2B>A>0, C≧1 and D≧1, and magnitude s i , j = 1 - α i + α i · 1 - α 2 C · j or s D - 1 , j = 1 - α D - 1 + α D - 1 · 1 2 C · j . In some embodiments, a segment is defined based on α and i. The segment is divided into points based on respective values of j, and the magnitude is calculated for each point of the segment. The defining and dividing segments and calculating the magnitude is iteratively repeated for each value of i.
摘要:
Cells are placed into an integrated circuit floorplan by creating clusters of cells in modules, each cluster being composed of cells in a path connected to at least one flip-flop in the module, or of cells that are not in a path connected to any flip-flop. Regions are defined in the floorplan for placement of modules, and the clusters are placed into optimal locations in modules and placing the modules into optimal locations in the regions. The coordinates for the wires, modules and clusters are selectively recalculated. The clusters are moved in the floorplan for more uniform density, and the modules are assigned to regions based on module coordinates.
摘要:
A configurable low-density parity check code (LDPC) decoder and a method of configuring the decoder. In one embodiment, the configurable LDPC decoder includes: (1) pluralities of parity check units and bit node units, (2) direct and reverse multi-size barrel shifters coupled to the pluralities of parity check units and bit node units and (3) a control circuit, coupled to the pluralities of parity check units and bit node units and the direct and reverse multi-size barrel shifters and configured to configure sizes of the direct and reverse multi-size barrel shifters and numbers of the pluralities of parity check units and bit node units to cooperate therewith based on a block size of a particular LDPC code.
摘要:
A frequency reduction or phase shifting circuit has an input receiving an input data stream having an input frequency and a representation of desired output frequency. A splitter splits the input data stream into a plurality of split signals each at a frequency of the desired output frequency. A plurality of catchers identify valid bits of each respective split signal. A shifter shifts valid bits identified by at least some of the catchers by a predetermined number, which establishes a de-serialization level for frequency reduction or phase shifting. An output provides an output data stream at the desired output frequency.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for generating a tech-library for a logic function. A logic function has many representations. For each representation, a circuit for realizing the representation is decomposed into a combination of instances. An instance is a component logic circuit of a general logic circuit. There are pre-created tech-libraries for the instances. For example, a pre-created tech-library is created by categorizing tech-descriptions for primitive physical circuits based on a negation index. Thus, tech-descriptions for a circuit for realizing a representation are calculated from a combination of elements of the pre-created tech-libraries. Each calculated tech-description is compared with each existing element of a tech-library for the logic function. When a calculated tech-description has at least one marked parameter better or smaller than that of all existing elements of the tech-library for the logic function, the calculated tech-description is added to the tech-library. When the number of elements in the tech-library is at least twice larger than a limit, the number is reduced.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for mapping a customer memory onto a plurality of physical memories. The apparatus may include: (a) a plurality of physical memories onto which a customer memory may be mapped, each of physical memories having a data width of m blocks, the customer memory having a data width of k blocks, and k and m being integers; (b) an address controller, communicatively coupled to a plurality of physical memories, for receiving first address information of the customer memory, for outputting second address information to a plurality of physical memories, and for outputting index information; (c) a data input controller, communicatively coupled to the address controller and a plurality of physical memories, for receiving data of the customer memory and the index information, and for outputting data with a data width of m blocks to a plurality of physical memories; and (d) a data output controller, communicatively coupled to a plurality of physical memories and to the address controller though a delay unit, for receiving the index information, for receiving output, with a width of said m blocks, of a plurality of physical memories, and for outputting the customer memory with a width of said k blocks.
摘要:
A method of synthesizing a clock tree for reducing peak power in an integrated circuit design includes partitioning a circuit design into a set of memory cells and a set of non-memory cells, partitioning the set of memory cells into segments, constructing a first clock tree having a first root vertex with a corresponding initial skew for each of the segments, constructing a second clock tree having a second root vertex with a corresponding initial skew for the set of non-memory cells, delay balancing the first root vertex and the second vertex clock tree, and inserting a clock buffer at a midpoint between the first root vertex and the second root vertex.
摘要:
A method of global simplification of a netlist for an integrated circuit includes steps for generating a variable set representative of the inputs and outputs of logic elements in the netlist, re-ordering the inputs and corresponding outputs of the logic elements in the variable set, generating a key set representative of the inputs of the logic elements that are connected to the outputs, assigning names in the variable set that are representative of equivalent outputs having two or fewer essential variables to the same variable name, inserting names in the variable set representative of outputs having more than two essential variables, and assigning a value to each of the outputs having two or fewer essential variables.