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Behavioral model parameter extractor
Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corp
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Filing: 1991-10-28
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Granted: 1994-09-20
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Expires: 2011-10-28
Abstract
Abstract An electronic circuit parameter extraction system is provided with a pulse signal forcing generator, an interface to a device under test (DUT), a signal digitizer, a timebase to control the digitizing interval, a data processor to extract DUT essential root parameters, a circuit and/or system simulator to generate signals from the extracted parameters, and a display system to view acquired and/or simulated signals, and is able to compare simulated signals with previously acquired signals. The circuit parameter extraction system further allows extraction of realistic behavioral model parameters which may be used as a component library model within a computer aided engineering (CAE) simulator, allowing improved convergence between the results obtained with the CAE simulator and the physical circuit system response being modeled.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiro Moriyasu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 23:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F30/00; G06F30/30; G06F30/36; G06F30/367
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
Apparatus for extracting circuit and system time domain behavioral model parameters of a device under test in a Laplace notation form comprising: pulse stimulus means adapted to interface with the device under test and provide an input stimulus thereto; data acquisition means to measure both the input stimulus and response of the device under test; timebase means to control the relationship of input stimulus start and stop and data acquisition interval; computer processor means to perform data processing of acquired data; root parameter extraction means to analyze the acquired data in the time domain with respect to input stimulus and extract critical system and behavioral root parameters, including nonlinear parameters; and means to convey information regarding original device under test response and extracted behavioral root parameters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
Apparatus for extracting circuit and system time domain behavioral model parameters of a device under test in a Laplace notation form comprising: pulse stimulus means adapted to interface with the device under test and provide an input stimulus thereto; data acquisition means to measure both the input stimulus and response of the device under test; timebase means to control the relationship of input stimulus start and stop and data acquisition interval; computer processor means to perform data processing of acquired data; root parameter extraction means to analyze the acquired data in the time domain with respect to input stimulus and extract critical system and behavioral root parameters, including nonlinear parameters; and means to convey information regarding original device under test response and extracted behavioral root parameters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said timebase means comprises an ultra-wide range timebase means to acquire the stimulus and the response of the device under test in an ultra-wide time range.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising means to synthesize behavioral model response from the extracted behavioral root parameters for comparison with the original device under test response.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said timebase means comprises an ultra-wide range timebase means to acquire the stimulus and the response of the device under test in an ultra-wide time range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
77 words
Apparatus for extracting behavioral model parameters from a device model comprising: means to input a device model; simulator means to model the desired response; computer processor means to perform data processing of the model response; root parameter extraction means to further analyze the model response in the time domain with respect to input stimulus and analyze and extract critical system and behavioral root parameters including nonlinear parameters; and means to present model response and extracted root parameters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
Apparatus for extracting behavioral model parameters from a device model comprising: means to input a device model; simulator means to model the desired response; computer processor means to perform data processing of the model response; root parameter extraction means to further analyze the model response in the time domain with respect to input stimulus and analyze and extract critical system and behavioral root parameters including nonlinear parameters; and means to present model response and extracted root parameters.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 further comprising behavioral simulator means for generating a simulated response from the extracted root parameters, and wherein said presenting means also presents the simulated response to enable comparison of the original model response, the extracted root parameters and the simulated response.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising: pulse stimulus means for stimulating a device under test; data acquisition means to measure device under test response; and timebase means to control the relationship of stimulus start and stop and data acquisition interval, wherein said behavioral parameter extractor means and said behavioral simulator are capable of operating on the device under test response for extracting parameters and simulating behavior thereof.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of modeling behavior of a device comprising the steps of: providing a stimulus to the device; measuring the response of the device; determining circuit parameters in the time domain based on the response of the device; displaying the time response of the device; and simulating the response of the device based upon the determined circuit parameters.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of modeling behavior of a device comprising the steps of: providing a stimulus to the device; measuring the response of the device; determining circuit parameters in the time domain based on the response of the device; displaying the time response of the device; and simulating the response of the device based upon the determined circuit parameters.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of displaying the simulated circuit response.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
62 words
A method of modeling behavior of a device comprising the steps of: providing a stimulus to the device; measuring the response of the device; determining circuit parameters in the time domain based on the response of the device; and displaying the time response of the device, wherein said step of determining circuit parameters further comprises determining circuit parameters in Laplace notation form.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
62 words
A method of modeling behavior of a device comprising the steps of: providing a stimulus to the device; measuring the response of the device; determining circuit parameters in the time domain based on the response of the device; and displaying the time response of the device, wherein said step of determining circuit parameters further comprises determining circuit parameters in Laplace notation form.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein said step of determining circuit parameters further comprises determining non-linear effects parameters in terms of a polynomial function in place of a constant term in the Laplace notation.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein said step of determining circuit parameters further comprises selecting the complexity of the expression of the circuit parameters in terms of the order of a polynomial.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said pulse stimulus means provides at least one positive transition pulse and at least one negative transition pulse.
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