Arrangement verification apparatus
View Patent ↗An arrangement verification apparatus that makes it possible to shorten a time it takes to complete a failure/no-failure test on the arrangement of control circuits that control block circuits is provided. The arrangement verification apparatus arranges block circuits to be controlled comprising a semiconductor device and control circuits that control the block circuits over a predetermined floor and conducts a failure/no-failure test on the arrangement of the control circuits. The arrangement verification apparatus includes: a floor plan generation unit that arranges block circuits over a floor based on circuit specifications; a grouping generation unit that hierarchically groups the block circuits arranged over the floor and control circuits described in the circuit specifications based on a predetermined requirement to generate a group tree; a control circuit arrangement unit that arranges the control circuits over the floor according to a predetermined condition and the group tree generated at the grouping generation unit; and a failure/no-failure test unit that conducts a failure/no-failure test on the arrangement of the control circuits by the control circuit arrangement unit.
1. An arrangement verification apparatus which arranges, over a predetermined floor, block circuits to be controlled comprising a semiconductor device, and control circuits controlling the block circuits, and conducts a failure/no-failure test on the arrangement of the control circuits, comprising:
a floor plan generation unit arranging the block circuits over the floor based on circuit specifications;
a grouping generation unit hierarchically grouping the block circuits arranged over the floor and the control circuits described in the circuit specifications based on a predetermined requirement to generate a group tree;
a control circuit arrangement unit arranging the control circuits over the floor according to a predetermined condition and the group tree generated at the grouping generation unit; and
a failure/no-failure test unit conducting a failure/no-failure test on the arrangement of the control circuits by the control circuit arrangement unit.
2. The arrangement verification apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the grouping generation unit is capable of setting the predetermined requirement on a hierarchy-by-hierarchy basis.
3. The arrangement verification apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 ,
wherein the grouping generation unit groups the block circuits with domains taken into account.
4. The arrangement verification apparatus according to any of claim 1 to claim 3 ,
wherein the predetermined condition in the control circuit arrangement unit is that the arrangement positions of the control circuits should be determined according to the number of control signals between the block circuits and the control circuits.