SUBGRAPH SEARCHING
Systems and methods for receiving a graphical pattern, wherein the graphical pattern comprises a collection of one or more electronic devices, using the graphical pattern searching for matches within the circuit, and reporting the matches.
1 . A method for searching subgraphs in a circuit comprising:
receiving a graphical pattern, wherein the graphical pattern comprises a collection of one or more electronic devices;
using the graphical pattern, searching for matches within the circuit; and
reporting the matches.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical pattern is loosely defined.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the loosely defined graphical pattern comprises one or more wildcards.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the loosely defined graphical pattern comprises a ranged attribute.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical pattern comprises at least one device, at least one pin connection, and at least one attribute.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the attribute is a device geometry.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the attribute is a device name.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical pattern comprises at least two electronic devices.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least two electronic devices are connected to a common node.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing search criteria options, wherein the graphical pattern is based on one or more of the search criteria options.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a text pattern; and
using the text pattern, sub-searching for matches within the results of the searching.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the search establishes a sub-group of potential discrepancies.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the sub-search uses at least one Boolean relationship search.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the sub-searching comprises fuzzy searching.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the searching comprises fuzzy searching.
16 . A method for searching subgraphs in a circuit comprising:
receiving a graphical pattern, wherein the graphical pattern comprises a collection of one or more electronic devices;
receiving a text pattern;
using the graphical pattern and the text pattern, searching for matches within the circuit; and
reporting the matches.
17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising, using the text pattern, sub-searching for matches within the circuit.
18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the graphical pattern is loosely defined.
19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the loosely defined graphical pattern comprises one or more wildcards.
20 . A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a computing device for performing a method for searching subgraphs in a circuit comprising:
receiving a graphical pattern, wherein the graphical pattern comprises a collection of one or more electronic devices;
using the graphical pattern, searching for matches within the circuit; and
reporting the matches.