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US 8,204,731 · App. 12/714,561 · Granted Jun 19, 2012

Signal analyzing method for electronic device having on-chip network and off-chip network

Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,204,731
App. No.
12/714,561
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a signal analyzing method for an electronic device having an on-chip network and an off-chip network. Compared with the conventional signal analyzing method for an electronic device having an on-chip network and an off-chip network, the signal analyzing method of the present invention is able to provide a complete electrical connection and accurate electrical characteristics for an electronic device having an on-chip network and an off-chip network.

Claims (8)

1. A signal analyzing method for an electronic device having an on-chip network and an off-chip network, comprising:

defining a number X of first power nodes and a number Y of first ground nodes in the on-chip network, wherein X and Y are positive integers;

defining a number X of second power nodes and a number Y of second ground nodes in the off-chip network;

assigning one of the first ground nodes as a first reference node;

assigning one of the second ground nodes as a second reference node;

utilizing a full wave electromagnetic simulation to analyze the off-chip network, thereby obtaining a number (X+Y−1) of first resultant nodes in the on-chip network and a number (X+Y−1) of second resultant nodes in the off-chip network, wherein each of the first resultant nodes is derived from a voltage difference between the first reference node and a corresponding node selected from the first power nodes and the first ground nodes except the first reference node, and each of the second resultant nodes is derived from a voltage difference between the second reference node and a corresponding node selected from the second power nodes and the second ground nodes except the second reference node; and

mapping the second resultant nodes in the off-chip network with the first resultant nodes in the on-chip network.

2. The signal analyzing method of claim 1 , wherein the on-chip network is an integrated circuit (IC), and the off-chip network is a circuit board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2010
From: HSU, HSING-CHOU; CHEN, TUNG-YANG
To: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024003/0306 →
Continuity (1)
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