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Title:
METHOD FOR MAPPING FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH09197011
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve the usage efficiency of an FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array) where a resource for a logic circuit and the number of external terminals are limited.

When mapping a logic circuit 101 including a test circuit to an FPGA 107, first, the logic circuit 101 is divided into a logic circuit 103 for normal operation and a logic circuit 104 for testing by a circuit separation process 102. Then, the logic circuit 103 for normal operation is mapped to the FPGA 107 before the logic circuit 104 for testing by a mapping priority process 105. After that, the logic circuit 104 for testing is added according to a non-used logic block, a non-used wiring, and a non-used external terminal by the FPGA 107 using a test circuit adding process 106, thus eliminating the influence of the wiring for testing for the wiring of the logic circuit 103 for normal operation.


Inventors:
YOSHIMOTO TETSURO
Application Number:
JP650496A
Publication Date:
July 31, 1997
Filing Date:
January 18, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
International Classes:
G06F17/50; H01L21/82; H03K19/177; G01R31/28; (IPC1-7): G01R31/28; G06F17/50; H01L21/82; H03K19/177
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Maeda (1 person outside)