REPRESENTING THE DESIGN OF A SUB-MODULE IN A HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Patent 1407391

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EP 1 407 391 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.12.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(21)	Application number: 02739817.1

(22)	Date of filing: 10.06.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/50

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/018424

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/101601 (19.12.2002 Gazette 2002/51)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

08.06.2001 US 296797 P

(71)	Applicant: Magma Design Automation, Inc.
	Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BURKS, Timothy, M. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (US) RIEPE, Michael, A San Jose, CA 95126 (US) SAVOJ, Hamid Los Altos, CA 94024 (US) SWANSON, Robert, M. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (US) VAHTRA, Karen, E. Sunnyvale, CA 94987 (US) VAN GINNEKEN, Lukas San Jose, CA 95129 (US)

(74)	Representative: Flint, Adam
	W.H. Beck, Greener & Co.,7 Stone Buildings,Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ London WC2A 3SZ (GB)

(54)	REPRESENTING THE DESIGN OF A SUB-MODULE IN A HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM