Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a wiring capable of connecting a plurality of chips on a wafer and has a configuration which is capable of cutting the wiring electrically and which allows all the chips to be tested at one time. Specifically, an exclusive test circuit region capable of being shared for testing the plurality of chips is formed on the wafer, and a test circuit is removed from each chip. Terminals of the chips and a terminal of the test circuit are connected through a wiring on the wafer or a device outside the wafer to enable a general test to be performed in burn-in.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device in which an occupied area is suppressed from increasing and a high-performance test circuit is included, There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit having a test circuit, by determining arrangement positions of cells forming a circuit to be tested and non-connected cells prepared to form a test circuit and then determining a connection relationship among the non-connected cells prepared to form the test circuit on the basis of the arrangement information to thereby form the test circuit.

Abstract: A circuit structure analysis unit performs structure analysis for logic circuit information, obtained from an HDL description, and acquires analysis results for function parts, such as a register, an operation unit and a multiplexer. A synthesis instruction generation unit compares the analysis results with a synthesis instruction correlation rule, and automatically generates a synthesis instruction to control a logic synthesis method. Finally, an HDL description output unit outputs a synthesis instruction added HDL description, wherein a synthesis instruction is inserted into the original HDL description. When the synthesis instruction added HDL description is employed in the logic synthesis, starting at the top hierarchical level, a synthesis instruction for the logic circuit is not required in a synthesis execution script.

Abstract: In a gate-level logic simulation, a change in electric current is calculated from event information 5 output from a logic simulator 4 through use of a current waveform calculation section 7. The thus-calculated change in current is subjected to FFT processing through use of an FFT processing section 9, thereby determining a frequency characteristic of EMI and enabling EMI analysis.

Abstract: A database for design of an integrated circuit device having data stored therein in a flexibly utilizable state, and a method for designing an integrated circuit device using such a database. A virtual core database (VCDB) for storing design data and a VCDB management system (VCDBMS) as a control system are provided. The VCDB includes virtual core (VC) clusters, test vector clusters, and purpose-specific function testing models. The VCDB also includes a system testing database having shared test clusters and peripheral model clusters. The VCDBMS includes a function testing assist section for generating test scenarios, the purpose-specific function testing models, system testing models, and the like, a VC interface synthesis section, and the like.