Patents by Inventor Floyd E. Moore

Floyd E. Moore has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5818850
    Abstract: A test coverage tool determines the adequacy of a set of test vectors for a state simulator for exercising logic paths in a logic circuit design. The speed coverage tool generally compares state data from a state simulator and timing data from a timing simulator in order to validate whether a test vector covers a simulated timing path. In architecture, the speed coverage tool includes first logic configured to acquire state data from the logic circuit design that has been produced by a state simulator based upon test vectors. Second logic associated with the tool obtains timing data concerning one or more logic paths of the logic circuit design that has been produced using a timing simulator. Third logic associated with the test coverage tool is configured to determine a transition score by comparing the timing data with the state data. The score is indicative of the adequacy of a set of test vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Li Ching Tsai, Floyd E. Moore, Protik Mia, Karsten Guthridge