INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIAGNOSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

The invention provides a method, system (12), and program product for diagnosing an integrated circuit. In particular, the invention captures one or more images for each relevant circuit layer of the integrated circuit (S2). Based on the image(s), a component netlist is generated (S3, S305, S315). Further, a logic netlist is generated (S4) by applying hierarchical composition rules to the component netlist. The component netlist and/or logic netlist can be compared to a reference netlist to diagnose the integrated circuit. The invention can further generate a schematic (50) based on the component netlist or logic netlist in which components are arranged according to port, power, and/or component pin connection information determined from the netlist. Further, the schematic can be displayed in a manner that wiring connections are selectively displayed to assist a user in intelligently arranging the circuit components.