Microchip AIM patent grant describes SystemVerilog classes for analog information
The US12524593B2 grant publication names Charles McClish as inventor and Microchip Technology as assignee. It describes Analog Information Model (AIM) SystemVerilog classes carrying analog properties such as voltage, current and resistance, with connected model instances exchanging and resolving information. This Event dates the grant publication, separate from the earlier AIM paper; it does not establish that AIM was first invented or newly deployed in 2026.
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US12524593B2: Analog information modeling ↗
The patent record gives January 13, 2026 as grant/publication date and identifies the inventor, assignee and SystemVerilog class-based AIM description. The application and related AIM work predate this grant.