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7546571 |
Distributed electronic design automation environment
PCB Logical design data is stored in a database according to a connectivity-based data model. Circuit functional blocks, inputs and outputs of functional blocks, and signals are stored as separate...
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7546562 |
Physical integrated circuit design with uncertain design conditions
In one embodiment of the invention, a physical integrated circuit (IC) design tool is provided including a design uncertainties file, a user interface (UI) software module, and a design analysis...
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7546556 |
Virtual shape based parameterized cell
A method of designing an electric circuit includes generating a part of the design, determining a virtual shape based on the part, and using the virtual shape to generate a design for an additional...
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7546566 |
Method and system for verification of multi-voltage circuit design
Multi-voltage circuit design verification segregates design elements into iso-voltage-rail blocks. Information on cross-over connections between the iso-voltage-rail blocks is obtained. Voltage...
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7543250 |
On-chip packet-based interconnections using repeaters/routers
In some embodiments, multiple functional blocks (agents) in a complex integrated circuit are connected to a physically-distant shared resource (e.g. a memory controller) through packet buses which...
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7543259 |
Method and device for deciding support portion position in a backup device
A host computer 80 for wholly controlling an electronic component mounting line displays a surface side image and a reverse side image which respectively show a surface side and a reverse side of...
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7543249 |
Embedded switchable power ring
An integrated circuit comprises an embedded switchable power ring for supplying power to circuit modules ( 15.1, . . . , 15.5 ) arranged within the switchable power ring ( 13 ). The switchable...
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7543252 |
Migration of integrated circuit layout for alternating phase shift masks
Method, system and program product for migrating an integrated circuit (IC) layout for, for example, alternating aperture phase shift masks (AltPSM), are disclosed. In order to migrate a layout to...
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7543253 |
Method and apparatus for compensating for temperature drift in semiconductor processes and circuitry
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for compensating for temperature effects in the operation of semiconductor processes circuitry, such as reference circuits. The method operates...
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7543258 |
Clock design apparatus and clock design method
A clock design apparatus includes a delay time adjusting section, a prohibition specifying section and a clock tree synthesis section. The delay time adjusting section is configured to adjust...
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7543251 |
Method and apparatus replacing sub-networks within an IC design
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for pre-tabulating sub-networks. This method (1) generates a sub-network that performs a function, (2) generates a parameter based on this...
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7539957 |
Automatic test pattern generation tool with feedback path capabilities for testing circuits with repeating blocks
Methods and apparatus for testing integrated circuits are provided. Integrated circuits sometimes contain repeating blocks of identical circuitry. Each identical circuit block contains scan chain...
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7539956 |
System and computer program product for simultaneous cell identification/technology mapping
A system, method and computer program product are provided for simultaneous cell identification/technology mapping. In use, a plurality of data operators is received. Further, at least two cells...
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7539953 |
Method and apparatus for interfacing instruction processors and logic in an electronic circuit modeling system
Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for circuit design is described. In one example, a model having at least one processor, at least one logic, and at least one shared memory is...
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7539952 |
Computer implemented design system, a computer implemented design method, a reticle set, and an integrated circuit
A reticle set includes a first reticle including a first wiring pattern having a first termination pattern; a second reticle including a plurality of via patterns; and a third reticle including a...
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7539959 |
Library creating apparatus and method, and recording medium recording library creating program thereon
In order to efficiently create a library of characteristic values of a low hierarchical circuit, which library is used in operation verification of circuitry including low hierarchical circuitry...
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7536669 |
Generic DMA IP core interface for FPGA platform design
A Direct Memory Access (DMA) system is provided for simplified communication between a processor and IP cores in an FPGA. The DMA system includes use of dual-port BRAM as a buffer and a decoder as...
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7536658 |
Power pad synthesizer for an integrated circuit design
A power pad synthesizer automatically proposes locations of pads that are to carry power in an integrated circuit design. Specifically, a computer is programmed to prepare the plan in at least two...
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7536659 |
Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device
Decreases in area efficiency and wiring efficiency and degradation in performance are prevented which result from imbalances in dimensional ratios between miniaturized control circuits and other...
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7531368 |
In-line lithography and etch system
The invention can provide a method of processing a wafer using Site-Dependent (S-D) processing sequences that can include S-D creation procedures, S-D evaluation procedures, and S-D transfer...
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7530032 |
Nanowire crossbar implementations of logic gates using configurable, tunneling resistor junctions
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to nanowire crossbars that use configurable, tunneling resistor junctions to electronically implement logic gates. In one embodiment of the...
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7530044 |
Method for manufacturing a programmable system in package
Some embodiments provide a method for manufacturing a programmable system in package. The method divides a system into sets of operations. For each set of operations, the method identifies several...
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7529858 |
Hard disk drive controller having versatile chip connector having printed circuit board engaged by at least two data ports having two pairs of differential connector elements
A hard disk controller (HDC) chip has interchangeable “A” and “B” ports of differential connector element pairs, with one connector element of each pair being disposed closest to the edge...
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7530033 |
Method and apparatus for decomposing functions in a configurable IC
Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”). The configurable IC includes a set of multiplexers that each has a set of input terminals, a set of output...
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7530034 |
Apparatus and method for circuit operation definition
A method and apparatus for defining a circuit operation, such as a charged particle beam operation to perform a circuit edit and define a probe point. Circuit operation definition is performed in a...
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7526740 |
System and method for automated electronic device design
A system for the automated formation and control and execution of an electronic device design flow is disclosed which can enable more efficient electronic device design methodology with higher...
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7526419 |
Methods for reconstructing data from simulation models
Methods for reconstructing data from simulation models are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for accessing an alias from an alias file. The method may generally include searching for a...
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7526739 |
Methods and systems for computer aided design of 3D integrated circuits
Methods and systems for generating and verifying circuit layouts from computer-aided design tools for vertically integrated, three-dimensional integrated circuits are disclosed. In one instance, a...
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7523420 |
Degeneration technique for designing memory devices
A system, method and computer program product are provided for producing an instance of a memory device from a banked memory architecture. The banked memory architecture specifies a maximum number...
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7523424 |
Method and system for representing analog connectivity in hardware description language designs
System and method for representing analog connectivity in a design written in a hardware description language are disclosed. The method includes detecting a circuit component that does not have...
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7523434 |
Interfacing with a dynamically configurable arithmetic unit
An exemplary embodiment includes a method that receives a plurality of mathematical expressions having a plurality of input variables. The mathematical expressions can then be parsed, checked for...
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7523419 |
Semiconductor integrated device for preventing breakdown and degradation of a gate oxide film caused by charge-up in manufacturing steps thereof, design method thereof, designing apparatus method thereof, and maunfacturing apparatus thereof
Semiconductor integrated circuit that prevents breakdown and degradation of a gate oxide film caused by charge-up in manufacturing steps thereof is provided. The circuit includes a gate 12 ...
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7519926 |
Semiconductor device and method for designing the same
Disclosed is a method for designing a semiconductor device so as to prevent the device from being broken even when memory circuits are reset. This method is executed using a computer as follows....
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7519930 |
Method of calculating a model formula for circuit simulation
A circuit simulator for a semiconductor device with reduced channel length includes a method of calculating a model formula for circuit simulation of a semiconductor device; calculating first...
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7519939 |
Method and program for supporting register-transfer-level design of semiconductor integrated circuit
A method for supporting the register-transfer-level (RTL) design of a semiconductor integrated circuit, includes reading an RTL description related to the semiconductor integrated circuit into a...
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7519927 |
Wiring methods to reduce metal variation effects on launch-capture clock pairs in order to minimize cycle-time overlap violations
Wiring structures and methods for integrated circuit designs which are adapted to reduce metal variation effects on launch-capture clock pairs in order to minimize cycle time overlap violations in...
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7519925 |
Integrated circuit with dynamically controlled voltage supply
An electronic system ( 10 ). The system comprises circuitry (P 1 ) for receiving a system voltage from a voltage supply. The system also comprises circuitry ( 14 1 ), responsive to the system...
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7519935 |
Circuit diagram drafting system and method and computer program product
A circuit diagram drafting system for drafting a circuit diagram comprised of a plurality of circuit components and connections connecting terminals of the circuit components, the circuit diagram...
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7519937 |
Circuit diagram processing system and method
A data processing system and method is proposed. The data processing system is connected with a component library and an original design database. The component library includes component data...
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7516428 |
Microwave circuit performance optimization by on-chip digital distribution of operating set-point
A method and circuit are outlined allowing the performance of an RF circuit to be established through the use of digital calibration data, which is stored within a programmable memory store and...
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7516430 |
Generating testcases based on numbers of testcases previously generated
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, receive elements and a goal for each of the elements. In various embodiments, the elements may represent commands or...
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7516424 |
Modeling and simulating a powergated hierarchical element
A method, system and computer program product for modeling and simulating a powergated hierarchical element of an integrated circuit is disclosed. In modeling a powergated macro, the invention does...
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7516426 |
Methods of improving operational parameters of pair of matched transistors and set of transistors
Methods of improving operational parameters between at least a pair of matched transistors, and a set of transistors, are disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes a method of improving at...
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7516425 |
Method for generating minimal leakage current input vector using heuristics
A method for generating an input vector to reduce the leakage current in an integrated circuit by using heuristics includes transforming the integrated circuit to a logic representation with PMOS...
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7516436 |
Method for manufacturing a power bus on a chip
A method for manufacturing a power bus on a chip, where the power bus has slits generated therein. The present invention relates to a method to manufacture a power bus in which the reference to a...
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7516423 |
Method and apparatus for designing electronic circuits using optimization
Methods and apparatus for designing electronic circuits, including analog and mixed signal (AMS) circuits, based on an evolutionary optimization approach. In one exemplary embodiment, the...
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7516434 |
Layout design program, layout design device and layout design method for semiconductor integrated circuit
A computer program product for floorplanning design of a semiconductor integrated circuit, embodied on a computer-readable medium and including code that, when executed, causes a computer to...
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7512908 |
Method and apparatus for improving SRAM cell stability by using boosted word lines
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving the stability of static random access memory (SRAM) cells by using boosted word lines. Specifically, a boosted word line voltage...
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7512915 |
Embedded test circuit for testing integrated circuits at the die level
A design structure instantiated in a machine readable medium; the design structure includes all of the necessary information for designing a test circuit. The test circuit is used for performing...
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7512912 |
Method and apparatus for solving constraints for word-level networks
The following techniques for word-level networks are presented: constraints solving, case-based learning and bit-slice solving. Generation of a word-level network to model a constraints problem is...
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