Patents by Inventor Gabriele Saucier

Gabriele Saucier 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).

  • Automatic synthesis of integrated circuits employing controlled input dependency during a decomposition process
    Patent number: 5359537
    Abstract: A method of automatic synthesis of a very large scale integrated circuit includes controlling the decomposition process in accordance with a reference order of inputs in a lexicographical expression of a Boolean function. The process improves the routability of the circuit by a reduction of complexity of wiring between cells of the circuit and external wiring to blocks connected to the synthesized circuit. The process also promotes an increase in speed and/or a decrease in area of the circuit, avoids ineffective decompostions which would be broken later during an optimization process and also helps to speed up the entire process of synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriele Saucier, Franck J. Poirot