Patents by Inventor Herve Touati

Herve Touati 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).

  • Method of minimizing area for fanout chains in high-speed networks
    Patent number: 5648911
    Abstract: The method for efficiently providing an optimized fanout network includes the steps of providing a series chain of inverters for driving a number of loads. Each load is assigned to a given location of the inverter chain according to the polarity and the required time of the load. Tree-covering techniques are used in conjunction with dynamic programming to minimize the total area of the fanout chain by selecting and sizing the gates to be used in the fanout chain. With such an arrangement, a minimal area fanout chain which satisfies the timing constraints of each load is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Inventors: Joel Joseph Grodstein, Kolar L. Kodandapani, Herve Touati