Patents by Inventor Hsien-Shih Chiu

Hsien-Shih Chiu 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).

  • Patent number: 11188705
    Abstract: An efficient electronic structure for circuit design, testing and/or manufacture for validating a cell layout design using an intelligent engine trained using selectively arranged cells selected from a cell library. An initial design rule violation (DRV) prediction engine is initially trained using a plurality of pin patterns generated by predefined cell placement combinations, where pin patterns are pixelized and quantified and is classified as either (i) a DRV pin pattern (i.e., pin patterns likely to produce a DRV) or (ii) a DRV-clean pin pattern (i.e., pin patterns unlikely to produce a DRV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao-Chun Yu, Hsien-Shih Chiu, Shao-Yun Fang, Kai-Shun Hu, Philip Hui-Yuh Tai, Cindy Chin-Fang Shen, Henry Sheng
  • Publication number: 20200364394
    Abstract: An efficient electronic structure for circuit design, testing and/or manufacture for validating a cell layout design using an intelligent engine trained using selectively arranged cells selected from a cell library. An initial design rule violation (DRV) prediction engine is initially trained using a plurality of pin patterns generated by predefined cell placement combinations, where pin patterns are pixelized and quantified and is classified as either (i) a DRV pin pattern (i.e., pin patterns likely to produce a DRV) or (ii) a DRV-clean pin pattern (i.e., pin patterns unlikely to produce a DRV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tao-Chun Yu, Hsien-Shih Chiu, Shao-Yun Fang, Kai-Shun Hu, Philip Hui-Yuh Tai, Cindy Chin-Fang Shen, Henry Sheng
  • Patent number: 10817642
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a mechanism for reserving power resources to address non-uniform and complex routings on a redistribution layer of a flip-chip. Reserving power resources may be performed by rerouting RDL nets by, for example, identifying an initial RDL net route for a RDL net; defining an outer boundary relative to the initial RDL net route, wherein a perimeter of the outer boundary is defined at a defined distance away from the initial RDL net route; defining one or more blockages extending from bumps to intersect the outer boundary; subdividing the initial RDL net route into a plurality of net portions, wherein each net portion is bounded by a portion of the outer boundary and one or more of the blockages; and rerouting at least one of the plurality of net portions to be adjacent at least one blockage bounding the circuit net portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventor: Hsien-Shih Chiu
  • Patent number: 9881118
    Abstract: A method for routing a circuit device having an array of bump pads includes identifying a routing direction associated with a bump, generating a power strap and a ground strap based on the routing direction, forming a routing channel in accordance with the routing direction, setting a start point and an endpoint in the routing channel, and connecting the start point and the endpoint using a wire within the routing channel. The method further includes placing the start point to a power or ground strap in response to a target power/ground ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Hsien-Shih Chiu, Kai-Shun Hu
  • Patent number: 9721056
    Abstract: A method for designing an integrated circuit (IC) includes, in part, dividing the wires disposed in the IC into a multitude of segments each having a length extending from a first end point to a second end point. Each segment is then widened without overlapping any adjacent object. As an example, an intermediate, or expanded, segment is formed that includes the first and the second end points and has a size to overlap with an adjacent object. The method includes identifying regions in the adjacent objects that overlap with the expanded segment. For each of the identified regions, an expanded region is formed, which has a shape and size to enclose the identified object with additional spacing around the perimeter. Next, the size of the expanded segment is reduced to form the wide segment such that the wide segment does not overlap any of the adjacent expanded objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Hsien-Shih Chiu, Kai-Shun Hu
  • Publication number: 20150278421
    Abstract: A method for routing a circuit device having an array of bump pads includes identifying a routing direction associated with a bump, generating a power strap and a ground strap based on the routing direction, forming a routing channel in accordance with the routing direction, setting a start point and an endpoint in the routing channel, and connecting the start point and the endpoint using a wire within the routing channel. The method further includes placing the start point to a power or ground strap in response to a target power/ground ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: HSIEN-SHIH CHIU, KAI-SHUN HU
  • Publication number: 20150178441
    Abstract: A method for designing an integrated circuit (IC) includes, in part, dividing the wires disposed in the IC into a multitude of segments each having a length extending from a first end point to a second end point. Each segment is then widened without overlapping any adjacent object. As an example, an intermediate, or expanded, segment is formed that includes the first and the second end points and has a size to overlap with an adjacent object. The method includes identifying regions in the adjacent objects that overlap with the expanded segment. For each of the identified regions, an expanded region is formed, which has a shape and size to enclose the identified object with additional spacing around the perimeter. Next, the size of the expanded segment is reduced to form the wide segment such that the wide segment does not overlap any of the adjacent expanded objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: HSIEN-SHIH CHIU, KAI-SHUN HU
  • Patent number: 8875083
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rouging methods and devices for a flip-chip package. The flip chip includes several outer pads and several inner pads. The routing method includes: setting an outer sequence based on the arrangement order of the outer pads; setting several inner sequences based on the connection relationships between inner pads and the outer pads; calculating the longest common subsequence of each inner sequence and the outer sequence, defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads corresponding to the longest common subsequence as direct connections, and defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads that do not correspond to the longest common subsequence as detour connections; establishing the routing scheme of the flip chip based on the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Chang, Chin-Fang Shen, Hsien-Shih Chiu, I-Jye Lin, Tien-Chang Hsu, Yao-Wen Chang, Chun-Wei Lin, Po-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20140033156
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rouging methods and devices for a flip-chip package. The flip chip includes several outer pads and several inner pads. The routing method includes: setting an outer sequence based on the arrangement order of the outer pads; setting several inner sequences based on the connection relationships between inner pads and the outer pads; calculating the longest common subsequence of each inner sequence and the outer sequence, defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads corresponding to the longest common subsequence as direct connections, and defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads that do not correspond to the longest common subsequence as detour connections; establishing the routing scheme of the flip chip based on the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Chang, Chin-Fang Shen, Hsien-Shih Chiu, I-Jye Lin, Tien-Chang Hsu, Yao-Wen Chang, Chun-Wei Lin, Po-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 8578317
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rouging methods and devices for a flip-chip package. The flip chip includes several outer pads and several inner pads. The routing method includes: setting an outer sequence based on the arrangement order of the outer pads; setting several inner sequences based on the connection relationships between inner pads and the outer pads; calculating the longest common subsequence of each inner sequence and the outer sequence, defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads corresponding to the longest common subsequence as direct connections, and defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads that do not correspond to the longest common subsequence as detour connections; establishing the routing scheme of the flip chip based on the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Chang, Chin-Fang Shen, Hsien-Shih Chiu, I-Jye Lin, Tien-Chang Hsu, Yao-Wen Chang, Chun-Wei Lin, Po-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20120216167
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rouging methods and devices for a flip-chip package. The flip chip includes several outer pads and several inner pads. The routing method includes: setting an outer sequence based on the arrangement order of the outer pads; setting several inner sequences based on the connection relationships between inner pads and the outer pads; calculating the longest common subsequence of each inner sequence and the outer sequence, defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads corresponding to the longest common subsequence as direct connections, and defining the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads that do not correspond to the longest common subsequence as detour connections; establishing the routing scheme of the flip chip based on the connection relationships between the inner pads and the outer pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Chang, Chin-Fang Shen, Hsien-Shih Chiu, I-Jye Lin, Tien-Chang Hsu, Yao-Wen Chang, Chun-Wei Lin, Po-Wei Lee