Patents by Inventor Alex Khainson

Alex Khainson 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).

  • Apparatus and method for relative position annotation of standard cell components to facilitate datapath design
    Patent number: 6883156
    Abstract: A method of designing a circuit includes annotating relative positions of instantiated hierarchical macro cells, which include two or more instantiated standard cells. The relative positions of individual instantiated standard cells may also be annotated. Relative positions of instantiated hierarchical macro cells and individual instantiated standard cells may be altered to form a more compact standard cell configuration. Pin positions may also be annotated by relative position. Relative pin positions may be altered to promote dense signal line routing within the standard cell design. The relative positions of the instantiated hierarchical macro cells and individual instantiated standard cells are converted to absolute grid position locations to form a grid assigned circuit. The grid assigned circuit is then routed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Khainson, Donald C. Ramsey, Jr., Lew Chua-Eoan, Era K. Nangia