Patents by Inventor Anthony Parent

Anthony Parent 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 and system for generating a placement layout of a VLSI circuit design
    Patent number: 8631376
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating a placement layout is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more user provided schematic with circuit data, placement parameters of circuit elements, default values, and user specified function calls and variables for calculating placement parameters; evaluating variables and function calls to discrete placement parameters; evaluating justification values and adjusting relative parameter values; calculating absolute placement coordinates for all cells from relative placement parameters for each instance; adjusting placement coordinates for alignment options; and generating a layout/hierarchical layout with placement circuit elements based on the calculated absolute placement coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias Werner, Anthony Parent, Raphael Polig, Alexander Woerner