Patents by Inventor Avtar Singh Bahra

Avtar Singh Bahra 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).

  • Interface based design using a tabular paradigm
    Publication number: 20020129334
    Abstract: A method of creating an interfaced based representation of an electronic design is provided. Rows and columns are added to tables. These rows and columns represent signals and instances in the electronic design being represented by the description. The cells created by the table that results from the rows and column provide interconnect information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Mark W.P. Dane, Avtar Singh Bahra, Stephen L. Bold, Shahram Najm, Nitin Surti
  • Circuit design method and apparatus supporting a plurality of hardware design languages
    Patent number: 6226780
    Abstract: The present invention beneficially provides a method and apparatus that can support multiple HDLs in both the creation of new circuit designs and the use of legacy data such as IP blocks. Where a graphical design tool supports a first HDL and design data is provided in a second HDL, the present invention generates an interface description for the design data written in the first HDL, and then generates a graphical design unit based on the interface description. The resulting graphical design unit is supported by the graphical design tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Avtar Singh Bahra, Gordon Walker, Mark Dane, Mike J. Reynolds