Patents by Inventor Carter Hamilton

Carter Hamilton 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 routing a design to increase the quality of the design
    Patent number: 8104011
    Abstract: A method of circuit design for an integrated circuit (IC) can include identifying a plurality of routing resources, wherein each of the plurality of routing resources is associated with a reliability measure, and selecting routing resources for use in routing a circuit design for the according to, at least in part, the reliability measures. The circuit design for the can be routed using the selected routing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Sundararajan, Carter Hamilton, Ian L. McEwen
  • Method of routing a design to increase the quality of the design
    Patent number: 7367007
    Abstract: A method of circuit design for a programmable logic device (PLD) can include identifying a plurality of routing resources, wherein each of the plurality of routing resources is associated with a reliability measure, and selecting routing resources for use in routing a circuit design for the PLD according to, at least in part, the reliability measures. The circuit design for the PLD can be routed using the selected routing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Sundararajan, Carter Hamilton, Ian L. McEwen