Patents by Inventor Christopher William Jacobs

Christopher William Jacobs 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 data translation
    Patent number: 5745124
    Abstract: This invention describes converting data representing wiring interconnect structures on an integrated circuit from traditional layout design databases which contain groups of unassociated geometries to object oriented databases which contain geometries with inherent connectivity information by reading all terminals (41), contacts (43), and unassociated geometries (45) and comparing (50, 54) end points of the geometric data with the pre-existing terminals and contacts initially read in. An internal terminal is created (52, 56) if no previously read-in terminal or contact exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Scott Parks, Christopher William Jacobs