Patents by Inventor Chu-Ping James Wang

Chu-Ping James Wang 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).

  • Sanity checker for integrated circuits
    Patent number: 7467365
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for sanity checking integrated circuit (IC) designs based on one or more predefined sub-circuits with at least one predefined checking criteria, the method comprising automatically reading one or more netlists, identifying one or more sub-circuits in the netlists isomorphic to at least one of predefined sub-circuits, identifying one or more device parameters for sanity checking the identified sub-circuits, and comparing the identified device parameters against the predefined checking criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: George H. Chang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Chen-Teng Fan, Chen-Lin Yang, Yung-Chin Hou, Chu-Ping James Wang
  • Sanity checker for integrated circuits
    Publication number: 20080072191
    Abstract: This invention discloses a method for sanity checking integrated circuit (IC) designs based on one or more predefined sub-circuits with at least one predefined checking criteria, the method comprising automatically reading one or more netlists, identifying one or more sub-circuits in the netlists isomorphic to at least one of predefined sub-circuits, identifying one or more device parameters for sanity checking the identified sub-circuits, and comparing the identified device parameters against the predefined checking criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: George H. Chang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Chen-Teng Fan, Chen-Lin Yang, Yung-Chin Hou, Chu-Ping James Wang