Patents by Inventor Clay C. Smith

Clay C. Smith 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).

  • Pin cloning and subway creation on automatically generated design physical hierarchy
    Patent number: 10599804
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing connections within a netlist include using a clone module to the connections between different components within the netlist. A buffer may be inserted between components of a netlist to split a connection into multiple segments and then moved into an associated first instance. The inclusion of the buffer allows for one or more of pin cloning and subway utilization to occur when mapping between a functional hierarchy to a physical hierarchy is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali S. El-Zein, Robert J. Shadowen, Alvan W. Ng, Clay C. Smith, Wolfgang Roesner