Patents by Inventor Dan Littlejohn

Dan Littlejohn 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).

  • Patent number: 9989585
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to produce customized integrated circuit (IC) device parts together from a common base IC device part that is customized with settings or code to build different unique IC device parts for different purposes that are processed and output together from the manufacturing process. Different individual devices of the common base part may be customized (e.g., programmed) with different settings and/or code to build respective uniquely configured parts for different purposes, e.g., such as according to different respective part orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Littlejohn
  • Publication number: 20170060120
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to produce customized integrated circuit (IC) device parts together from a common base IC device part that is customized with settings or code to build different unique IC device parts for different purposes that are processed and output together from the manufacturing process. Different individual devices of the common base part may be customized (e.g., programmed) with different settings and/or code to build respective uniquely configured parts for different purposes, e.g., such as according to different respective part orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Dan Littlejohn
  • Patent number: 6917847
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for design for manufacturing includes importing real-time manufacturing data (106) for a first product (110) into a design-for-manufacturing software module (102), importing design data (108) for a second product (112) into the design-for-manufacturing software module (102). Design-for-manufacturing software module (102) compares the real-time manufacturing data to the design data and flags an overlapping element (114) of the real-time manufacturing data and the design data, wherein the overlapping element meets a variance criteria (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Littlejohn, Brent A. Bohmont
  • Publication number: 20050015169
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for design for manufacturing includes importing real-time manufacturing data (106) for a first product (110) into a design-for-manufacturing software module (102), importing design data (108) for a second product (112) into the design-for-manufacturing software module (102). Design-for-manufacturing software module (102) compares the real-time manufacturing data to the design data and flags an overlapping element (114) of the real-time manufacturing data and the design data, wherein the overlapping element meets a variance criteria (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Dan Littlejohn, Brent Bohmont