Patents by Inventor Donald Ray Amundson

Donald Ray Amundson 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).

  • Automation of the development, testing, and release of a flow framework and methodology to design integrated circuits
    Patent number: 7020852
    Abstract: An automated framework and methodology for the development, testing, validation, and documentation of the design of semiconductor products that culminates in the release of a design kit having a flow manager and flow file to actualize a methodology to design a semiconductor product. The flow framework and methodology receives a methodology and a technology description for the semiconductor product. Then the flow framework and methodology coordinates and tests flow files developed by flow developers using testcases from testcase developers, libraries from library developers and tools from tool from flow developers that may be constantly updated. When a flow file, a testcase, a library, and/or a tool is updated, added, or otherwise changed, ongoing regression testing is accomplished to update the correct flow file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Bret Alan Oeltjen, Scott Allen Peterson, Donald Ray Amundson, Richard Karl Kirchner
  • Automation of the development, testing, and release of a flow framework and methodology to design integrated circuits
    Publication number: 20040225972
    Abstract: An automated framework and methodology for the development, testing, validation, and documentation of the design of semiconductor products that culminates in the release of a design kit having a flow manager and flow file to actualize a methodology to design a semiconductor product. The flow framework and methodology receives a methodology and a technology description for the semiconductor product. Then the flow framework and methodology coordinates and tests flow files developed by flow developers using testcases from testcase developers, libraries from library developers and tools from tool from flow developers that may be constantly updated. When a flow file, a testcase, a library, and/or a tool is updated, added, or otherwise changed, ongoing regression testing is accomplished to update the correct flow file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bret Alan Oeltjen, Scott Allen Peterson, Donald Ray Amundson, Richard Karl Kirchner