Patents by Inventor Edwin A. Harcourt

Edwin A. Harcourt 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 simulation of mixed-language circuit designs
    Patent number: 7424703
    Abstract: A method for simulation of mixed-language circuit designs is disclosed. In one embodiment, an object-oriented language module is natively instantiated within a hardware description language based design. In another embodiment, a hardware description language module is natively instantiated within an object-oriented language based design. A system for simulation of mixed-language circuit designs is also disclosed. In one embodiment, a simulator is configured to natively manipulate an object-oriented language module within a hardware description language based design. In another embodiment, a simulator is configured to natively manipulate a hardware description language module within an object-oriented language based design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin A. Harcourt, Koushik Roy, Doug Dunlop, Stuart C. Rae, Tuay-Ling K. Lang, Andrew Wilmot, Bishnupriya Bhattacharya, Robert Shur
  • Method and system for performance level modeling and simulation of electronic systems having both hardware and software elements
    Patent number: 7069204
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating performance level models of electronic systems having both hardware and software components is provided. The system and method allow for the simplified implementation and testing of several different architectural designs for compliance with the desired operational requirement of a designed electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Cadence Design System, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherry Solden, Edwin A. Harcourt, William W. La Rue, Jr., Douglas D. Dunlop, Christopher Hoover, Qizhang Chao, Poonam Agrawal, Aaron Beverly, Massimiliano L. Chiodo, Neeti K. Bhatnagar, Soumya Desai, Hungming Chou, Michael D. Sholes, Sanjay Chakravarty, Eamonn O'Brien-Strain, Luciano Lavagno