Patents by Inventor Emile Sahouria

Emile Sahouria 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).

  • Integrated verification and manufacturability tool
    Publication number: 20020100005
    Abstract: An integrated verification and manufacturability tool provides more efficient verification of integrated device designs than verification using several different verification tools. The integrated verification and manufacturability includes a hierarchical database to store shared design data accessed by multiple verification tool components (e.g., layout versus schematic, design rule check, optical process correction, phase shift mask assignment and machine language conversion). The hierarchical database includes representations of one or more additional, or intermediate layer structures that are created and used by the verification tool components for operations performed on the design being verified. Use of a single hierarchical database having shared data for access and use by multiple verification components streamlines the verification process, which provides an improved verification tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Leigh C. Anderson, Nicolas B. Cobb, Laurence W. Grodd, Emile Sahouria, Siqiong You
  • Integrated verification and manufacturability tool
    Patent number: 6425113
    Abstract: An integrated verification and manufacturability provides more efficient verification of integrated device designs than verification using several different verification tools. The integrated verification and manufacturability includes a hierarchical database to store design data accessed by multiple verification tool components (e.g., layout versus schematic, design rule check, optical process correction, phase shift mask assignment). The hierarchical database includes representations of one or more additional, or intermediate layer structures that are created and used by the verification tool components for operations performed on the design being verified. Use of a single hierarchical database for multiple verification steps streamlines the verification process, which provides an improved verification tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventors: Leigh C. Anderson, Nicolas Bailey Cobb, Laurence W. Grodd, Emile Sahouria
  • Integrated verification and manufacturability tool
    Patent number: 6415421
    Abstract: An integrated verification and manufacturability tool provides more efficient verification of integrated device designs than verification using several different verification tools. The integrated verification and manufacturability includes a hierarchical database to store shared design data accessed by multiple verification tool components (e.g., layout versus schematic, design rule check, optical process correction, phase shift mask assignment and machine language conversion). The hierarchical database includes representations of one or more additional, or intermediate layer structures that are created and used by the verification tool components for operations performed on the design being verified. Use of a single hierarchical database having shared data for access and use by multiple verification components streamlines the verification process, which provides an improved verification tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Leigh C. Anderson, Nicolas B. Cobb, Laurence W. Grodd, Emile Sahouria, Siqiong You
  • Integrated verification and manufacturability tool
    Publication number: 20010052107
    Abstract: An integrated verification and manufacturability tool provides more efficient verification of integrated device designs than verification using several different verification tools. The integrated verification and manufacturability includes a hierarchical database to store shared design data accessed by multiple verification tool components (e.g., layout versus schematic, design rule check, optical process correction, phase shift mask assignment and machine language conversion). The hierarchical database includes representations of one or more additional, or intermediate layer structures that are created and used by the verification tool components for operations performed on the design being verified. Use of a single hierarchical database having shared data for access and use by multiple verification components streamlines the verification process, which provides an improved verification tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Leigh C. Anderson, Nicolas B. Cobb, Laurence W. Grodd, Emile Sahouria, Siqiong You