Patents by Inventor Fabian Firmin

Fabian Firmin 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: 10454480
    Abstract: An embedded field programmable gate array (EFPGA) includes several abuttable configurable logic blocks (ACLBs). Each ACLB is interconnected with adjacent ACLBs by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. Each ACLB may be an instance of multiple programmable functional blocks. Each ACLB may be a particular ACLB type that provides a particular instance of the multiple programmable functional blocks. The EFPGA may include several ACLBs of the same type. An ACLB of one type may be adjacent an ACLB of a different type. The ACLBs may form sets that are configured identically. The sets may be interconnected by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. The EFPGA may be part of a system-on-chip integrated circuit. A method for designing an EFPGA with ACLBs that are interconnected by abutment is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Silicon Mobility
    Inventors: Grégorie Martin, David Cavalli, Fabian Firmin
  • Publication number: 20190131970
    Abstract: An embedded field programmable gate array (EFPGA) includes several abuttable configurable logic blocks (ACLBs). Each ACLB is interconnected with adjacent ACLBs by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. Each ACLB may be an instance of multiple programmable functional blocks. Each ACLB may be a particular ACLB type that provides a particular instance of the multiple programmable functional blocks. The EFPGA may include several ACLBs of the same type. An ACLB of one type may be adjacent an ACLB of a different type. The ACLBs may form sets that are configured identically. The sets may be interconnected by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. The EFPGA may be part of a system-on-chip integrated circuit. A method for designing an EFPGA with ACLBs that are interconnected by abutment is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Grégorie Martin, David Cavalli, Fabian Firmin
  • Patent number: 10116311
    Abstract: An embedded field programmable gate array (EFPGA) includes several abuttable configurable logic blocks (ACLBs). Each ACLB is interconnected with adjacent ACLBs by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. Each ACLB may be an instance of multiple programmable functional blocks. Each ACLB may be a particular ACLB type that provides a particular instance of the multiple programmable functional blocks. The EFPGA may include several ACLBs of the same type. An ACLB of one type may be adjacent an ACLB of a different type. The ACLBs may form sets that are configured identically. The sets may be interconnected by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. The EFPGA may be part of a system-on-chip integrated circuit. A method for designing an EFPGA with ACLBs that are interconnected by abutment is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Silicon Mobility
    Inventors: Grégorie Martin, David Cavalli, Fabian Firmin
  • Publication number: 20180041214
    Abstract: An embedded field programmable gate array (EFPGA) includes several abuttable configurable logic blocks (ACLBs). Each ACLB is interconnected with adjacent ACLBs by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. Each ACLB may be an instance of multiple programmable functional blocks. Each ACLB may be a particular ACLB type that provides a particular instance of the multiple programmable functional blocks. The EFPGA may include several ACLBs of the same type. An ACLB of one type may be adjacent an ACLB of a different type. The ACLBs may form sets that are configured identically. The sets may be interconnected by abutment of an out pin to an adjacent in pin. The EFPGA may be part of a system-on-chip integrated circuit. A method for designing an EFPGA with ACLBs that are interconnected by abutment is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Grégorie Martin, David Cavalli, Fabian Firmin
  • Patent number: 8570060
    Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic circuit having at least one output against external radiation includes functionally duplicating the electronic circuit and linking the outputs of the electronic circuit and the duplicated electronic circuit to homologous inputs of at least functionally equivalent combinatorial or sequential elements. The homologous outputs of all the combinatorial or sequential elements are linked together. The electronic circuit can be duplicated multiple times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Clerc, Fabian Firmin, Philippe Roche
  • Patent number: 8339172
    Abstract: A flip-flop may include a first master stage for latching data, a second slave stage for latching data, and an input multiplexer circuit receiving, as input, data to be latched in the flip-flop. The multiplexer may have single clock phase. The first master stage may be clocked based upon a clock phase, whereas the second stage may be clocked based upon another clock phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Fabian Firmin, Sylvain Clerc, Jean-Pierre Schoellkopf, Fady Abouzeid
  • Publication number: 20120042292
    Abstract: A method of synthesis of at least one logic device coupled between first and second supply voltages and having a plurality of inputs and an output, the logic device including a plurality of transistors having a standard gate length, the method including: identifying, in the at least one logic device, one or more transistors connected between the first or second supply voltage and the output node; and increasing the gate length of each of the identified one or more transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.A., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Fady Abouzeid, Sylvain Clerc, Fabian Firmin
  • Publication number: 20110291696
    Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic circuit having at least one output against external radiation includes functionally duplicating the electronic circuit and linking the outputs of the electronic circuit and the duplicated electronic circuit to homologous inputs of at least functionally equivalent combinatorial or sequential elements. The homologous outputs of all the combinatorial or sequential elements are linked together. The electronic circuit can be duplicated multiple times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Clerc, Fabian Firmin, Philippe Roche
  • Publication number: 20110084748
    Abstract: A flip-flop may include a first master stage for latching data, a second slave stage for latching data, and an input multiplexer circuit receiving, as input, data to be latched in the flip-flop. The multiplexer may have single clock phase. The first master stage may be clocked based upon a clock phase, whereas the second stage may be clocked based upon another clock phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Fabian Firmin, Sylvain Clerc, Jean-Pierre Schoellkopf, Fady Abouzeid