Patents by Inventor Fumiko Hino

Fumiko Hino 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).

  • Semiconductor design support apparatus
    Patent number: 7840922
    Abstract: The semiconductor design support apparatus relating to the layout verification. For executing layout verification in high accuracy, the apparatus includes a unit for generating a recognition pattern in a region having a first axis of symmetry and a second axis of symmetry orthogonal to the first axis. The recognition pattern is asymmetric to both first and second axes. The layout execution unit determines the layout of a macrocell including the recognition pattern to generate layout pattern data. The layout verification unit read the pattern data of the recognition pattern included in the macrocell based on the layout pattern data and verify the arrangement direction of the macrocell based on the recognition pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Fumiko Hino
  • Semiconductor design support apparatus
    Publication number: 20070136712
    Abstract: The semiconductor design support apparatus relating to the layout verification. For executing layout verification in high accuracy, the apparatus includes a unit for generating a recognition pattern in a region having a first axis of symmetry and a second axis of symmetry orthogonal to the first axis. The recognition pattern is asymmetric to both first and second axes. The layout execution unit determines the layout of a macrocell including the recognition pattern to generate layout pattern data. The layout verification unit read the pattern data of the recognition pattern included in the macrocell based on the layout pattern data and verify the arrangement direction of the macrocell based on the recognition pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventor: Fumiko Hino