Patents by Inventor Gary Yu-Kwun Kwan

Gary Yu-Kwun Kwan 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for single testing stimulus
    Patent number: 8429591
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus useful for improving the performance of testing and diagnostic operations on user circuit designs potentially across multiple phases of the development lifecycle and across multiple implementation technologies are described. As one example, a single testing and diagnostic stimulus source can variously provide test pattern data to different potential instantiations of the user circuit design by supporting and selectively utilizing a number of DUT-facing communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Yu-Kwun Kwan, Jimmy Soon Yoong Yeap
  • Methods and Apparatus For Single Testing Stimulus
    Publication number: 20120060140
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus useful for improving the performance of testing and diagnostic operations on user circuit designs potentially across multiple phases of the development lifecycle and across multiple implementation technologies are described. As one example, a single testing and diagnostic stimulus source can variously provide test pattern data to different potential instantiations of the user circuit design by supporting and selectively utilizing a number of DUT-facing communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Yu-Kwun Kwan, Jimmy Soon Yoong Yeap