Patents by Inventor Gerrard Tarroux

Gerrard Tarroux 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 floorplanning a circuit design at a high level of abstraction
    Patent number: 6170080
    Abstract: A method and a system implement a circuit design in an integrated chip. A floorplan of the circuit design is arranged at a high level of abstraction. The design is synthesized based on the floorplan, and the synthesized design is laid out physically on the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Ginetti, Gerrard Tarroux, Francois Silve, Jean-Michel Fernandes, Philippe Troin, Jean-Charles Giomi