Patents by Inventor Herman Henry Schmidt

Herman Henry Schmidt 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 tools for designing integrated circuits with auto-pipelining capabilities
    Patent number: 9251300
    Abstract: A circuit designer may use computer-aided design (CAD) tools to implement an integrated circuit design. The CAD tools may include auto-pipelining capabilities to improve the performance of the integrated circuit design. Auto-pipelining may modify the number of pipeline registers in a path within a given range. A description of the integrated circuit design may include different implementation alternatives of a path each having a different number of pipeline registers, and the CAD tools may select one of these implementation alternatives. The CAD tools may further evaluate the performance of a particular implementation alternative and iteratively select a different implementation alternative until a given objective is met. The CAD tool may update a test environment according to the selected implementation alternative once the objective is met and validate the selected implementation alternative using the updated test environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Hutton, Chuck Rumbolt, Jeffrey Fox, Herman Henry Schmidt
  • METHODS AND TOOLS FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH AUTO-PIPELINING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20150121319
    Abstract: A circuit designer may use computer-aided design (CAD) tools to implement an integrated circuit design. The CAD tools may include auto-pipelining capabilities to improve the performance of the integrated circuit design. Auto-pipelining may modify the number of pipeline registers in a path within a given range. A description of the integrated circuit design may include different implementation alternatives of a path each having a different number of pipeline registers, and the CAD tools may select one of these implementation alternatives. The CAD tools may further evaluate the performance of a particular implementation alternative and iteratively select a different implementation alternative until a given objective is met. The CAD tool may update a test environment according to the selected implementation alternative once the objective is met and validate the selected implementation alternative using the updated test environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Hutton, Chuck Rumbolt, Jeffrey Fox, Herman Henry Schmidt