Patents by Inventor Howard L. Elikan

Howard L. Elikan 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).

  • Validating continuous signal phase matching in high-speed nets routed as differential pairs
    Patent number: 7926013
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to validate continuous signal phase matching in high-speed nets routed as differential pairs are described. In one embodiment, a primary net of a differential pair may be traversed to determine whether a design rule violation has occurred based on comparison of calculated trace lengths of the primary net and a secondary net against a threshold value. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Howard L. Elikan, Andrew McRonald, Dennis Miller
  • Validating continuous signal phase matching in high-speed nets routed as differential pairs
    Publication number: 20090172629
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to validate continuous signal phase matching in high-speed nets routed as differential pairs are described. In one embodiment, a primary net of a differential pair may be traversed to determine whether a design rule violation has occurred based on comparison of calculated trace lengths of the primary net and a secondary net against a threshold value. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Howard L. Elikan, Andrew McRonald, Dennis Miller