Patents by Inventor Hsinwei Chou

Hsinwei Chou 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).

  • Patent number: 7818158
    Abstract: In a computer simulation of an analog device in a digital circuit, a piece-wise linear lookup table is used to determine the channel resistance of the transistors in the analog device, allowing the node voltages to take on non-digital values. The piece-wise linear lookup table contains a set of channel resistances corresponding respectively to gate-to-source voltages. The program uses multi-terminal binary decision graphs (MTBDDs) to represent non-digital resistances, capacitances and voltages in the circuit as a function of symbolic inputs. The program can analyze circuits containing more than two voltage sources by modeling voltage sources with voltage dividers between the maximum and minimum voltages in the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton B. McDonald, Hsinwei Chou, Smriti Gupta
  • Publication number: 20070078638
    Abstract: In a computer simulation of an analog device in a digital circuit, a piece-wise linear lookup table is used to determine the channel resistance of the transistors in the analog device, allowing the node voltages to take on non-digital values. The piece-wise linear lookup table contains a set of channel resistances corresponding respectively to gate-to-source voltages. The program uses multi-terminal binary decision graphs (MTBDDs) to represent non-digital resistances, capacitances and voltages in the circuit as a function of symbolic inputs. The program can analyze circuits containing more than two voltage sources by modeling voltage sources with voltage dividers between the maximum and minimum voltages in the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton McDonald, Hsinwei Chou, Smriti Gupta