Patents by Inventor Inbar BEN-PORAT

Inbar BEN-PORAT 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).

  • Integrated circuit hierarchical design tool apparatus and method of hierarchically designing an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 9792399
    Abstract: An integrated circuit hierarchical design tool apparatus comprises a processor arranged to support a block coupling reconfiguration unit. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is capable of receiving block layout data comprising block placement, terminal location data and intra-block connectivity data. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is arranged to identify from the block layout data a block placement level block having a terminal respectively coupled to a plurality of other block placement level blocks by a plurality of nets, and to provide the block with an additional terminal capable of providing the same function as the terminal. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is also arranged to replace a net of the plurality of nets that is coupled to the terminal with a replacement net coupled to the additional terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Asher Berkovitz, Inbar Ben-Porat, Yossy Neeman
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HIERARCHICAL DESIGN TOOL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HIERARCHICALLY DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20150339427
    Abstract: An integrated circuit hierarchical design tool apparatus comprises a processor arranged to support a block coupling reconfiguration unit. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is capable of receiving block layout data comprising block placement, terminal location data and intra-block connectivity data. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is arranged to identify from the block layout data a block placement level block having a terminal respectively coupled to a plurality of other block placement level blocks by a plurality of nets, and to provide the block with an additional terminal capable of providing the same function as the terminal. The block coupling reconfiguration unit is also arranged to replace a net of the plurality of nets that is coupled to the terminal with a replacement net coupled to the additional terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Asher BERKOVITZ, Inbar BEN-PORAT, Yossy NEEMAN