Patents by Inventor Jeanne S. BICKFORD

Jeanne S. BICKFORD 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 OF MANAGING ELECTRO MIGRATION IN LOGIC DESIGNS AND DESIGN STRUCTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130332895
    Abstract: A method of designing an integrated circuit includes modifying a design attribute-variable electromigration (EM) limit for each pre-defined circuit based on at least one reliability constraint in order to avoid EM violations of an integrated circuit. The method further includes synthesizing the integrated circuit from a high level description to at least a subset of the pre-defined circuit devices using the modified design—variable EM limit of each pre-defined circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. BARWIN, Jeanne S. BICKFORD