Patents by Inventor Jordan Swartz

Jordan Swartz 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 and Apparatus For Performing Parallel Routing Using A Multi-Threaded Routing Procedure
    Publication number: 20130007689
    Abstract: A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Jordan Swartz, Vadim Gouterman
  • Method and apparatus for performing parallel routing using a multi-threaded routing procedure
    Patent number: 8296709
    Abstract: A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Jordan Swartz, Vadim Gouterman
  • Method and Apparatus for Performing Parallel Routing Using a Multi-Threaded Routing Procedure
    Publication number: 20120131535
    Abstract: A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Jordan Swartz, Vadim Gouterman
  • Method and apparatus for performing parallel routing using a multi-threaded routing procedure
    Patent number: 8095906
    Abstract: A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Jordan Swartz, Vadim Gouterman
  • Method and apparatus for utilizing constraints for the routing of a design on a programmable logic device
    Patent number: 7757197
    Abstract: A method for designing a system on a programmable logic device (PLD) is disclosed. Routing resources are selected for a user specified signal on the PLD in response to user specified routing constraints. Routing resources are selected for a non-user specified signal on the PLD without utilizing the user specified routing constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Caroline Pantofaru, Jordan Swartz
  • Method and apparatus for performing parallel routing using a multi-threaded routing procedure
    Publication number: 20100169858
    Abstract: A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Vaughn Betz, Jordan Swartz, Vadim Gouterman
  • Method and apparatus for implementing soft constraints in tools used for designing systems on programmable logic devices
    Patent number: 7194720
    Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device utilizing programmable logic devices (PLDs) includes generating options for utilizing resources on the PLDs in response to user specified constraints. The options for utilizing the resources on the PLDs are refined independent of the user specified constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Terry P. Borer, Gabriel Quan, Stephen D. Brown, Deshanand P. Singh, Chris Sanford, Vaughn Betz, Caroline Pantofaru, Jordan Swartz