Patents by Inventor Karel Bruneel

Karel Bruneel 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: 10558773
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to simulate an electronic circuit. An analog model represents an analog circuit and is wrapped to serve as a module in an event based simulator. The module has a first start state and an input (controlled by the event based simulator). Upon a change in a value of the input, the analog model shows a transient behavior. The value of the input is changed to begin simulating the electronic circuit. In response to the changing of the value, if not already cached, the transient behavior is cached with a key consisting of a combination of the first start state and the value of the input. If already cached, the transient behavior is retrieved from the cache. The simulation of the circuit is output based on the cached transient behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventor: Karel Bruneel
  • Publication number: 20160292336
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to simulate an electronic circuit. An analog model represents an analog circuit and is wrapped to serve as a module in an event based simulator. The module has a first start state and an input (controlled by the event based simulator). Upon a change in a value of the input, the analog model shows a transient behavior. The value of the input is changed to begin simulating the electronic circuit. In response to the changing of the value, if not already cached, the transient behavior is cached with a key consisting of a combination of the first start state and the value of the input. If already cached, the transient behavior is retrieved from the cache. The simulation of the circuit is output based on the cached transient behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: Karel Bruneel
  • Patent number: 8347243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a tool for generating a parameterized configuration for a Field Programmable Gate Array from a Boolean function, the Boolean function comprising at least one parameter argument, comprising the steps generating at least one tunable logic block from the Boolean function and from at least one parameter argument, and mapping the at least one tunable logic block to the Field Programmable Gate Array. This is advantageous since a parameterized configuration can be generated faster than with conventional tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Universiteit Gent
    Inventor: Karel Bruneel
  • Publication number: 20110078640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a tool for generating a parameterized configuration for a Field Programmable Gate Array from a Boolean function, the Boolean function comprising at least one parameter argument, comprising the steps generating at least one tunable logic block from the Boolean function and from at least one parameter argument, and mapping the at least one tunable logic block to the Field Programmable Gate Array. This is advantageous since a parameterized configuration can be generated faster than with conventional tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Karel Bruneel