Patents by Inventor Keith Felton

Keith Felton 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 concurrent design of modules across different design entry tools targeted to a single layout
    Patent number: 8316342
    Abstract: A method of interconnecting a first plurality of electronic components and a second plurality of electronic components to form an electronic circuit includes exporting a first netlist representing a first interconnection of the first electronic components in a first design entry tool, exporting a second netlist representing a second interconnection of the second electronic components in a second design entry tool, providing at least a first interface from the second plurality to the first plurality in the second design entry tool, populating the first interface through the first design entry tool, and exporting a third netlist representing the first interface from the second plurality to the first plurality from the second design entry tool, wherein the third netlist stitches the first netlist to the second netlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Taranjit Kukal, Chris Cheung, Vikas Kohli, Keith Felton, Frank X. Farmar, Steven R. Durrill