Patents by Inventor Konstantinos Nikellis

Konstantinos Nikellis 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).

  • Transformer synthesis and optimization in integrated circuit design
    Patent number: 9824165
    Abstract: A method for designing a circuit element of an integrated circuit (IC) includes receiving one or more desired characteristics of the circuit element from user input and iteratively determining a design solution through one or more simulations and modifications using a rule-set. The one or more desired characteristics are combined with other preset characteristics of the circuit element or the IC. A first model of the circuit element is defined and simulated to calculate performance. The first and subsequent models are modified by drawing on a rule-set of expert knowledge relating to general dependency of at least one design criterion, such as a physical, geometrical or performance characteristic, with another design criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Helic S.A.
    Inventors: Sotirios Bantas, Konstantinos Karouzakis, Stefanos Stefanou, Apostolos Liapis, Labros Kokkalas, Konstantinos Nikellis, Errikos Lourandakis
  • CIRCUIT ELEMENT SYNTHESIS AND OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20150261900
    Abstract: A method for designing a circuit element of an integrated circuit (IC) includes receiving one or more desired characteristics of the circuit element from user input and iteratively determining a design solution through one or more simulations and modifications using a rule-set. The one or more desired characteristics are combined with other preset characteristics of the circuit element or the IC. A first model of the circuit element is defined and simulated to calculate performance. The first and subsequent models are modified by drawing on a rule-set of expert knowledge relating to general dependency of at least one design criterion, such as a physical, geometrical or performance characteristic, with another design criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: SOTIRIOS BANTAS, KONSTANTINOS KAROUZAKIS, STEFANOS STEFANOU, APOSTOLOS LIAPIS, LABROS KOKKALAS, KONSTANTINOS NIKELLIS, ERRIKOS LOURANDAKIS
  • Bondwire design
    Patent number: 8250506
    Abstract: A system and method of designing the physical shape of and determining the electromagnetic characteristics of a bondwire in an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of enabling a user to define the position of the bondwire in the electrical circuit layout, defining the position and loop shape of the bondwire in a 3D representation of the electrical circuit, segmenting the bondwire into discrete segments, determining the electromagnetic characteristics of each of the bondwire segments thereby to determine the overall electromagnetic characteristics of the bondwire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Helic S.A.
    Inventors: Sotirios Bantas, Konstantinos Nikellis
  • Bondwire Design
    Publication number: 20090193370
    Abstract: A system and method of designing the physical shape of and determining the electromagnetic characteristics of a bondwire in an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of enabling a user to define the position of the bondwire in the electrical circuit layout, defining the position and loop shape of the bondwire in a 3D representation of the electrical circuit, segmenting the bondwire into discrete segments, determining the electromagnetic characteristics of each of the bondwire segments thereby to determine the overall electromagnetic characteristics of the bondwire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Sotirios Bantas, Konstantinos Nikellis