Patents by Inventor Kousuke Hazama

Kousuke Hazama 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).

  • REAL-TIME CRITICAL PATH MARGIN VIOLATION DETECTOR, A METHOD OF MONITORING A PATH AND AN IC INCORPORATING THE DETECTOR OR METHOD
    Publication number: 20100153896
    Abstract: A margin violation detector for detecting margin violations of critical paths, a method of monitoring data paths and an IC. In one embodiment, the margin violation detector includes: (1) a monitor flip-flop having a monitor input couplable to a critical path input of a capture flip-flop of a critical path, (2) an exclusive OR gate having a first input couplable to an output of the capture flip-flop and a second input couplable to an output of the monitor flip-flop and (3) a violation detect flip-flop having a detection input couplable to an output of the exclusive OR gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Sewall, Kousuke Hazama, Eric Persson