Patents by Inventor Mark Hofmann

Mark Hofmann 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).

  • Programmable pattern aware voltage analysis
    Patent number: 9189582
    Abstract: This application discloses a voltage analysis tool to perform a static power aware analysis on a circuit design without having to simulate the circuit design. The voltage analysis tool can determine a set of components in the circuit design corresponds to a design pattern representing a voltage-transition device, and set an output voltage for the set of components based, at least in part, on characteristics of the voltage-transition device. The voltage analysis tool can propagate the output voltage to other portions of the circuit design, and determine whether the portions of the circuit design receiving the output voltage have a rule violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Srinivasan, Mark Hofmann, Ziyang Lu
  • PROGRAMMABLE PATTERN AWARE VOLTAGE ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20150058818
    Abstract: This application discloses a voltage analysis tool to perform a static power aware analysis on a circuit design without having to simulate the circuit design. The voltage analysis tool can determine a set of components in the circuit design corresponds to a design pattern representing a voltage-transition device, and set an output voltage for the set of components based, at least in part, on characteristics of the voltage-transition device. The voltage analysis tool can propagate the output voltage to other portions of the circuit design, and determine whether the portions of the circuit design receiving the output voltage have a rule violation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Srinivasan, Mark Hofmann, Ziyang Lu