Patents by Inventor Michael Robert Whaley

Michael Robert Whaley 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 gate array device
    Patent number: 6346826
    Abstract: A programmable gate array device (10) has a repeating block of circuitry (16) that includes a lowest metal layer. The repeating block of circuitry (16) includes a row of combinatorial blocks (20) and a row of flip flop circuitry (22). A number of metal segments (38) run perpendicular to the row of combinatorial blocks (20). The metal segments (38) are formed in a middle metal layer. A customizable metal layer forms a top metal layer (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Integrated Logic Systems, Inc
    Inventors: Hugh Norman Chapman, Michael Robert Whaley