Patents by Inventor Mike J. Reynolds

Mike J. Reynolds 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).

  • Circuit design method and apparatus supporting a plurality of hardware design languages
    Patent number: 6226780
    Abstract: The present invention beneficially provides a method and apparatus that can support multiple HDLs in both the creation of new circuit designs and the use of legacy data such as IP blocks. Where a graphical design tool supports a first HDL and design data is provided in a second HDL, the present invention generates an interface description for the design data written in the first HDL, and then generates a graphical design unit based on the interface description. The resulting graphical design unit is supported by the graphical design tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Avtar Singh Bahra, Gordon Walker, Mark Dane, Mike J. Reynolds