Patents by Inventor N. S. Nagaraj

N. S. Nagaraj 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).

  • Publication number: 20060109020
    Abstract: A method for testing a partially fabricated wafer is provided that comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of selectable devices under test (DUT) overlying a substrate of the wafer; biasing a second structure located in proximity to the DUT to have a first electrical state such that a first equivalent test structure is formed; determining a first parasitic parameter associated with the first equivalent test structure by applying a signal to the DUT while the second structure is in the first electrical state and measuring a response that is indicative of the first parameter; biasing the second structure to have a second electrical state such that a second equivalent test structure is formed; and determining a second parasitic parameter associated with the second equivalent test structure by applying a signal to the DUT while the second structure is in the second electrical state and measuring a response that is indicative of the second parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventor: Nagaraj Narasimh (N. S. Nagaraj) Savithri
  • Patent number: 5633601
    Abstract: A logic module 400 for use in a field programmable gate array 100 can be selectively reconfigured to perform over 1800 Boolean combinational functions on each output 431-432, to operate as a full adder with sum and carry outputs, or to form the sequential function of a D-latch or a D-flipflop. The logic module has ten input terminals 411-418, 421-422 and two output terminals 431-432. The logic module is comprised of two-input multiplexors 500 and 600 which are used to form both the combinational and sequential circuits, thereby efficiently utilizing space on gate array 100. The D-latch and D-flipflop have a preset input terminal 415 and a clear input terminal 414. Furthermore, the D-latch can be configured to be latched on either a low level or a high level clock signal on terminal 411, while the D-flipflop can be configured to be triggered by either a low to high transition or a high to low transition of a clock signal on terminal 411.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: N. S. Nagaraj