Patents by Inventor Pingkan Fok

Pingkan Fok 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).

  • Integrated metal layer aware optimization of integrated circuit designs
    Patent number: 10360341
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for optimizing an integrated circuit (IC) design. Before routing is performed on the IC design in an IC design flow, an IC design tool can iteratively perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising: (1) modifying a net in the IC design to obtain a modified net, (2) determining a metal layer for routing the modified net, (3) computing a resistance value and a capacitance value of the modified net based on the metal layer, and (4) computing a delay value for the modified net based on the resistance value and the capacitance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Chakraborty, David John Seibert, Pingkan Fok, Ramoji Karumuri Rao
  • INTEGRATED METAL LAYER AWARE OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS
    Publication number: 20190065656
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for optimizing an integrated circuit (IC) design. Before routing is performed on the IC design in an IC design flow, an IC design tool can iteratively perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising: (1) modifying a net in the IC design to obtain a modified net, (2) determining a metal layer for routing the modified net, (3) computing a resistance value and a capacitance value of the modified net based on the metal layer, and (4) computing a delay value for the modified net based on the resistance value and the capacitance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Chakraborty, David John Seibert, Pingkan Fok, Ramoji Karumuri Rao