Patents by Inventor Pradeep N. CHATNAHALLI

Pradeep N. CHATNAHALLI 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).

  • DISTRIBUTING SPARE LATCH CIRCUITS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS
    Publication number: 20130152029
    Abstract: Methods for allocating spare latch circuits to logic blocks in an integrated circuit design are provided. A method includes determining logic blocks in the design and determining and determining an allocation of spare latch circuits among the logic blocks based on respective attributes of the logic blocks. The method further include placing the spare latch circuits in the design in accordance with the determined allocation based on local clock buffers corresponding with the logic blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitesh A. AGRAWAL, Santosh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Pradeep N. CHATNAHALLI, Prasad SHIVARAM