Patents by Inventor Raffaele Fusciello

Raffaele Fusciello 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).

  • Power stabilizer using under-utilized standard cells
    Patent number: 6618847
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for placing gate capacitors, or other performance enhancing electrical components, in an under-utilized standard cell region. The present invention is a layout design tool that allows the designed to automatically intersperse capacitor filler cells around standard cell logic. The present invention includes creating a region, allocated to the particular standard cell, which has (either by intention or situation) low utilization. The design tool of the present invention can also be used to intentionally under-utilize various functional blocks in order to create areas that can be filled with cells containing gate capacitors. The standard cells may or may not be associated with surrounding logic. The place and route filler cells are redefined to include gate capacitors using abutment rules compatible with the standard cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Hulse, Raffaele Fusciello, Peter Ruddy