Patents by Inventor Scott Allen Peterson

Scott Allen Peterson 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: 20120175683
    Abstract: A basic cell circuit architecture having plurality of cells with fixed transistors configurable for the formation of logic devices and single and dual port memory devices within a structured ASIC is provided. Different configurations of ensuing integrated circuits are achieved by forming variable interconnect layers above the fixed structures. The circuit architecture can achieve interconnection of transistors within a single cell or across multiple cells. The interconnection can be configured to form basic logic gates as well as more complex digital and analog subsystems. In addition, each cell contains a layout of transistors that can be variably coupled to achieve a memory device, such as a SRAM device. By having the capability of forming a logic circuit element, a memory device, or both, the circuit architecture is both memory-centric and logic-centric, and more fully adaptable to modern-day SoCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Ramnath Venkatraman, Michael N. Dillon, David A. Gardner, Carl Anthony Monzel, III, Subramanian Ramesh, Robert C. Armstrong, Gary Scott Delp, Scott Allen Peterson
  • Patent number: 8166440
    Abstract: A basic cell circuit architecture having plurality of cells with fixed transistors configurable for the formation of logic devices and/or single/dual port memory devices within a structured ASIC is provided. Different configurations of ensuing integrated circuits are achieved by forming variable interconnect layers above the fixed structures. The circuit architecture can achieve interconnection of transistors within a single cell and/or across multiple cells. The interconnection can be configured to form basic logic gates as well as more complex digital and analog subsystems. In addition, each cell contains a layout of transistors that can be variably coupled to achieve a memory device, such as a SRAM device. By having the capability of forming either a logic circuit element, a memory device, or both, the circuit architecture is both memory-centric and logic-centric, and more fully adaptable to modern-day SoCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Ramnath Venkatraman, Michael N. Dillon, David A. Gardner, Carl Anthony Monzel, III, Subramanian Ramesh, Robert C. Armstrong, Gary Scott Delp, Scott Allen Peterson
  • Patent number: 7404154
    Abstract: A basic cell circuit architecture having plurality of cells with fixed transistors configurable for the formation of logic devices and/or single/dual port memory devices within a structured ASIC is provided. Different configurations of ensuing integrated circuits are achieved by forming variable interconnect layers above the fixed structures. The circuit architecture can achieve interconnection of transistors within a single cell and/or across multiple cells. The interconnection can be configured to form basic logic gates as well as more complex digital and analog subsystems. In addition, each cell contains a layout of transistors that can be variably coupled to achieve a memory device, such as a SRAM device. By having the capability of forming either a logic circuit element, a memory device, or both, the circuit architecture is both memory-centric and logic-centric, and more fully adaptable to modern-day SoCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Ramnath Venkatraman, Michael N. Dillon, David A. Gardner, Carl Anthony Monzel, III, Subramanian Ramesh, Robert C. Armstrong, Gary Scott Delp, Scott Allen Peterson
  • Patent number: 7020852
    Abstract: An automated framework and methodology for the development, testing, validation, and documentation of the design of semiconductor products that culminates in the release of a design kit having a flow manager and flow file to actualize a methodology to design a semiconductor product. The flow framework and methodology receives a methodology and a technology description for the semiconductor product. Then the flow framework and methodology coordinates and tests flow files developed by flow developers using testcases from testcase developers, libraries from library developers and tools from tool from flow developers that may be constantly updated. When a flow file, a testcase, a library, and/or a tool is updated, added, or otherwise changed, ongoing regression testing is accomplished to update the correct flow file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Bret Alan Oeltjen, Scott Allen Peterson, Donald Ray Amundson, Richard Karl Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20040225972
    Abstract: An automated framework and methodology for the development, testing, validation, and documentation of the design of semiconductor products that culminates in the release of a design kit having a flow manager and flow file to actualize a methodology to design a semiconductor product. The flow framework and methodology receives a methodology and a technology description for the semiconductor product. Then the flow framework and methodology coordinates and tests flow files developed by flow developers using testcases from testcase developers, libraries from library developers and tools from tool from flow developers that may be constantly updated. When a flow file, a testcase, a library, and/or a tool is updated, added, or otherwise changed, ongoing regression testing is accomplished to update the correct flow file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bret Alan Oeltjen, Scott Allen Peterson, Donald Ray Amundson, Richard Karl Kirchner