Patents by Inventor Scott Cranston

Scott Cranston 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).

  • Method and system for representing analog connectivity in hardware description language designs
    Patent number: 7523424
    Abstract: System and method for representing analog connectivity in a design written in a hardware description language are disclosed. The method includes detecting a circuit component that does not have explicit connection path in the design, where the circuit component includes one or more lower-level circuit instances arranged in one or more branches in a hierarchical graph. The method further includes creating one or more instances of the circuit component having at least one additional port than the circuit component, creating one or more ports in the corresponding one or more instances of the circuit component for providing at least an explicit connection path, and representing the design using at least the explicit connection path and the one or more ports of the corresponding one or more instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Kolpekwar, Scott Cranston, Peter Frey
  • Method and system for representing analog connectivity in hardware description language designs
    Publication number: 20070124706
    Abstract: System and method for representing analog connectivity in a design written in a hardware description language are disclosed. The method includes detecting a circuit component that does not have explicit connection path in the design, where the circuit component includes one or more lower-level circuit instances arranged in one or more branches in a hierarchical graph. The method further includes creating one or more instances of the circuit component having at least one additional port than the circuit component, creating one or more ports in the corresponding one or more instances of the circuit component for providing at least an explicit connection path, and representing the design using at least the explicit connection path and the one or more ports of the corresponding one or more instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Kolpekwar, Scott Cranston, Peter Frey