Patents by Inventor Stephane Colancon

Stephane Colancon 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).

  • System and method for generating vias in an electronic design by automatically using a hovering cursor indication
    Patent number: 9542084
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for electronic design automation. The method may include providing, using one or more computing devices, an electronic design. The method may further include receiving an indication that a cursor is hovering over an overlap associated with the electronic design and in response to receiving the indication, computing one or more via parameters, based upon, at least in part, a topology associated with the overlap. The method may also include displaying, at a graphical user interface, a potential via and allowing, at the graphical user interface, adjustments to the one or more via parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Colancon, Gerard Tarroux, Mark Nitters, Fabien Campana