Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Plaza

Stephen M. Plaza 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).

  • Multi-mode redundancy removal
    Patent number: 8266563
    Abstract: A multi-mode redundancy removal method is provided. In this method, after accessing the design, a full-scale redundancy removal using fault simulation can be started. When a predetermined period for performing the full-scale redundancy removal has reached a first cut-off, then the method can determine a location for temporary outputs of the design, create the temporary outputs, and perform a localized redundancy removal up to the temporary outputs. An optimized design based on the full-scale redundancy removal and the localized redundancy removal can be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Plaza, Prashant Saxena, Pei-Hsin Ho, Thomas R. Shiple
  • Multi-Mode Redundancy Removal
    Publication number: 20110126167
    Abstract: A multi-mode redundancy removal method is provided. In this method, after accessing the design, a full-scale redundancy removal using fault simulation can be started. When a predetermined period for performing the full-scale redundancy removal has reached a first cut-off, then the method can determine a location for temporary outputs of the design, create the temporary outputs, and perform a localized redundancy removal up to the temporary outputs. An optimized design based on the full-scale redundancy removal and the localized redundancy removal can be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Plaza, Prashant Saxena, Pei-Hsin Ho, Thomas R. Shiple