Patents by Inventor T. Dean Skelton

T. Dean Skelton 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).

  • Module level scan testing
    Patent number: 6079040
    Abstract: A design of logic circuitry to be tested is divided into one or more discrete logic modules usable in other designs of circuitry. An automated test pattern generator (ATPG) program and its tools are applied to the discrete module while not also being applied to the remainder of the logic circuitry, with the result that an ATPG pattern is provided for the module. When the module is reused in another design of logic circuitry, the ATPG pattern is also reusable in such other design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Chips & Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pat Y. Hom, T. Dean Skelton
  • Method and apparatus for clipping text
    Patent number: 6061047
    Abstract: A method of generating a graphical image, such as a font, is described in which expansion data for an image portion that is not to be written is never added to source data for such portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Chips & Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: T. Dean Skelton