Patents by Inventor Terrence W. Sehr

Terrence W. Sehr 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).

  • Patent number: 5339253
    Abstract: A signal distribution tree is constructed from the leaves to the root by pairing sinks having similar locations, latency requirements and generating function requirements, then determining the minimum cost route or routes between paired sinks, establishing at least one drive point for each minimum cost path which drive point will satisfy the latency requirements for the pair of sinks it serves and then treating each resulting set of drive points as a new sink to be paired while removing the initial sinks from the list of sinks to be paired, continuing this process iteratively until a single set of drive points results and, finally, connecting the signal source to one of the drive points in the final set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keith M. Carrig, David J. Hathaway, Keith W. Lallier, Jeannie T. H. Panner, Terrence W. Sehr