Patents by Inventor Timmy Lin

Timmy Lin 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 providing enhanced net pruning
    Patent number: 11972191
    Abstract: A method of pruning nets in a circuit design includes, in part, receiving data representative of net layers associated with the circuit design, and accessing a connect database associated with the circuit design. The connect database includes data representative of electrical connections associated with the circuit design. The method further includes, in part, determining whether a marker layer exists in the net layers, and pruning nets that are not connected to the marker layer if the marker layer is determined to exist. The marker layer, which is not stored in the connect database, designates a connection between at least a pair of nets in the circuit design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Schaffer, Timmy Lin, Soo Han Choi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED NET PRUNING
    Publication number: 20210374321
    Abstract: A method of pruning nets in a circuit design includes, in part, receiving data representative of net layers associated with the circuit design, and accessing a connect database associated with the circuit design. The connect database includes data representative of electrical connections associated with the circuit design. The method further includes, in part, determining whether a marker layer exists in the net layers, and pruning nets that are not connected to the marker layer if the marker layer is determined to exist. The marker layer, which is not stored in the connect database, designates a connection between at least a pair of nets in the circuit design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Louis Schaffer, Timmy Lin, Soo Han Choi