Patents by Inventor Wilfred Corrigan

Wilfred Corrigan 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).

  • Architecture for mask programmable devices
    Publication number: 20050212011
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a semi-programmable ASIC using two metals for the metal layers. The semi-programmable ASIC may have a prefabricated first section and a customized second section. The prefabricated first section and the customized second section may each include one or more metal layers. The one or more metal layers included in the prefabricated first section may be used to define undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements. An undifferentiated set of electrical and logic elements may be a NAND logic gate, a NOR logic gate, or the like. The one or more metal layers included in the customized second section may be used to define logic functions of the undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Wilfred Corrigan
  • Architecture for mask programmable devices
    Patent number: 6943415
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a semi-programmable ASIC using two metals for the metal layers. The semi-programmable ASIC may have a prefabricated first section and a customized second section. The prefabricated first section and the customized second section may each include one or more metal layers. The one or more metal layers included in the prefabricated first section may be used to define undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements. An undifferentiated set of electrical and logic elements may be a NAND logic gate, a NOR logic gate, or the like. The one or more metal layers included in the customized second section may be used to define logic functions of the undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Wilfred Corrigan
  • Architecture for mask programmable devices
    Publication number: 20040201098
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a semi-programmable ASIC using two metals for the metal layers. The semi-programmable ASIC may have a prefabricated first section and a customized second section. The prefabricated first section and the customized second section may each include one or more metal layers. The one or more metal layers included in the prefabricated first section may be used to define undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements. An undifferentiated set of electrical and logic elements may be a NAND logic gate, a NOR logic gate, or the like. The one or more metal layers included in the customized second section may be used to define logic functions of the undifferentiated sets of electrical and logic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventor: Wilfred Corrigan