Patents by Inventor William E. Falk

William E. Falk 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).

  • Local naming for HDL compilation
    Patent number: 6732350
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a circuit element is described in text representation in a HDL source code file. The text representation is provided to a synthesis compiler for compilation. The text representation contains multiple expressions describing the logic circuits. During synthesis compilation, object names are selected for each expression in the text representation. The object names are derived from local counters and from the expressions depending on the context of the expressions such that a revision of one section of the source HDL text only affects the object names of the expressions local to the revised section. The object names of other sections of the source HDL text are not affected and remain the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Synplicity, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Falk
  • Local naming for HDL compilation
    Patent number: 6519742
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a circuit element is described in text representation in a HDL source code file. The text representation is provided to a synthesis compiler for compilation. The text representation contains multiple expressions describing the logic circuits. During synthesis compilation, object names are selected for each expression in the text representation. The object names are derived from local counters and from the expressions depending on the context of the expressions such that a revision of one section of the source HDL text only affects the object names of the expressions local to the revised section. The object names of other sections of the source HDL text are not affected and remain the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Synplicity, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Falk