Patents by Inventor Yih-Chih Chou

Yih-Chih Chou 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: 10503857
    Abstract: A computer executing method is provided in this disclosure. The computer executing method is configured for synthesizing a clock tree circuit, the clock tree circuit includes a plurality of clock pins, a plurality of weight values are set between any of the clock pins, the computer executing method includes steps of: establishing a graph model; utilizing a force directed algorithm to calculate a branch position according to the weight values and a position of the clock pins; setting a guide buffer in the branch position and updating a netlist; performing a clock tree synthesis (CTS) and executing a post-CTS static timing analysis (STA); determining whether an analysis result of the post-CTS STA and a timing setup value is identical or not; and if the analysis result does not match the timing setup value, re-establishing a graph model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yih-Chih Chou, Cheng-Hong Tsai, Chih-Mou Tseng
  • Publication number: 20190251211
    Abstract: A computer executing method is provided in this disclosure. The computer executing method is configured for synthesizing a clock tree circuit, the clock tree circuit includes a plurality of clock pins, a plurality of weight values are set between any of the clock pins, the computer executing method includes steps of: establishing a graph model; utilizing a force directed algorithm to calculate a branch position according to the weight values and a position of the clock pins; setting a guide buffer in the branch position and updating a netlist; performing a clock tree synthesis (CTS) and executing a post-CTS static timing analysis (STA); determining whether an analysis result of the post-CTS STA and a timing setup value is identical or not; and if the analysis result does not match the timing setup value, re-establishing a graph model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yih-Chih CHOU, Cheng-Hong TSAI, Chih-Mou TSENG