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MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC
US·45 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,476 citations·filing 1998–2009
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49 records- 0199US7155689B2Design-manufacturing interface via a unified modelMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 26, 2006·357 cites·55 claims
- 0294US6505328B1Method for storing multiple levels of design data in a common databaseMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 7, 2003·353 cites·17 claims
- 0393US6496965B1Automated design of parallel drive standard cellsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 17, 2002·233 cites·17 claims
- 0492US6725438B2Timing closure methodologyMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 20, 2004·69 cites·19 claims
- 0591US7103863B2Representing the design of a sub-module in a hierarchical integrated circuit design and analysis systemMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·106 cites·68 claims
- 0691US6507941B1Subgrid detailed routingMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 14, 2003·207 cites·45 claims
- 0790US8006216B1Dynamic push for topological routing of semiconductor packagesMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 23, 2011·36 cites·32 claims
- 0890US7240314B1Redundantly tied metal fill for IR-drop and layout density optimizationMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·128 cites·23 claims
- 0988US7992114B1Timing analysis using statistical on-chip variationMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 2, 2011·23 cites·37 claims
- 1088US6845494B2Method for generating design constraints for modules in a hierarchical integrated circuit design systemMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 18, 2005·77 cites·50 claims
- 1188US6230304B1Method of designing a constraint-driven integrated circuit layoutMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 8, 2001·171 cites·86 claims
- 1287US7930673B2Method for automatic clock gating to save powerMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 19, 2011·16 cites·28 claims
- 1387US7458049B1Aggregate sensitivity for statistical static timing analysisMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 25, 2008·38 cites·12 claims
- 1487US7340698B1Method of estimating performance of integrated circuit designs by finding scalars for strongly coupled componentsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·27 cites·40 claims
- 1585US7203873B1Asynchronous control of memory self testMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 10, 2007·46 cites·22 claims
- 1684US6851095B1Method of incremental recharacterization to estimate performance of integrated disignsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 1, 2005·35 cites·25 claims
- 1783US7185305B1Creating a power distribution arrangement with tapered metal wires for a physical designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 27, 2007·22 cites·57 claims
- 1883US7117461B1Method of estimating performance of integrated circuit designs using state point identificationMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 3, 2006·20 cites·20 claims
- 1982US7882461B2Method for optimized automatic clock gatingMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 1, 2011·11 cites·20 claims
- 2082US7117469B1Method of optimizing placement and routing of edge logic in padring layout designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 3, 2006·43 cites·64 claims
- 2181US7958476B1Method for multi-cycle path and false path clock gatingMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 7, 2011·12 cites·21 claims
- 2279US7703050B2Optimization for circuit designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 20, 2010·7 cites·36 claims
- 2379US7448003B2Signal flow driven circuit analysis and partitioning techniqueMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 4, 2008·9 cites·18 claims
- 2479US7000202B1Method of vector generation for estimating performance of integrated circuit designsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 14, 2006·20 cites·3 claims
- 2579US6519745B1System and method for estimating capacitance of wires based on congestion informationMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 11, 2003·36 cites·8 claims
- 2678US7114142B1Optimizing locations of pins for blocks in a hierarchical physical design by using physical design information of a prior hierarchical physical designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 26, 2006·15 cites·21 claims
- 2777US7219048B1Methodology and applications of timing-driven logic resynthesis for VLSI circuitsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 15, 2007·51 cites·33 claims
- 2876US7155693B1Floorplanning a hierarchical physical design to improve placement and routingMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 26, 2006·18 cites·12 claims
- 2975US7213221B1Modeling interconnected propagation delay for an integrated circuit designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·23 cites·14 claims
- 3074US6553338B1Timing optimization in presence of interconnect delaysMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 22, 2003·74 cites·7 claims
- 3173US7346874B1Parametric timing analysisMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 18, 2008·6 cites·12 claims
- 3273US7337416B1Method of using strongly coupled components to estimate integrated circuit performanceMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 26, 2008·12 cites·31 claims
- 3373US6931610B1Method for rapid estimation of wire delays and capacitances based on placement of cellsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 16, 2005·23 cites·10 claims
- 3472US7970590B1Parametric timing analysisMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·5 cites·15 claims
- 3572US7783996B2Optimization for circuit designMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 24, 2010·4 cites·36 claims
- 3671US7884649B1Selection of optimal clock gating elementsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 8, 2011·7 cites·9 claims
- 3770US7409658B2Methods and systems for mixed-mode physical synthesis in electronic design automationMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·7 cites·20 claims
- 3868US7458041B2Circuit optimization with posynomial function F having an exponent of a first design parameterMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 25, 2008·10 cites·38 claims
- 3968US6453446B1Timing closure methodologyMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 17, 2002·41 cites·54 claims
- 4066US7013253B1Method and apparatus for calculation of crosstalk noise in integrated circuitsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 14, 2006·14 cites·16 claims
- 4162US7434188B1Lithographically optimized placement toolMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 7, 2008·4 cites·25 claims
- 4261US7353488B1Flow definition language for designing integrated circuit implementation flowsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 1, 2008·16 cites·24 claims
- 4361US7137082B1Reduced architecture processing pathsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·11 cites·17 claims
- 4454US7058907B2Reduction of cross-talk noise in VLSI circuitsMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 6, 2006·4 cites·36 claims
- 4554US6253361B1Generalized theory of logical effort for look-up table based delay models using capacitance ratioMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 26, 2001·29 cites·25 claims
- 4650US2007136709A1Floorplanning A Hierarchical Physical Design To Improve Placement And RoutingMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4740US2002188922A1Method for storing multiple levels of design data in a common databaseMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4840US2007245280A1System and method for placement of soft macrosMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4934US2007266359A1Relative Floorplanning For Improved Integrated Circuit DesignMAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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