Inventor
LI ZHUO
US171 patents
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CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
21 patentsUS11734485B1Aug 22, 2023
Routing congestion based on fractional via cost and via density
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC7 citations85
US10997352B1May 4, 2021
Routing congestion based on layer-assigned net and placement blockage
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC9 citations85
US10963617B1Mar 30, 2021
Modifying route topology to fix clock tree violations
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC11 citations85
US11645441B1May 9, 2023
Machine-learning based clustering for clock tree synthesis
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC12 citations84
US10755024B1Aug 25, 2020
System and method for routing in an integrated circuit design
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC13 citations84
US10460066B1Oct 29, 2019
Routing framework to resolve single-entry constraint violations for integrated circuit designs
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC9 citations84
US10860764B1Dec 8, 2020
Layer assignment technique to improve timing in integrated circuit design
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC8 citations83
US11620428B1Apr 4, 2023
Post-CTS clock tree restructuring
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC5 citations74
US10860775B1Dec 8, 2020
Clock pin to clock tap assignment based on circuit device connectivity
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC3 citations73
US10860757B1Dec 8, 2020
Multicorner skew scheduling circuit design
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC4 citations73
US10706202B1Jul 7, 2020
Devices and methods for balanced routing tree structures
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC3 citations73
US10643014B1May 5, 2020
Irregular sink arrangement for balanced routing tree structures
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC5 citations73
US10509878B1Dec 17, 2019
Systems and methods for routing track assignment
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC4 citations73
US10460063B1Oct 29, 2019
Integrated circuit routing based on enhanced topology
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC2 citations73
US10460064B1Oct 29, 2019
Partition-aware grid graph based hierarchical global routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC4 citations73
US10380287B1Aug 13, 2019
Systems and methods for modifying a balanced clock structure
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC3 citations73
US10289775B1May 14, 2019
Systems and methods for assigning clock taps based on timing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC3 citations73
US10282506B1May 7, 2019
Systems and methods for clock tree clustering
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC6 citations73
US10102328B1Oct 16, 2018
System and method for constructing spanning trees
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC5 citations73
US11354479B1Jun 7, 2022
Post-CTS clock tree restructuring with ripple move
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC5 citations72
US11132489B1Sep 28, 2021
Layer assignment based on wirelength threshold
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC3 citations72
IBM
18 patentsUS7299442B2Nov 20, 2007
Probabilistic congestion prediction with partial blockages
IBM19 citations92
US8677299B1Mar 18, 2014
Latch clustering with proximity to local clock buffers
IBM22 citations91
US10552740B2Feb 4, 2020
Fault-tolerant power-driven synthesis
IBM7 citations84
US8954912B2Feb 10, 2015
Structured placement of latches/flip-flops to minimize clock power in high-performance designs
IBM18 citations84
US8949762B1Feb 3, 2015
Computer-based modeling of integrated circuit congestion and wire distribution for products and services
IBM5 citations84
US8365118B2Jan 29, 2013
Broken-spheres methodology for improved failure probability analysis in multi-fail regions
IBM8 citations84
US9092591B2Jul 28, 2015
Automatic generation of wire tag lists for a metal stack
IBM6 citations83
US8769468B1Jul 1, 2014
Automatic generation of wire tag lists for a metal stack
IBM6 citations83
US8365120B2Jan 29, 2013
Resolving global coupling timing and slew violations for buffer-dominated designs
IBM11 citations83
US7707530B2Apr 27, 2010
Incremental timing-driven, physical-synthesis using discrete optimization
IBM13 citations83
US9098669B1Aug 4, 2015
Boundary latch and logic placement to satisfy timing constraints
IBM7 citations82
US8881089B1Nov 4, 2014
Physical synthesis optimization with fast metric check
IBM11 citations82
US8370782B2Feb 5, 2013
Buffer-aware routing in integrated circuit design
IBM9 citations80
US7895557B2Feb 22, 2011
Concurrent buffering and layer assignment in integrated circuit layout
IBM10 citations80
US7676780B2Mar 9, 2010
Techniques for super fast buffer insertion
IBM6 citations74
US10354183B2Jul 16, 2019
Power-driven synthesis under latency constraints
IBM5 citations73
US8930873B1Jan 6, 2015
Creating regional routing blockages in integrated circuit design
IBM5 citations73
US8826215B1Sep 2, 2014
Routing centric design closure
IBM6 citations73
ALPERT CHARLES J
4 patentsUS8793636B2Jul 29, 2014
Placement of structured nets
ALPERT CHARLES J17 citations84
US8667441B2Mar 4, 2014
Clock optimization with local clock buffer control optimization
ALPERT CHARLES J10 citations84
US8589848B2Nov 19, 2013
Datapath placement using tiered assignment
ALPERT CHARLES J7 citations84
US8418113B1Apr 9, 2013
Consideration of local routing and pin access during VLSI global routing
ALPERT CHARLES J9 citations84
ALPERT CHARLES JAY
3 patentsKAZDA MICHAEL ANTHONY
1 patentAGARWAL KANAK BEHARI
1 patentWHATSAPP INC
1 patentUNIV CHINA PETROLEUM EAST CHINA
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