Inventor
JACQUES ETIENNE
US30 patents
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CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
24 patentsUS7117468B1Oct 3, 2006
Layouts with routes with different spacings in different directions on the same layer, and method and apparatus for generating such layouts
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC104 citations98
US7065731B2Jun 20, 2006
Removal of acute angles in a design layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC201 citations98
US7096449B1Aug 22, 2006
Layouts with routes with different widths in different directions on the same layer, and method and apparatus for generating such layouts
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC42 citations93
US7036105B1Apr 25, 2006
Integrated circuits with at least one layer that has more than one preferred interconnect direction, and method for manufacturing such IC's
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC19 citations93
US7013451B1Mar 14, 2006
Method and apparatus for performing routability checking
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC21 citations93
US6973634B1Dec 6, 2005
IC layouts with at least one layer that has more than one preferred interconnect direction, and method and apparatus for generating such a layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC22 citations93
US6957411B1Oct 18, 2005
Gridless IC layout and method and apparatus for generating such a layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC39 citations93
US6957408B1Oct 18, 2005
Method and apparatus for routing nets in an integrated circuit layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC19 citations93
US6938234B1Aug 30, 2005
Method and apparatus for defining vias
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC28 citations93
US6892371B1May 10, 2005
Method and apparatus for performing geometric routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC37 citations93
US7197738B1Mar 27, 2007
Method and apparatus for routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC42 citations92
US7155697B2Dec 26, 2006
Routing method and apparatus
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC20 citations92
US7003752B2Feb 21, 2006
Method and apparatus for routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC26 citations92
US6996789B2Feb 7, 2006
Method and apparatus for performing an exponential path search
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC30 citations92
US6931616B2Aug 16, 2005
Routing method and apparatus
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC24 citations92
US7441220B2Oct 21, 2008
Local preferred direction architecture, tools, and apparatus
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC18 citations90
US7340711B2Mar 4, 2008
Method and apparatus for local preferred direction routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC24 citations88
US7721243B2May 18, 2010
Method and apparatus for routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC13 citations84
US7472366B1Dec 30, 2008
Method and apparatus for performing a path search
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC10 citations84
US7412682B2Aug 12, 2008
Local preferred direction routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC15 citations84
US7003754B2Feb 21, 2006
Routing method and apparatus that use of diagonal routes
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC12 citations84
US6988257B2Jan 17, 2006
Method and apparatus for routing
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC11 citations84
US7080339B2Jul 18, 2006
Plane representation of wiring in a design layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC8 citations73
US7243328B2Jul 10, 2007
Method and apparatus for representing items in a design layout
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC2 citations62
D2S INC
4 patentsUS8865377B2Oct 21, 2014
Method and system for forming a diagonal pattern using charged particle beam lithography
D2S INC3 citations62
US9164372B2Oct 20, 2015
Method and system for forming non-manhattan patterns using variable shaped beam lithography
D2S INC0 citations52
US9091946B2Jul 28, 2015
Method and system for forming non-manhattan patterns using variable shaped beam lithography
D2S INC1 citations52
US8949750B2Feb 3, 2015
Method and system for forming a diagonal pattern using charged particle beam lithography
D2S INC0 citations41