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DEAN ALVAR A
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IBM
23 patentsUS6397170B1May 28, 2002
Simulation based power optimization
IBM110 citations98
US6604174B1Aug 5, 2003
Performance based system and method for dynamic allocation of a unified multiport cache
IBM82 citations96
US6792582B1Sep 14, 2004
Concurrent logical and physical construction of voltage islands for mixed supply voltage designs
IBM65 citations95
US6532520B1Mar 11, 2003
Method and apparatus for allocating data and instructions within a shared cache
IBM62 citations95
US6609228B1Aug 19, 2003
Latch clustering for power optimization
IBM59 citations94
US6687883B2Feb 3, 2004
System and method for inserting leakage reduction control in logic circuits
IBM46 citations93
US6097241AAug 1, 2000
ASIC low power activity detector to change threshold voltage
IBM50 citations93
US7350108B1Mar 25, 2008
Test system for integrated circuits
IBM23 citations92
US6802033B1Oct 5, 2004
Low-power critical error rate communications controller
IBM42 citations92
US6487701B1Nov 26, 2002
System and method for AC performance tuning by thereshold voltage shifting in tubbed semiconductor technology
IBM27 citations92
US6317840B1Nov 13, 2001
Control of multiple equivalent functional units for power reduction
IBM50 citations92
US6237132B1May 22, 2001
Toggle based application specific core methodology
IBM33 citations92
US6011383AJan 4, 2000
Low powering apparatus for automatic reduction of power in active and standby modes
IBM19 citations92
US6535016B2Mar 18, 2003
Method and circuit for providing copy protection in an application-specific integrated circuit
IBM37 citations91
US6246254B1Jun 12, 2001
Method and circuit for providing copy protection in an application-specific integrated circuit
IBM38 citations91
US6711719B2Mar 23, 2004
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in VLSI circuit designs
IBM41 citations90
US6636995B1Oct 21, 2003
Method of automatic latch insertion for testing application specific integrated circuits
IBM17 citations84
US7478280B2Jan 13, 2009
Test system for integrated circuits
IBM3 citations63
US6275968B1Aug 14, 2001
Apparatus and method to reduce node toggling in semiconductor devices
IBM6 citations63
US6985004B2Jan 10, 2006
Wiring optimizations for power
IBM2 citations61
US4945509AJul 31, 1990
Dual look ahead mask generator
IBM6 citations59
US7469395B2Dec 23, 2008
Wiring optimizations for power
IBM0 citations51
US7346875B2Mar 18, 2008
Wiring optimizations for power
IBM0 citations51