Inventor · Taipei, TW

Cliff Hou

20Patents
10h-index
33Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 16, 2001 → May 26, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6789248B1 Method and apparatus to perform resistance and capacitance (RC) parameter customization for better timing closure results in physical synthesis and optimization Physics 23 Expired
US6587997B1 Automatic resistance and capacitance technology file generator for multiple RC extractors Physics 22 Expired
US6862723B1 Methodology of generating antenna effect models for library/IP in VLSI physical design Physics 21 Expired
US7685558B2 Method for detection and scoring of hot spots in a design layout Physics 20 Active
US7954072B2 Model import for electronic design automation Physics 15 Active
US7017132B2 Methodology to optimize hierarchical clock skew by clock delay compensation Physics 14 Expired
US7262951B2 De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuits Electricity 11 Expired
US7797646B2 Method for using mixed multi-Vt devices in a cell-based design Physics 11 Active
US7783999B2 Electrical parameter extraction for integrated circuit design Physics 11 Active
US8037575B2 Method for shape and timing equivalent dimension extraction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7281230B2 Method of using mixed multi-Vt devices in a cell-based design Physics 10 Expired
US7640520B2 Design flow for shrinking circuits having non-shrinkable IP layout Physics 10 Active
US6797999B2 Flexible routing channels among vias Electricity 8 Expired
US7793130B2 Mother/daughter switch design with self power-up control Physics 3 Active
US7801717B2 Method for smart dummy insertion to reduce run time and dummy count Electricity 2 Active
US8352888B2 Model import for electronic design automation Physics 2 Active
US8214772B2 Model import for electronic design automation Physics 2 Active
US7994606B2 De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuits Electricity 2 Active
US7247894B2 Very fine-grain voltage island integrated circuit Electricity 0 Expired
US8826207B2 Method of generating technology file for integrated circuit design tools Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.