Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Ivan Pavisic

55Patents
16h-index
34Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1996 → Oct 11, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6182272A Metal layer assignment Physics 217 Expired
US7093228B2 Method and system for classifying an integrated circuit for optical proximity correction Physics 208 Expired
US6067409A Advanced modular cell placement system Physics 114 Expired
US6412102B1 Wire routing optimization Physics 108 Expired
US5898597A Integrated circuit floor plan optimization system Physics 101 Expired
US6292929A Advanced modular cell placement system Physics 100 Expired
US6068662A Method and apparatus for congestion removal Physics 94 Expired
US6123736A Method and apparatus for horizontal congestion removal Physics 86 Expired
US6058254A Method and apparatus for vertical congestion removal Physics 85 Expired
US6070108A Method and apparatus for congestion driven placement Physics 50 Expired
US6550045B1 Changing clock delays in an integrated circuit for skew optimization Physics 49 Expired
US6550044B1 Method in integrating clock tree synthesis and timing optimization for an integrated circuit design Physics 31 Expired
US6546541B1 Placement-based integrated circuit re-synthesis tool using estimated maximum interconnect capacitances Physics 30 Expired
US6546539B1 Netlist resynthesis program using structure co-factoring Physics 23 Expired
US6941533B2 Clock tree synthesis with skew for memory devices Physics 19 Expired
US6038385A "Physical design automation system and process for designing integrated circuit chip using ""chessboard"" and ""jiggle"" optimization" Physics 19 Expired
US6637016B1 Assignment of cell coordinates Physics 16 Expired
US6269469A Method and apparatus for parallel routing locking mechanism Physics 14 Expired
US6487697B1 Distribution dependent clustering in buffer insertion of high fanout nets Physics 13 Expired
US6629304B1 Cell placement in integrated circuit chips to remove cell overlap, row overflow and optimal placement of dual height cells Physics 12 Expired
US5796625A "Physical design automation system and process for designing integrated circuit chip using simulated annealing with ""chessboard and jiggle"" optimization" Physics 12 Expired
US6557144B1 Netlist resynthesis program based on physical delay calculation Physics 10 Expired
US6075933A Method and apparatus for continuous column density optimization Physics 10 Expired
US7096442B2 Optimizing IC clock structures by minimizing clock uncertainty Physics 9 Expired
US7356785B2 Optimizing IC clock structures by minimizing clock uncertainty Physics 9 Active

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