Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Jonathan Frankle

28Patents
10h-index
30Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1980 → Feb 22, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6567967B2 Method for designing large standard-cell base integrated circuits Physics 117 Expired
US4384336A Method and apparatus for lightness imaging Physics 69 Expired
US7480885B2 Method and apparatus for routing with independent goals on different layers Physics 26 Expired
US7171635B2 Method and apparatus for routing Physics 21 Expired
US6892369B2 Method and apparatus for costing routes of nets Physics 19 Expired
US7010771B2 Method and apparatus for searching for a global path Physics 16 Expired
US6996789B2 Method and apparatus for performing an exponential path search Physics 16 Expired
US8112733B2 Method and apparatus for routing with independent goals on different layers Physics 15 Active
US7003752B2 Method and apparatus for routing Physics 14 Expired
US7155697B2 Routing method and apparatus Physics 12 Expired
US7412682B2 Local preferred direction routing Physics 10 Expired
US7002572B1 Method and apparatus for constructing a convex polygon that encloses a set of points in a region Physics 10 Expired
US8010929B2 Method and apparatus for generating layout regions with local preferred directions Physics 10 Active
US7047513B2 Method and apparatus for searching for a three-dimensional global path Physics 10 Expired
US6976237B1 Method and apparatus for estimating distances in a region Physics 8 Expired
US6879934B1 Method and apparatus for estimating distances in a region Physics 8 Expired
US9189526B1 Freshness based ranking Physics 7 Active
US6988257B2 Method and apparatus for routing Physics 7 Expired
US8903812B1 Query independent quality signals Physics 6 Active
US7624367B2 Method and system for routing Physics 6 Active
US8341586B2 Method and system for routing Physics 6 Active
US7216308B2 Method and apparatus for solving an optimization problem in an integrated circuit layout Physics 5 Expired
US7707537B2 Method and apparatus for generating layout regions with local preferred directions Physics 3 Active
US7093221B2 Method and apparatus for identifying a group of routes for a set of nets Physics 3 Expired
US7107556B1 Method and system for implementing an analytical wirelength formulation for unavailability of routing directions Physics 2 Expired

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