Inventor · Longmont, CO, US

Mark D. Frank

25Patents
10h-index
10Co-inventors
64Inventor score

Filing activity: May 13, 2002 → Jun 5, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6769102B2 Verifying proximity of ground metal to signal traces in an integrated circuit Physics 32 Expired
US6983434B1 Differential via pair impedance adjustment tool Electricity 26 Expired
US6859915B1 Signal line impedance verification tool Electricity 14 Expired
US6845492B1 Signal via impedance adjustment tool Electricity 13 Expired
US6889367B1 Differential via pair impedance verification tool Electricity 11 Expired
US7117464B2 System and method for evaluating signal coupling between differential traces in a package design Physics 11 Expired
US6971077B1 Signal line impedance adjustment tool Electricity 11 Expired
US6976233B1 Signal via impedance verification tool Physics 11 Expired
US7075185B2 Routing vias in a substrate from bypass capacitor pads Electricity 10 Expired
US6907589B2 System and method for evaluating vias per pad in a package design Physics 10 Expired
US7078812B2 Routing differential signal lines in a substrate Electricity 8 Expired
US6711730B2 Synthesizing signal net information from multiple integrated circuit package models Physics 8 Expired
US6922822B2 Verifying proximity of ground vias to signal vias in an integrated circuit Physics 8 Expired
US6938230B2 System and method for evaluating signal trace discontinuities in a package design Physics 7 Expired
US6968522B1 Differential line pair impedance verification tool Physics 7 Expired
US7069095B2 System and method for populating a computer-aided design program's database with design parameters Physics 6 Expired
US6807657B2 Inter-signal proximity verification in an integrated circuit Physics 5 Expired
US6983433B1 Differential line pair impedance adjustment tool Physics 4 Expired
US7143022B1 System and method for integrating subcircuit models in an integrated power grid analysis environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7272806B2 System and method for evaluating power and ground vias in a package design Physics 3 Expired
US7327583B2 Routing power and ground vias in a substrate Electricity 2 Expired
US7137088B2 System and method for determining signal coupling coefficients for lines Physics 1 Expired
US7055124B2 System and method for evaluating signal deviations in a package design Physics 1 Expired
US7143389B2 Systems and methods for generating node level bypass capacitor models Physics 1 Expired
US7326860B2 Routing vias in a substrate from bypass capacitor pads Electricity 0 Active

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