Inventor · Richfield, MN, US

Michael N. Dillon

15Patents
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15Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 26, 1998 → Mar 20, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7404154B1 Basic cell architecture for structured application-specific integrated circuits Physics 122 Expired
US7269803B2 System and method for mapping logical components to physical locations in an integrated circuit design environment Physics 117 Expired
US6093214A Standard cell integrated circuit layout definition having functionally uncommitted base cells Physics 32 Expired
US6748579B2 Method of using filler metal for implementing changes in an integrated circuit design Physics 30 Expired
US6559701B1 Method to reduce power bus transients in synchronous integrated circuits Physics 16 Expired
US7760578B2 Enhanced power distribution in an integrated circuit Electricity 6 Active
US7233540B1 Latch-based random access memory (LBRAM) with tri-state banking and contention avoidance Physics 4 Expired
US6934171B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit having voltage-down circuit regulator and charge sharing Physics 4 Expired
US6800882B2 Multiple-bit memory latch cell for integrated circuit gate array Electricity 4 Expired
US6864716B2 Reconfigurable memory architecture Physics 3 Expired
US7231625B2 Method and apparatus for use of hidden decoupling capacitors in an integrated circuit design Physics 3 Expired
US8429586B2 Basic cell architecture for structured ASICs Physics 2 Active
US7216323B2 Process for designing base platforms for IC design to permit resource recovery and flexible macro placement, base platform for ICs, and process of creating ICs Physics 2 Expired
US7800936B2 Latch-based random access memory Physics 1 Active
US8166440B1 Basic cell architecture for structured application-specific integrated circuits Physics 0 Active

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