Inventor · Pflugerville, TX, US

Stephen L. Runyon

19Patents
9h-index
36Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 13, 1989 → May 5, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5212662A Floating point arithmetic two cycle data flow Physics 23 Expired
US4999802A Floating point arithmetic two cycle data flow Physics 21 Expired
US5646557A Data processing system and method for improving performance of domino-type logic using multiphase clocks Electricity 20 Expired
US6507930B1 Method and system for improving yield of semiconductor integrated circuits Electricity 16 Expired
US7627836B2 OPC trimming for performance Physics 11 Expired
US7759173B2 Methods for charge dissipation in integrated circuits Electricity 10 Active
US7363601B2 Integrated circuit selective scaling Physics 10 Expired
US6320237A Decoupling capacitor structure Electricity 9 Expired
US6480992B1 Method, apparatus, and program product for laying out capacitors in an integrated circuit Physics 9 Expired
US7882463B2 Integrated circuit selective scaling Physics 7 Active
US6571374B1 Invention to allow multiple layouts for a schematic in hierarchical logical-to-physical checking on chips Physics 5 Expired
US6777304B2 Method for producing an integrated circuit capacitor Electricity 4 Expired
US7568173B2 Independent migration of hierarchical designs with methods of finding and fixing opens during migration Physics 3 Active
US6406980B1 Physical design technique providing single and multiple core microprocessor chips in a single design cycle and manufacturing lot using shared mask sets Electricity 3 Expired
US7378318B2 System and method for ensuring migratability of circuits by masking portions of the circuits while improving performance of other portions of the circuits Electricity 2 Expired
US7408206B2 Method and structure for charge dissipation in integrated circuits Electricity 2 Active
US7865848B2 Layout optimization using parameterized cells Physics 2 Active
US6567958B1 Invention to allow hierarchical logical-to-physical checking on chips Physics 1 Expired
US7537997B2 Ensuring migratability of circuits by masking portions of the circuits while improving performance of other portions of the circuits Electricity 1 Active

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