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Stephen P. Sample
Also filed as: SAMPLE STEPHEN · SAMPLE STEPHEN P · SAMPLE STEPHEN PAUL
43 granted patents·3 pending applications·4,234 citations·filing 1977–2014
99Inventor score
Files withQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC19ALTERA CORP13QUICKTURN SYSTEMS INC4DRC COMP CORP2DRC COMPUTER CORP1
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46 records- 0198US6732068B2Memory circuit for use in hardware emulation systemQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 4, 2004·273 cites·4 claims
- 0298US6020760AI/O buffer circuit with pin multiplexingALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·202 cites·23 claims
- 0398US5960191AEmulation system with time-multiplexed interconnectQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 1999·169 cites·25 claims
- 0497US6377912B1Emulation system with time-multiplexed interconnectQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·153 cites·45 claims
- 0597US6285211B1I/O buffer circuit with pin multiplexingALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 4, 2001·131 cites·19 claims
- 0697US5109353AApparatus for emulation of electronic hardware systemQUICKTURN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 28, 1992·257 cites·64 claims
- 0796US9411524B2Accelerator system for use with secure data storageSECURITY FIRST CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 9, 2016·67 cites·37 claims
- 0896US6694464B1Method and apparatus for dynamically testing electrical interconnectQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 17, 2004·171 cites·24 claims
- 0996US6353552B2PLD with on-chip memory having a shadow registerALTERA CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 5, 2002·56 cites·54 claims
- 1096US6184707B1Look-up table based logic element with complete permutability of the inputs to the secondary signalsALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·257 cites·27 claims
- 1196US5887158ASwitching midplane and interconnecting system for interconnecting large numbers of signalsQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·169 cites·8 claims
- 1296US5352123ASwitching midplane and interconnection system for interconnecting large numbers of signalsQUICKTURN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 4, 1994·145 cites·4 claims
- 1395US7856546B2Configurable processor module accelerator using a programmable logic deviceDRC COMP CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 21, 2010·52 cites·27 claims
- 1494US6011744AProgrammable logic device with multi-port memoryALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 4, 2000·69 cites·11 claims
- 1594US5452239AMethod of removing gated clocks from the clock nets of a netlist for timing sensitive implementation of the netlist in a hardware emulation systemQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 19, 1995·436 cites·2 claims
- 1694US5329470AReconfigurable hardware emulation systemQUICKTURN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 12, 1994·191 cites·29 claims
- 1793US6317367B1FPGA with on-chip multiport memoryALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·37 cites·128 claims
- 1892US8601498B2Accelerator system for use with secure data storageLAURICH LAWRENCE A·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 3, 2013·36 cites·11 claims
- 1992US6567967B2Method for designing large standard-cell base integrated circuitsMONTEREY DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 20, 2003·179 cites·36 claims
- 2091US5821773ALook-up table based logic element with complete permutability of the inputs to the secondary signalsALTERA CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 13, 1998·71 cites·32 claims
- 2190US8824492B2Accelerator system for remote data storageWANG MICHAEL H·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 2, 2014·24 cites·15 claims
- 2290US5870410ADiagnostic interface system for programmable logic system developmentALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 9, 1999·83 cites·13 claims
- 2389US5943490ADistributed logic analyzer for use in a hardware logic emulation systemQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 24, 1999·136 cites·15 claims
- 2489US5841967AMethod and apparatus for design verification using emulation and simulationQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 24, 1998·134 cites·70 claims
- 2587US7739097B2Emulation system with time-multiplexed interconnectQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 15, 2010·26 cites·17 claims
- 2686US4099236ASlave microprocessor for operation with a master microprocessor and a direct memory access controllerINTEL CORP·Filed 1977·Granted Jul 4, 1978·63 cites·10 claims
- 2785US9645951B1Accelerator system for remote data storageDRC COMPUTER CORP·Filed 2014·Granted May 9, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 2885US6058492AMethod and apparatus for design verification using emulation and simulationQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 2, 2000·102 cites·7 claims
- 2983US6842729B2Apparatus for emulation of electronic systemsQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 11, 2005·26 cites·3 claims
- 3083US5477475AMethod for emulating a circuit design using an electrically reconfigurable hardware emulation apparatusQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 19, 1995·81 cites·9 claims
- 3182US6011730AProgrammable logic device with multi-port memoryALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 4, 2000·31 cites·42 claims
- 3279US6289494B1Optimized emulation and prototyping architectureQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 11, 2001·78 cites·10 claims
- 3378US6625793B2Optimized emulation and prototyping architectureQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 23, 2003·23 cites·1 claims
- 3478US6570404B1High-performance programmable logic architectureALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 27, 2003·29 cites·38 claims
- 3577US5963735AHardware logic emulation systemQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 5, 1999·59 cites·4 claims
- 3675US6882176B1High-performance programmable logic architectureQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 19, 2005·14 cites·29 claims
- 3775US5114353AMultiple connector arrangement for printed circuit board interconnectionQUICKTURN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1991·Granted May 19, 1992·38 cites·2 claims
- 3874US5644515AHardware logic emulation system capable of probing internal nodes in a circuit design undergoing emulationQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 1, 1997·59 cites·11 claims
- 3972US6034857AInput/output buffer with overcurrent protection circuitALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 7, 2000·22 cites·4 claims
- 4071US6377911B1Apparatus for emulation of electronic hardware systemQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·44 cites·6 claims
- 4169US6151258AProgrammable logic device with multi-port memoryQUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 21, 2000·13 cites·18 claims
- 4262US6259588B1Input/output buffer with overcurrent protection circuitALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 10, 2001·14 cites·11 claims
- 4347US2011066832A1Configurable Processor Module Accelerator Using A Programmable Logic DeviceDRC COMP CORP·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 4444US2002177990A1Distributed logic analyzer for use in a hardware logic emulation systemFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4541US6219284B1Programmable logic device with multi-port memoryALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·3 cites·7 claims
- 4635US2002087939A1Method for designing large standard-cell based integrated circuitsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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