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Francis B. Heile
Also filed as: HEILE FRANCIS B
46 granted patents·1 pending application·4,050 citations·filing 1991–2003
99Inventor score
Files withALTERA CORP46
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47 records- 0199US5485103AProgrammable logic array with local and global conductorsALTERA CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 16, 1996·285 cites·17 claims
- 0299US5260611AProgrammable logic array having local and long distance conductorsALTERA CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 9, 1993·496 cites·11 claims
- 0399US5260610AProgrammable logic element interconnections for programmable logic array integrated circuitsALTERA CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 9, 1993·486 cites·26 claims
- 0498US6020759AProgrammable logic array device with random access memory configurable as product termsALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 1, 2000·144 cites·27 claims
- 0598US5241224AHigh-density erasable programmable logic device architecture using multiplexer interconnectionsALTERA CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 31, 1993·178 cites·19 claims
- 0697US6326807B1Programmable logic architecture incorporating a content addressable embedded array blockALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 4, 2001·132 cites·13 claims
- 0797US5909126AProgrammable logic array integrated circuit devices with interleaved logic array blocksALTERA CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 1, 1999·133 cites·43 claims
- 0896US6490717B1Generation of sub-netlists for use in incremental compilationALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 3, 2002·96 cites·28 claims
- 0996US5999015ALogic region resources for programmable logic devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 7, 1999·128 cites·48 claims
- 1095US6298319B1Incremental compilation of electronic design for work groupALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 2, 2001·160 cites·24 claims
- 1195US5982195AProgrammable logic device architecturesALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·114 cites·21 claims
- 1295US5850152AProgrammable logic array integrated circuit devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 15, 1998·69 cites·10 claims
- 1394US6026226ALocal compilation in context within a design hierarchyALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 15, 2000·157 cites·38 claims
- 1493US5983277AWork group computing for electronic design automationALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·374 cites·38 claims
- 1593US5376844AProgrammable logic device with multiplexer-based programmable interconnectionsALTERA CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 27, 1994·61 cites·23 claims
- 1692US6134705AGeneration of sub-netlists for use in incremental compilationALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 17, 2000·110 cites·27 claims
- 1792US5850151AProgrammable logic array intergrated circuit devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 15, 1998·47 cites·16 claims
- 1891US6321369B1Interface for compiling project variations in electronic design environmentsALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 20, 2001·127 cites·21 claims
- 1991US5436575AProgrammable logic array integrated circuitsALTERA CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 25, 1995·88 cites·21 claims
- 2091US5384499AHigh-density erasable programmable logic device architecture using multiplexer interconnectionsALTERA CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 24, 1995·49 cites·32 claims
- 2190US6453382B1Content addressable memory encoded outputsALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 17, 2002·80 cites·5 claims
- 2289US6294928B1Programmable logic device with highly routable interconnectALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 25, 2001·50 cites·19 claims
- 2387US6317860B1Electronic design automation tool for display of design profileALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 13, 2001·66 cites·44 claims
- 2486US6195788B1Mapping heterogeneous logic elements in a programmable logic deviceALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 27, 2001·134 cites·29 claims
- 2583US7148722B1PCI-compatible programmable logic devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 12, 2006·25 cites·3 claims
- 2680US5268598AHigh-density erasable programmable logic device architecture using multiplexer interconnectionsALTERA CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 7, 1993·33 cites·27 claims
- 2777US5670895ARouting connections for programmable logic array integrated circuitsALTERA CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 23, 1997·36 cites·35 claims
- 2876US6392438B1Programmable logic array integrated circuit devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·10 cites·20 claims
- 2976US6144573AProgrammable logic devices with improved content addressable memory capabilitiesALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 7, 2000·31 cites·17 claims
- 3076US5963049AProgrammable logic array integrated circuit architecturesALTERA CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 5, 1999·24 cites·14 claims
- 3174US6414514B1Logic device architecture and method of operationALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 2, 2002·12 cites·25 claims
- 3266US6646467B1PCI-compatible programmable logic devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 11, 2003·9 cites·16 claims
- 3366US6344989B1Programmable logic devices with improved content addressable memory capabilitiesALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 5, 2002·13 cites·27 claims
- 3461US6556500B2Programmable logic array device with random access memory configurable as product termsALTERA CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 29, 2003·6 cites·20 claims
- 3561US6160419AProgrammable logic architecture incorporating a content addressable embedded array blockALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 12, 2000·14 cites·27 claims
- 3660US6204688B1Programmable logic array integrated circuit devices with interleaved logic array blocksALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 20, 2001·12 cites·12 claims
- 3759US6184706B1Logic device architecture and method of operationALTERA CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·11 cites·23 claims
- 3858US6118720AProgrammable logic array device with random access memory configurable as product termsALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 12, 2000·10 cites·14 claims
- 3957US6259272B1Programmable logic array integrated circuit architecturesALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 10, 2001·11 cites·8 claims
- 4054US6347061B1Programmable logic array device with random access memory configurable as product termsALTERA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 12, 2002·4 cites·23 claims
- 4149US6759870B2Programmable logic array integrated circuitsALTERA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 6, 2004·4 cites·51 claims
- 4245US6815981B2Programmable logic array integrated circuit devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 9, 2004·1 cites·29 claims
- 4340US6271681B1PCI-compatible programmable logic devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 7, 2001·4 cites·15 claims
- 4439US6367058B1Partitioning using hardwareALTERA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 2, 2002·10 cites·42 claims
- 4537US2003016053A1Programmable logic array integrated circuit devicesFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4636US6366121B2Programmable logic array integrated circuit architecturesALTERA CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 2, 2002·0 cites·16 claims
- 4734US5768562AMethods for implementing logic in auxiliary components associated with programmable logic array devicesALTERA CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 16, 1998·6 cites·15 claims
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