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Cliff Hou
Also filed as: HOU CLIFF
20 granted patents·1 pending application·323 citations·filing 2001–2011
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21 records- 0191US7685558B2Method for detection and scoring of hot spots in a design layoutTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 23, 2010·28 cites·16 claims
- 0290US7954072B2Model import for electronic design automationTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted May 31, 2011·20 cites·20 claims
- 0389US7783999B2Electrical parameter extraction for integrated circuit designTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 24, 2010·23 cites·16 claims
- 0488US7797646B2Method for using mixed multi-Vt devices in a cell-based designTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 14, 2010·17 cites·17 claims
- 0587US8037575B2Method for shape and timing equivalent dimension extractionTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 18, 2011·17 cites·18 claims
- 0687US7281230B2Method of using mixed multi-Vt devices in a cell-based designTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 9, 2007·16 cites·16 claims
- 0784US7640520B2Design flow for shrinking circuits having non-shrinkable IP layoutTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2009·15 cites·17 claims
- 0882US6862723B1Methodology of generating antenna effect models for library/IP in VLSI physical designTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 1, 2005·42 cites·20 claims
- 0982US6789248B1Method and apparatus to perform resistance and capacitance (RC) parameter customization for better timing closure results in physical synthesis and optimizationTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·41 cites·23 claims
- 1080US6587997B1Automatic resistance and capacitance technology file generator for multiple RC extractorsTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 1, 2003·33 cites·8 claims
- 1175US8352888B2Model import for electronic design automationTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 8, 2013·3 cites·8 claims
- 1274US8214772B2Model import for electronic design automationLIU RU-GUN·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 3, 2012·3 cites·20 claims
- 1374US7262951B2De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuitsTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2007·16 cites·16 claims
- 1474US7017132B2Methodology to optimize hierarchical clock skew by clock delay compensationTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 21, 2006·20 cites·18 claims
- 1573US7994606B2De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuitsTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 9, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 1673US7801717B2Method for smart dummy insertion to reduce run time and dummy countTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 21, 2010·6 cites·23 claims
- 1771US7793130B2Mother/daughter switch design with self power-up controlTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 7, 2010·5 cites·20 claims
- 1867US6797999B2Flexible routing channels among viasTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 28, 2004·14 cites·17 claims
- 1942US2007108554A1De-coupling capacitors produced by utilizing dummy conductive structures integrated circuitsHOU CLIFF·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2040US8826207B2Method of generating technology file for integrated circuit design toolsHOU CLIFF·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 2, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 2138US7247894B2Very fine-grain voltage island integrated circuitTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 24, 2007·0 cites·18 claims
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