Devices processed using x-rays

DL Adler - US Patent 10,559,396, 2020 - Google Patents
Objects undergoing processing by a high resolution X-ray microscope with a high flux X-ray
source that allows high speed metrology or inspection of objects such as integrated circuits …

Computational process control

J Ye, Y Cao, JP Koonmen - US Patent 8,856,694, 2014 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a number of innovations in the area of computational
process control (CPC). CPC offers unique diagnostic capability during chip manufacturing …

Statistical on-chip variation timing analysis

A Adams, A Nardi - US Patent 8,307,317, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A statistical on-chip variation approach to timing analysis permits the
automated or semi-automated selection of design specific margins without requiring …

Method and system for integrated circuit design with on-chip variation and spatial correlation

K Chiang, C Hsiao, CY Huang, JY Chen… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
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spatial correlation - Google Patents US10521538B2 - Method and system for integrated …

Unified model for process variations in integrated circuits

CK Lin, C Hsiao, S Liu - US Patent 8,275,584, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The performance of integrated circuits typically exhibits statistical
fluctuations due to process variations during the manufacturing processes. Devices and …

Method of distributing a random variable using statistically correct spatial interpolation continuously with spatially inhomogeneous statistical correlation versus …

JM Cohn, UA Finkler, DJ Hathaway… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
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Logic-driven layout verification

S Srinivasan, FG Pikus, PD Gibson… - US Patent 10,596,219, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A check for determining the appropriateness of physical design data is
provided, where the check includes both a physical component and a logical component …

Semiconductor hold time fixing

KR Kalpat, R Kumar, N Nimmagadda, SS Shah… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND A wide variety of design and computer-aided methods are utilized to
implement state-of-the art electronic systems. Among the many tasks allotted to the design …

Solutions for modeling spatially correlated variations in an integrated circuit

HW Trombley, JS Watts - US Patent 8,903,697, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The subject matter disclosed herein relates to solutions for modeling
objects in the design of integrated circuits. More specifically, the subject matter disclosed …

Process window optical proximity correction

C Hess, R Shi, G Verma - US Patent 7,493,590, 2009 - Google Patents
US PATENT DOCUMENTS desired design of the one or more printed features. The error
function takes into account parameters (po... p.) from across the process window in addition …