Patents by Inventor Chih-Chun Hsia

Chih-Chun Hsia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hotspot Avoidance Method of Manufacturing Integrated Circuits
    Publication number: 20230267264
    Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: I-Shuo Liu, Chih-Chun Hsia, Hsin-Ting Chou, Kuanhua Su, William Weilun Hong, Chih Hung Chen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Hotspot avoidance method of manufacturing integrated circuits
    Patent number: 11675953
    Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Shuo Liu, Chih-Chun Hsia, Hsin-Ting Chou, Kuanhua Su, William Weilun Hong, Chih Hung Chen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Hotspot Avoidance Method of Manufacturing Integrated Circuits
    Publication number: 20220382947
    Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: I-Shuo Liu, Chih-Chun Hsia, Hsin-Ting Chou, Kuanhua Su, William Weilun Hong, Chih Hung Chen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Hotspot avoidance method for manufacturing integrated circuits
    Patent number: 11443095
    Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Shuo Liu, Chih-Chun Hsia, Hsin Ting Chou, Kuanhua Su, William Weilun Hong, Chih Hung Chen, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Hotspot Avoidance Method for Manufacturing Integrated Circuits
    Publication number: 20220012400
    Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: I-Shuo Liu, Chih-Chun Hsia, Hsin Ting Chou, Kuanhua Su, William Weilun Hong, Chih Hung Chen, Kei-Wei Chen