Patents by Inventor Clifford J. Engle

Clifford J. Engle 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).

  • GATE-ALL-AROUND TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT MODIFICATION USING DIRECT CONTACT AND/OR ACCESS PROBE POINTS
    Publication number: 20240006302
    Abstract: Techniques and structures are disclosed related to coupling to gate-all-around transistors for test and/or debug of an integrated circuit. The gate-all-around transistors, which may also be referred to as 3D stacked transistors or ribbon-FET transistors are contacted directly from the back side or they are contacted using a dedicated probe point on the back side of the gate-all-around transistors. Such contact may be made to probe the devices and/or to provide edit wires to modify the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Richard H. Livengood, Muhammad Usman Raza, Waqas Ali, Tahir Malik, Shida Tan, Martin Von Haartman, Mauro Kobrinsky, Amir Raveh, Clifford J. Engle