Patents by Inventor Dileep N. NETRABILE

Dileep N. NETRABILE 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT A NUMBER OF ELECTROMIGRATION CRITICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20110283249
    Abstract: A method and system to predict a number of electromigration critical elements in semiconductor products. This method includes determining critical element factors for a plurality of library elements in a circuit design library using a design tool running on a computer device and based on at least one of an increased reliability temperature and an increased expected current. The method also includes determining a number of critical elements in a product based on: (i) numbers of respective ones of the plurality of library elements comprised in the product, and (ii) the critical element factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeanne P. BICKFORD, Peter A. HABITZ, Baozhen LI, Paul S. MCLAUGHLIN, Dileep N. NETRABILE