Patents by Inventor Doug Sutherland

Doug Sutherland 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).

  • Advanced in-line part average testing
    Patent number: 11293970
    Abstract: An inspection system may include a controller communicatively coupled to one or more in-line sample analysis tools including, but not limited to, an inspection tool or a metrology tool. The controller may identify defects in a population of dies based on data received from at least one of the one or more in-line sample analysis tools, assign weights to the identified defects indicative of predicted impact of the identified defects on reliability of the dies using a weighted defectivity model, generate defectivity scores for the dies in the population by aggregating the weighted defects in the respective dies in the population, and determine a set of outlier dies based on the defectivity scores for the dies in the population, wherein at least some of the set of outlier dies are isolated from the population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Price, Robert J. Rathert, Kara L. Sherman, John Charles Robinson, Mike Von Den Hoff, Barry Saville, Robert Cappel, Oreste Donzella, Naema Bhatti, Thomas Groos, Teng-Song Lim, Doug Sutherland
  • ADVANCED IN-LINE PART AVERAGE TESTING
    Publication number: 20210215753
    Abstract: An inspection system may include a controller communicatively coupled to one or more in-line sample analysis tools including, but not limited to, an inspection tool or a metrology tool. The controller may identify defects in a population of dies based on data received from at least one of the one or more in-line sample analysis tools, assign weights to the identified defects indicative of predicted impact of the identified defects on reliability of the dies using a weighted defectivity model, generate defectivity scores for the dies in the population by aggregating the weighted defects in the respective dies in the population, and determine a set of outlier dies based on the defectivity scores for the dies in the population, wherein at least some of the set of outlier dies are isolated from the population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Price, Robert J. Rathert, Kara L. Sherman, John Charles Robinson, Mike Von Den Hoff, Barry Saville, Robert Cappel, Oreste Donzella, Naema Bhatti, Thomas Groos, Teng-Song Lim, Doug Sutherland
  • SYSTEM, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR REAL-TIME REWARDS ACCUMULATION AND REDEMPTION
    Publication number: 20180165704
    Abstract: A system comprising a rewards database operable to maintain records on a user's accumulated rewards points; and a rewards server operable to receive transaction information from a payment network, calculate an rewards point count associated with the transaction, and reduce the user's accumulated rewards points by the rewards point count; and communicate a credit associated with the transaction information to the payment network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffery D. Mullen, Doug Sutherland, Jonathan L. Beaver