Patents by Inventor Guenter Gerstmeier

Guenter Gerstmeier 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 apparatus for placing an integrated circuit into a default mode of operation
    Publication number: 20030179010
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a signal bus carrying address signals includes mode selection means. The mode selection means has a default state and a non-default state. The integrated circuit is placed into a default and generic mode of operation when the mode selection means is in the default state. An address signal applied to the integrated circuit is interpreted as a specific mode of operation when the integrated circuit is in the default and generic mode of operation. The mode selection means when in the non-default state precludes placement of the integrated circuit into the default and generic mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies North America Corp.
    Inventors: Guenter Gerstmeier, Georg Antonischki, Shane Sanders, Marco Ziegelmaier
  • Method for examining structures on a wafer
    Publication number: 20020090747
    Abstract: In a method for examining structures on a wafer, at least one mask, which is applied on the wafer and is fabricated by exposure processes, is used for fabricating the structures. Test circuits with test structures are placed on the mask in predetermined reference positions. In order to check the structures and/or the exposure processes, electrical parameters of the test circuits are detected and evaluated in a location-dependent manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Guenter Gerstmeier, Frank Richter, Valentin Rosskopf