Patents by Inventor James R. Potthast

James R. Potthast 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 conducting automated integrated circuit analysis
    Patent number: 10180402
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scanning an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of time-synchronized laser microscopes, each of which is configured to scan the same field of view of an integrated circuit under test that generates a plurality of images of the integrated circuit under test, a data processor, coupled to the laser scanning microscope, for processing the plurality of images, comprising, a netlist extractor (NE) that produces one or more netlists defining structure of the integrated circuit under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: David S. Stoker, Erik Frank Matlin, Motilal Agrawal, James R. Potthast, Neil William Troy
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING AUTOMATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140172345
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scanning an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of time-synchronized laser microscopes, each of which is configured to scan the same field of view of an integrated circuit under test that generates a plurality of images of the integrated circuit under test, a data processor, coupled to the laser scanning microscope, for processing the plurality of images, comprising, a netlist extractor (NE) that produces one or more netlists defining structure of the integrated circuit under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SRI International
    Inventors: David S. Stoker, Erik Frank Matlin, Motilal Agrawal, James R. Potthast, Neil William Troy