Patents by Inventor Joseph S. SPECTOR

Joseph S. SPECTOR 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).

  • Patent number: 12153087
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. Vertical and horizontal routing lines are in the scribe lines interconnecting the rows and columns of chips. Test circuit sites are in the scribe lines, each test circuit site including contact pads for simultaneous connection to probe card needles, sensor circuit select and control circuitry, and a sensor circuit bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: IC ANALYTICA, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick G. Drennan, Joseph S. Spector, Richard Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 12007429
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. Voltage regulators are positioned within the scribe lines. Each voltage regulator is connected to one or more chips. Selection circuitry is positioned within the scribe lines. The selection circuitry governs access to a chip being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: IC ANALYTICA, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick G. Drennan, Joseph S. Spector, Richard Wunderlich
  • Publication number: 20220413045
    Abstract: An apparatus has a collection of ring oscillators. An instruction register block is configured to sequentially address and activate each ring oscillator in the collection of ring oscillators. A multiplexer with input lines is connected to each ring oscillator in the collection of ring oscillators and an output line. A pulse counter is connected to the output line of the multiplexer to count the number of oscillations of a selected ring oscillator within a selected time period to form a multiple bit frequency count output signal. A data shift register receives the multiple bit frequency count output signal and produces a serial frequency count output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Richard WUNDERLICH, Joseph S. SPECTOR, Brian DEGNAN, Patrick G. DRENNAN
  • Publication number: 20220413040
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. Vertical and horizontal routing lines are in the scribe lines interconnecting the rows and columns of chips. Test circuit sites are in the scribe lines, each test circuit site including contact pads for simultaneous connection to probe card needles, sensor circuit select and control circuitry, and a sensor circuit bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick G. DRENNAN, Joseph S. SPECTOR, Richard WUNDERLICH
  • Publication number: 20220413037
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. Voltage regulators are positioned within the scribe lines. Each voltage regulator is connected to one or more chips. Selection circuitry is positioned within the scribe lines. The selection circuitry governs access to a chip being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick G. DRENNAN, Joseph S. SPECTOR, Richard WUNDERLICH
  • Publication number: 20220415728
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. There are test circuit sites in the scribe lines, each test circuit site including contact pads for simultaneous connection to probe card needles, sensor circuit select and control circuitry, and a sensor circuit bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick G. DRENNAN, Joseph S. SPECTOR, Richard WUNDERLICH
  • Publication number: 20220415727
    Abstract: An apparatus has a semiconductor wafer hosting rows and columns of chips, where the rows and columns of chips are separated by scribe lines. Selection circuitry is positioned within the scribe lines. The selection circuitry is connected to test circuits in the scribe lines. The selection circuitry operates to enable voltage control at a single test circuit while disabling all other test circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph S. SPECTOR, Richard WUNDERLICH, Patrick G. DRENNAN