Patents by Inventor Kathryn Heal

Kathryn Heal 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).

  • Machine learning based layout nudging for design rule compliance
    Patent number: 11675960
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for generating integrated circuit layouts are described herein. A computer implemented method for generating integrated circuit layouts includes receiving a first layout for an integrated circuit, segmenting the first layout into a plurality of different patches, each patch of the plurality of patches describing a discrete portion of the first layout, identifying a non-compliant patch of the plurality of patches, the non-compliant patch violating a design rule governing the manufacture of the integrated circuit, generating a transformation of the non-compliant patch using a machine learning model, and generating a second layout using the transformation and the first layout, where the second layout is compliant with the design rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Raj Apte, Cyrus Behroozi, Kathryn Heal, Owen Lewis, Zhigang Pan, Dino Ruic
  • MACHINE LEARNING BASED LAYOUT NUDGING FOR DESIGN RULE COMPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230138706
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for generating integrated circuit layouts are described herein. A computer implemented method for generating integrated circuit layouts includes receiving a first layout for an integrated circuit, segmenting the first layout into a plurality of different patches, each patch of the plurality of patches describing a discrete portion of the first layout, identifying a non-compliant patch of the plurality of patches, the non-compliant patch violating a design rule governing the manufacture of the integrated circuit, generating a transformation of the non-compliant patch using a machine learning model, and generating a second layout using the transformation and the first layout, where the second layout is compliant with the design rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Raj Apte, Cyrus Behroozi, Kathryn Heal, Owen Lewis, Zhigang Pan, Dino Ruic