Patents by Inventor Kurt Alan Tallman

Kurt Alan Tallman 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).

  • Layout determining for wide wire on-chip interconnect lines
    Patent number: 8943456
    Abstract: A method for determining the layout of an interconnect line is provided including: providing a required width for the interconnect line; determining a layout of the interconnect line including slotting the interconnect line to provide two or more fingers extending along the interconnect line with an elongate slot separating adjacent fingers; and determining a number of elongate apertures to be arranged across the width of the interconnect line by comparing the required width with a maximal width for a solid metal feature, and a minimal elongate aperture width. The two or more fingers and elongate slot may be of constant width and equally spaced across the interconnect line width. The method may include selecting the number of fingers and the width of the slots to optimize the layout for a given layer technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Gordin, David Goren, Sue Ellen Strang, Kurt Alan Tallman, Youri V. Tretiakov
  • LAYOUT DETERMINING FOR WIDE WIRE ON-CHIP INTERCONNECT LINES
    Publication number: 20110179392
    Abstract: A method for determining the layout of an interconnect line is provided including: providing a required width for the interconnect line; determining a layout of the interconnect line including slotting the interconnect line to provide two or more fingers extending along the interconnect line with an elongate slot separating adjacent fingers; and determining a number of elongate apertures to be arranged across the width of the interconnect line by comparing the required width with a maximal width for a solid metal feature, and a minimal elongate aperture width. The two or more fingers and elongate slot may be of constant width and equally spaced across the interconnect line width. The method may include selecting the number of fingers and the width of the slots to optimize the layout for a given layer technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Gordin, David Goren, Sue Ellen Strang, Kurt Alan Tallman, Youri V. Tretiakov