Patents by Inventor Robert R. Arelt

Robert R. Arelt 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).

  • Via selection in integrated circuit design
    Patent number: 8631375
    Abstract: Solutions for efficiently implementing a via into a multi-level integrated circuit layout are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method of creating a multi-level integrated circuit layout with at least one via is disclosed, the method including: providing at least two layers of the multi-level integrated circuit layout; and selecting a via for connecting the at least two layers, wherein the selecting includes retrieving the via from a via library including a plurality of via types, the plurality of via types prioritized in the via library according to a predicted manufacturing yield for each of the plurality of vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Arelt, Jeanne P. S. Bickford, Andrew D. Huber, Gustavo E. Tellez, Karl W. Vinson, Tina Wagner
  • VIA SELECTION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN
    Publication number: 20130268908
    Abstract: Solutions for efficiently implementing a via into a multi-level integrated circuit layout are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method of creating a multi-level integrated circuit layout with at least one via is disclosed, the method including: providing at least two layers of the multi-level integrated circuit layout; and selecting a via for connecting the at least two layers, wherein the selecting includes retrieving the via from a via library including a plurality of via types, the plurality of via types prioritized in the via library according to a predicted manufacturing yield for each of the plurality of vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert R. Arelt, Jeanne P. S. Bickford, Andrew D. Huber, Gustavo E. Tellez, Karl W. Vinson, Tina Wagner