Patents by Inventor Stephan Puelm

Stephan Puelm 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).

  • Waferstart processes and systems for integrated circuit fabrication
    Patent number: 9367882
    Abstract: A waferstart process for integrated circuit fabrication includes entering order information from requested wafers into a computer through a data input interface of the computer. A container is provided including supplied wafers and having a machine-readable medium associated therewith. The machine-readable medium is encoded with wafer data pertaining to the supplied wafers. The wafer data is entered from the machine-readable medium associated with the container into the computer. The order information and the wafer data are compared within the computer to create a verified data set in the computer upon the computer determining that the supplied wafers in the container correspond to the requested wafers in the order information. The verified data set is stored in a storage medium within the computer. The supplied wafers are transferred from the container to a front opening unified pod after creating the verified data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tony Genenncher, Stephan Puelm, Michael Foerster, Juergen Sieberg
  • Waferstart processes and systems for integrated circuit fabrication
    Patent number: 9251542
    Abstract: A waferstart process for integrated circuit fabrication includes entering order information from requested wafers into a computer through a data input interface of the computer. A container is provided including supplied wafers and having a machine-readable medium associated therewith. The machine-readable medium is encoded with wafer data pertaining to the supplied wafers. The wafer data is entered from the machine-readable medium associated with the container into the computer. The order information and the wafer data are compared within the computer to create a verified data set in the computer upon the computer determining that the supplied wafers in the container correspond to the requested wafers in the order information. The verified data set is stored in a storage medium within the computer. The supplied wafers are transferred from the container to a front opening unified pod after creating the verified data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tony Genenncher, Stephan Puelm, Michael Foerster, Juergen Sieberg
  • DOCUMENT DRIVEN METHODS OF MANAGING THE CONTENT OF DATABASES THAT CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20140324769
    Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes storing a semiconductor manufacturing document in a document management system, wherein the semiconductor manufacturing document comprises semiconductor manufacturing data, and actuating an extractor tool to extract at least a portion of the semiconductor manufacturing data from the semiconductor manufacturing document and transfer the extracted semiconductor manufacturing data to at least one table in the semiconductor manufacturing database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Puelm, Roy Boerner, Alexander Kroll, Uwe Heber, Thomas Kretschmer, Hardy Schumacher, Uwe Mende-Preusser, Gert Poeschel
  • WAFERSTART PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20140046474
    Abstract: A waferstart process for integrated circuit fabrication includes entering order information from requested wafers into a computer through a data input interface of the computer. A container is provided including supplied wafers and having a machine-readable medium associated therewith. The machine-readable medium is encoded with wafer data pertaining to the supplied wafers. The wafer data is entered from the machine-readable medium associated with the container into the computer. The order information and the wafer data are compared within the computer to create a verified data set in the computer upon the computer determining that the supplied wafers in the container correspond to the requested wafers in the order information. The verified data set is stored in a storage medium within the computer. The supplied wafers are transferred from the container to a front opening unified pod after creating the verified data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Tony Genenncher, Stephan Puelm, Michael Foerster, Juergen Sieberg