Patents by Inventor Steven Zebertavage

Steven Zebertavage 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: 10628544
    Abstract: A technique for optimizing integrated circuit (IC) designs based on interaction between multiple integration design rules is provided. For a plurality of IC features, total risk values are determined based on multiple integration design rules. IC features are ordered based on the total risk values. IC features having the highest total risk values are selected based on a threshold count. An IC design is clipped around the high-risk IC features. An overall failure rate is simulated for the clipped area. If the overall failure rate exceeds a threshold, a predicted failure rate for each design rule that applies to IC features within the clipped area is calculated. A high-risk design rule is identified based on the predicted failure rates. The IC design is modified such that a difference between a design rule value of the high-risk design rule and a corresponding design value is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jason D. Hibbeler, Dongbing Shao, Steven Zebertavage
  • Patent number: 10592627
    Abstract: A technique for optimizing integrated circuit (IC) designs based on interaction between multiple integration design rules is provided. For a plurality of IC features, total risk values are determined based on multiple integration design rules. IC features are ordered based on the total risk values. IC features having the highest total risk values are selected based on a threshold count. An IC design is clipped around the high-risk IC features. An overall failure rate is simulated for the clipped area. If the overall failure rate exceeds a threshold, a predicted failure rate for each design rule that applies to IC features within the clipped area is calculated. A high-risk design rule is identified based on the predicted failure rates. The IC design is modified such that a difference between a design rule value of the high-risk design rule and a corresponding design value is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jason D. Hibbeler, Dongbing Shao, Steven Zebertavage
  • Publication number: 20190095550
    Abstract: A technique for optimizing integrated circuit (IC) designs based on interaction between multiple integration design rules is provided. For a plurality of IC features, total risk values are determined based on multiple integration design rules. IC features are ordered based on the total risk values. IC features having the highest total risk values are selected based on a threshold count. An IC design is clipped around the high-risk IC features. An overall failure rate is simulated for the clipped area. If the overall failure rate exceeds a threshold, a predicted failure rate for each design rule that applies to IC features within the clipped area is calculated. A high-risk design rule is identified based on the predicted failure rates. The IC design is modified such that a difference between a design rule value of the high-risk design rule and a corresponding design value is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jason D. Hibbeler, Dongbing Shao, Steven Zebertavage
  • Publication number: 20190095551
    Abstract: A technique for optimizing integrated circuit (IC) designs based on interaction between multiple integration design rules is provided. For a plurality of IC features, total risk values are determined based on multiple integration design rules. IC features are ordered based on the total risk values. IC features having the highest total risk values are selected based on a threshold count. An IC design is clipped around the high-risk IC features. An overall failure rate is simulated for the clipped area. If the overall failure rate exceeds a threshold, a predicted failure rate for each design rule that applies to IC features within the clipped area is calculated. A high-risk design rule is identified based on the predicted failure rates. The IC design is modified such that a difference between a design rule value of the high-risk design rule and a corresponding design value is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jason D. Hibbeler, Dongbing Shao, Steven Zebertavage