Patents by Inventor Timothy C. Johnston

Timothy C. Johnston 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).

  • Publication number: 20240134269
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to optical proximity corrections to an integrated circuit photomask. A method may include identifying a first contour of a first adjacent polygon of a photomask predicted for a first polygon of an integrated circuit, the first contour excluding a first corner formed by a first edge and a second edge of the first polygon; identifying a second contour of a second adjacent polygon of a photomask predicted for a second polygon of the integrated circuit, the second contour excluding a second corner formed by a third edge and a fourth edge of the second polygon; generating a fast contour prediction based on corner rounding associated with the first contour and the second contour; and generating, based on the fast contour prediction, a minimum distance between the first contour and the second contour, the minimum distance associated with the optical proximity corrections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy C. Johnston, Seongtae Jeong, Talha Khan, Anjan Raghunathan