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Dennis Ciplickas
Also filed as: CIPLICKAS DENNIS · CIPLICKAS DENNIS J
104 granted patents·2 pending applications·947 citations·filing 2000–2024
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106 records- 0199US9496119B1E-beam inspection apparatus and method of using the same on various integrated circuit chipsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 15, 2016·77 cites·21 claims
- 0298US10593604B1Process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using in-line measurements obtained from DOEs of NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 17, 2020·19 cites·19 claims
- 0398US9870962B1Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, interlayer overlap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 16, 2018·13 cites·19 claims
- 0498US9799575B2Integrated circuit containing DOEs of NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·19 cites·11 claims
- 0598US6834375B1System and method for product yield prediction using a logic characterization vehiclePDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 21, 2004·246 cites·11 claims
- 0697US9805994B1Mesh-style NCEM pads, and process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using in-line measurements from such padsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·15 cites·18 claims
- 0797US9627370B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, GATE-short-configured, GATECNT-short-configured, and TS-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 18, 2017·15 cites·20 claims
- 0897US6901564B2System and method for product yield predictionPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 31, 2005·143 cites·45 claims
- 0996US10978438B1IC with test structures and E-beam pads embedded within a contiguous standard cell areaPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 13, 2021·9 cites·14 claims
- 1095US7174521B2System and method for product yield predictionPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 6, 2007·32 cites·36 claims
- 1193US9741703B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and ilbrary-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, gate-short-configured, TS-short-configured, and AA-short-conigured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 22, 2017·4 cites·20 claims
- 1293US9691672B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, GATE-short-configured, GATECNT-short-configured, and metal-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 27, 2017·4 cites·20 claims
- 1393US9627371B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, GATE-short-configured, GATECNT-short-configured, and AA-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 18, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 1493US7487474B2Designing an integrated circuit to improve yield using a variant design elementPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 3, 2009·182 cites·64 claims
- 1592US7434197B1Method for improving mask layout and fabricationPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 7, 2008·21 cites·21 claims
- 1692US7356800B2System and method for product yield predictionPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 8, 2008·15 cites·20 claims
- 1791US7673262B2System and method for product yield predictionPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 2, 2010·11 cites·20 claims
- 1891US7373625B2System and method for product yield predictionPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 13, 2008·12 cites·29 claims
- 1990US10199288B1Method for processing a semiconductor wafer using non-contact electrical measurements indicative of at least one side-to-side short or leakage, at least one corner short or leakage, and at least one via open or resistance, where such measurements are obtained from non-contact pads associated with respective side-to-side short, corner short, and via open test areasPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 5, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2090US10199283B1Method for processing a semiconductor wager using non-contact electrical measurements indicative of a resistance through a stitch, where such measurements are obtained by scanning a pad comprised of at least three parallel conductive stripes using a moving stage with beam deflection to account for motion of the stagePDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 5, 2019·3 cites·20 claims
- 2190US9905487B1Process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using non-contact measurements obtained from DOEs of NCEM-enabled fill cells on test wafers that include multiple means/steps for enabling NC detection of V0 via opensPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 27, 2018·3 cites·10 claims
- 2289US9786648B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least chamfer-short-configured, AACNT-short-configured, GATECNT-short-configured, and TS-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 10, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2389US9773773B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least chamfer-short-configured, AACNT-short-configured, GATE-short-configured, and GATECNT-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 26, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2489US9761575B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least chamfer-short-configured, AACNT-short-configured, GATE-short-configured, and TS-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 12, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2587US12429520B2Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement on a cell, non-contact electrical measurement cell vehicle, chip, wafer, die, or logic blockPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 30, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2687US10290552B1Methods for processing a semiconductor wafer using non-contact electrical measurements indicative of at least one tip-to-tip short or leakage, at least one via-chamfer short or leakage, and at least one corner short or leakage, where such measurements are obtained from cells with respective tip-to-tip short, via-chamfer short, and corner short test areas, using a charged particle-beam inspector with beam deflection to account for motion of the stagePDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 14, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2787US10199294B1Method for processing a semiconductor wafer using non-contact electrical measurements indicative of a least one side-to-side short or leakage, at least one via-chamfer short or leakage, and at least one corner short or leakage, where such measurements are obtained from cells with respective side-to-side short, via-chamfer short, and corner short test areas, using a charged particle-beam inspector with beam deflection to account for motion of the stagePDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 5, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 2887US9761573B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, AACNT-short-configured, GATE-short-configured, and TS-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 12, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2986US10096530B1Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including merged-via open configured fill cells, and the second DOE including stitch open configured fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 9, 2018·4 cites·14 claims
- 3085US9947601B1Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, side-to-side gap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 17, 2018·1 cites·19 claims
- 3184US9922968B1Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including side-to-side short configured fill cells, and the second DOE including chamfer short configured fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 20, 2018·1 cites·23 claims
- 3284US9773774B1Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including chamfer short configured fill cells, and the second DOE including corner short configured fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 26, 2017·4 cites·17 claims
- 3384US9721937B1Integrated circuit containing first and second does of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including side-to-side short configured fill cells, and the second DOE including tip-to-tip short configured fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 1, 2017·1 cites·23 claims
- 3483US9653446B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, AACNT-short-configured, TS-short-configured, and AA-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 16, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 3582US12038476B2Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement on a cell, non-contact electrical measurement cell vehicle, chip, wafer, die, or logic blockPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 16, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 3680US9911649B1Process for making and using mesh-style NCEM padsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 6, 2018·2 cites·3 claims
- 3780US9728553B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, AACNT-short-configured, GATE-short-configured, and TS-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 8, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 3879US9831141B1Integrated circuit containing DOEs of GATE-snake-open-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 28, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 3979US9711421B1Process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using in-line measurements obtained from DOEs of GATE-snake-open-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 18, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 4078US11668746B2Systems, devices, and methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement on a cell, non-contact electrical measurement cell vehicle, chip, wafer, die, or logic blockPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 6, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4178US7568180B2Generalization of the photo process window and its application to OPC test pattern designPDF SOLUTIONS·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 28, 2009·6 cites·20 claims
- 4276US9929063B1Process for making an integrated circuit that includes NCEM-Enabled, tip-to-side gap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 27, 2018·2 cites·19 claims
- 4376US9768083B1Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second DOEs of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including merged-via open configured fill cells, and the second DOE including snake open configured fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 19, 2017·2 cites·16 claims
- 4476US9646961B1Integrated circuit containing standard logic cells and library-compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, including at least via-open-configured, AACNT-short-configured, TS-short-configured, and metal-short-configured, NCEM-enabled fill cellsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 9, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 4574US10199284B1Method for processing a semiconductor wafer using non-contact electrical measurements indicative of at least one tip-to-tip short or leakage, at least one tip-to-side short or leakage, and at least one chamfer short or leakage, where such measurements are obtained from non-contact pads associated with respective tip-to-tip short, tip-to-side short, and chamfer short test areasPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 5, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4674US7024642B2Extraction method of defect density and size distributionsPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 4, 2006·16 cites·24 claims
- 4773US11340293B2Methods for performing a non-contact electrical measurement on a cell, chip, wafer, die, or logic blockPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 24, 2022·0 cites·15 claims
- 4873US10109539B1Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, tip-to-side gap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 23, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
- 4973US9922890B1Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, snake-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 20, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
- 5073US9911669B1Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, diagonal gap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gatesPDF SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
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