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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Lynne M. Gignac, Beacon, NY (US);
Chung-Ching Lin, White Plains, NY (US);
Franco Stellari, Waldwick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/307 (2006.01); G01R 31/303 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/307 (2013.01); G01R 31/303 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more contacts are detected in an electron microscope image corresponding to a region of interest on an integrated circuit. One or more standard cells are identified based on the detected one or more contacts in the electron microscope image. One or more components of the integrated circuit are determined based on the identified one or more standard cells.