Inventor · Hollister, CA, US

Larg Weiland

95Patents
10h-index
35Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 17, 2000 → Oct 31, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6834375B1 System and method for product yield prediction using a logic characterization vehicle Electricity 222 Expired
US6901564B2 System and method for product yield prediction Electricity 127 Expired
US7174521B2 System and method for product yield prediction Electricity 20 Expired
US6475871B1 Passive multiplexor test structure for integrated circuit manufacturing Electricity 18 Expired
US9799575B2 Integrated circuit containing DOEs of NCEM-enabled fill cells Electricity 17 Active
US9805994B1 Mesh-style NCEM pads, and process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using in-line measurements from such pads Electricity 13 Active
US9870962B1 Integrated circuit including NCEM-enabled, interlayer overlap-configured fill cells, with NCEM pads formed from at least three conductive stripes positioned between adjacent gates Electricity 12 Active
US6787800B2 Test vehicle with zig-zag structures Physics 11 Expired
US9627370B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 11 Active
US7024642B2 Extraction method of defect density and size distributions Electricity 10 Expired
US7356800B2 System and method for product yield prediction Electricity 8 Active
US10593604B1 Process for making semiconductor dies, chips, and wafers using in-line measurements obtained from DOEs of NCEM-enabled fill cells Electricity 8 Active
US7373625B2 System and method for product yield prediction Electricity 7 Active
US7197726B2 Test structures for estimating dishing and erosion effects in copper damascene technology Electricity 6 Expired
US7673262B2 System and method for product yield prediction Electricity 6 Active
US9627371B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 5 Active
US10978438B1 IC with test structures and E-beam pads embedded within a contiguous standard cell area Electricity 4 Active
US9691672B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 4 Active
US10096530B1 Process 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 cells Electricity 3 Active
US10199283B1 Method 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 stage Electricity 3 Active
US9773774B1 Process 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 cells Electricity 3 Active
US7154115B2 Zoom in pin nest structure, test vehicle having the structure, and method of fabricating the structure Electricity 3 Expired
US9741703B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 3 Active
US9786648B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 2 Active
US9761575B1 Integrated 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 cells Electricity 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.