Inventor · Poughquag, NY, US

Lars Liebmann

213Patents
31h-index
171Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1994 → Aug 30, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5740068A Fidelity enhancement of lithographic and reactive-ion-etched images by optical proximity correction Physics 250 Expired
US6421820B1 Semiconductor device fabrication using a photomask with assist features Physics 249 Expired
US6578190B2 Process window based optical proximity correction of lithographic images Physics 244 Expired
US6553559B2 Method to determine optical proximity correction and assist feature rules which account for variations in mask dimensions Physics 229 Expired
US6993741B2 Generating mask patterns for alternating phase-shift mask lithography Physics 210 Expired
US7115343B2 Pliant SRAF for improved performance and manufacturability Physics 178 Expired
US5807649A Lithographic patterning method and mask set therefor with light field trim mask Physics 129 Expired
US6057063A Phase shifted mask design system, phase shifted mask and VLSI circuit devices manufactured therewith Physics 114 Expired
US8225255B2 Placement and optimization of process dummy cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Active
US8103983B2 Electrically-driven optical proximity correction to compensate for non-optical effects Physics 100 Active
US5537648A "Geometric autogeneration of ""hard"" phase-shift designs for VLSI" Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6083275A Optimized phase shift design migration Physics 95 Expired
US5923566A Phase shifted design verification routine Physics 95 Expired
US5553273A Vertex minimization in a smart optical proximity correction system Physics 86 Expired
US5636131A "Geometric autogeneration of""hard""phase-shift designs for VLSI" Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US5553274A Vertex minimization in a smart optical proximity correction system Physics 84 Expired
US6066180A Automatic generation of phase shift masks using net coloring Physics 76 Expired
US6338922B1 Optimized alternating phase shifted mask design Physics 76 Expired
US5795685A Simple repair method for phase shifting masks Physics 74 Expired
US6185727A Design verification for asymmetric phase shift mask layouts Physics 73 Expired
US5923562A Method for automatically eliminating three way intersection design conflicts in phase edge, phase shift designs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US5657235A Continuous scale optical proximity correction by mask maker dose modulation Physics 70 Expired
US5932377A Exact transmission balanced alternating phase-shifting mask for photolithography Physics 58 Expired
US6602728B1 Method for generating a proximity model based on proximity rules Physics 51 Expired
US10192819B1 Integrated circuit structure incorporating stacked field effect transistors Electricity 45 Active

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