Mark A. Lavin
90Patents
23h-index
118Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 24, 1989 → Dec 6, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7312487B2 | Three dimensional integrated circuit | Electricity | 306 | Expired |
| US7723207B2 | Three dimensional integrated circuit and method of design | Electricity | 269 | Active |
| US6578190B2 | Process window based optical proximity correction of lithographic images | Physics | 244 | Expired |
| US7353492B2 | Method of IC fabrication, IC mask fabrication and program product therefor | Physics | 194 | Expired |
| US6057063A | Phase shifted mask design system, phase shifted mask and VLSI circuit devices manufactured therewith | Physics | 114 | Expired |
| US5537648A | "Geometric autogeneration of ""hard"" phase-shift designs for VLSI" | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 99 | Expired |
| US5636131A | "Geometric autogeneration of""hard""phase-shift designs for VLSI" | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 85 | Expired |
| US6066180A | Automatic generation of phase shift masks using net coloring | Physics | 76 | Expired |
| US6247853A | Incremental method for critical area and critical region computation of via blocks | Electricity | 72 | Expired |
| US6738954B1 | Method for prediction random defect yields of integrated circuits with accuracy and computation time controls | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US5923563A | Variable density fill shape generation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 67 | Expired |
| US7010776B2 | Extending the range of lithographic simulation integrals | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US5636133A | Efficient generation of fill shapes for chips and packages | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US7001693B2 | Binary OPC for assist feature layout optimization | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US6189130A | System and method for determining density maps in hierarchical designs | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5552996A | Method and system using the design pattern of IC chips in the processing thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US7536664B2 | Physical design system and method | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6895372B1 | System and method for VLSI visualization | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US4876733A | Method for performing morphic transformations on image data in a general purpose computer | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6044208A | Incremental critical area computation for VLSI yield prediction | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US7089511B2 | Framework for hierarchical VLSI design | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US7043712B2 | Method for adaptive segment refinement in optical proximity correction | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7147976B2 | Binary OPC for assist feature layout optimization | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5883813A | Automatic generation of phase shift masks using net coloring | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6528883B1 | Shapes-based migration of aluminum designs to copper damascene | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.