Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michel Cote

23Patents
10h-index
5Co-inventors
60Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 17, 2001 → Oct 30, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6745372B2 Method and apparatus for facilitating process-compliant layout optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 220 Expired
US7028285B2 Standard cell design incorporating phase information Physics 215 Expired
US6807663B2 Accelerated layout processing using OPC pre-processing Physics 210 Expired
US6978436B2 Design data format and hierarchy management for phase processing Physics 201 Expired
US7458045B2 Silicon tolerance specification using shapes as design intent markers Physics 199 Expired
US7312003B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 112 Expired
US6787271B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 48 Expired
US6721938B2 Optical proximity correction for phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 34 Expired
US6681379B2 Phase shifting design and layout for static random access memory Physics 16 Expired
US7083879B2 Phase conflict resolution for photolithographic masks Physics 12 Expired
US7348108B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 10 Expired
US6852471B2 Exposure control for phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 8 Expired
US6861204B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 7 Expired
US7500217B2 Handling of flat data for phase processing including growing shapes within bins to identify clusters Physics 6 Expired
US7435513B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 6 Expired
US6981240B2 Cutting patterns for full phase shifting masks Electricity 4 Expired
US7169515B2 Phase conflict resolution for photolithographic masks Physics 2 Expired
US8255840B2 Silicon tolerance specification using shapes as design intent markers Physics 1 Active
US7739649B2 Design and layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 1 Active
US7422841B2 Exposure control for phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 1 Expired
US7629109B2 Exposure control for phase shifting photolithographic masks Physics 0 Active
US8977989B2 Handling of flat data for phase processing including growing shapes within bins to identify clusters Physics 0 Active
US8566757B2 Layout of phase shifting photolithographic masks with refined shifter shapes Physics 0 Active

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