摘要:
There is disclosed a method of designing a pattern of an integrated circuit comprising calculating the window of lithography process on a substrate, the window being calculated at least in partial data of first design data for designing the circuit pattern of integrated circuit, and the window being also calculated in consideration of a specification value of an exposure mask for use in transfer of the circuit pattern, comparing the calculated window of lithography process and the window of lithography process actually required, revising the partial data when the calculated window is smaller than the actually required window, the partial data being revised such that the window of lithography process on the substrate is equal to or larger than the actually required window, and preparing second design data, the second design data being prepared by updating the first design data by using the revised partial data.
摘要:
In a method of forming a resist pattern, a simulation is in advance carried out to select a thickness of the resist film and a thickness of the underlying film to have certain values so that the contrast of the latent image becomes a threshold value or less. The simulation includes the steps of calculating a light intensity profile of a latent image formed in a resist film in a depth direction thereof by an exposure, slicing the light intensity profile of the latent image in the depth direction of the resist film, at a desired position, obtaining a maximum value and a minimum value of light intensity of a latent image at the position where the latent image profile is sliced, calculating a contrast of the latent image on the basis of the maximum and minimum values of the light intensity of the latent image, and determining a thickness of the resist film and a thickness of an underlying film of the resist film to have values so that the contrast becomes a threshold value or less. A resist pattern is then formed on a semiconductor substrate on the basis of the values of the thicknesses determined in the determining step.
摘要:
A pattern correcting method for correcting a design pattern to form a desired pattern on a wafer is disclosed, which comprises defining an allowable dimensional change quantity of each of design patterns, defining a pattern correction condition for the each design pattern based on the allowable dimensional change quantity defined for the each design pattern, and correcting the each design pattern based on the pattern correction condition defined for the each design pattern.
摘要:
In a method of designing patterns of a semiconductor integrated circuit, the shape of each of a plurality of opening patterns formed by a plurality of contact holes is formed into a rectangular shape; and the contact holes are arranged in such a manner that a long side of each of the rectangular opening patterns is opposite to a long side of an adjacent rectangular opening pattern, and the positions of both ends of the long sides are trued up. Furthermore, a photomask is used for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit as designed by the above method of designing patterns of a semiconductor integrated circuit, in which a plurality of rectangular opening patterns are provided thereon as a plurality of rectangular opening patterns for contact holes; and the a plurality of rectangular opening patterns are arranged in such a manner that adjacent long sides thereof are opposite to each other, and the position of both ends of each long side is trued up. Besides, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor integrated circuit designed by using a method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit.
摘要:
A parameter adjustment method for a plurality of manufacturing devices to form a pattern of a semiconductor device on a substrate using the manufacturing devices includes: adjusting a parameter adjustable for a manufacturing device serving as a reference manufacturing device; obtaining a first shape of a pattern of a semiconductor device to be formed on a substrate; defining an adjustable parameter of another to-be-adjusted manufacturing; obtaining a second shape of the pattern formed on the substrate; calculating a difference amount between a reference finished shape and a to-be-adjusted finished shape; repeatedly calculating the difference amount by changing the to-be-adjusted parameter until the difference amount becomes equal to or less than a predetermined reference value; and outputting as a parameter of the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device the to-be-adjusted parameter.
摘要:
A pattern correcting method for correcting a design pattern to form a desired pattern on a wafer is disclosed, which comprises defining an allowable dimensional change quantity of each of design patterns, defining a pattern correction condition for the each design pattern based on the allowable dimensional change quantity defined for the each design pattern, and correcting the each design pattern based on the pattern correction condition defined for the each design pattern.
摘要:
A parameter adjustment method for a plurality of manufacturing devices to form a pattern of a semiconductor device on a substrate using the manufacturing devices includes: adjusting a parameter adjustable for a manufacturing device serving as a reference manufacturing device so as to fall within a range of a predetermined permissible variation and defining the adjusted parameter as a reference parameter of the reference manufacturing device; obtaining a first shape of a pattern of a semiconductor device to be formed on a substrate using the reference manufacturing device from a mask to form the pattern on the substrate when the reference parameter is set to the reference manufacturing device and defining the obtained first shape as a reference finished shape; defining an adjustable parameter of another to-be-adjusted manufacturing device as a to-be-adjusted parameter of the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device; obtaining a second shape of the pattern formed on the substrate using the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device from the mask when the defined to-be-adjusted parameter is set to the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device and defining the obtained second shape as a to-be-adjusted finished shape; calculating a difference amount between the reference finished shape and the to-be-adjusted finished shape; repeatedly calculating the difference amount by changing the to-be-adjusted parameter until the difference amount becomes equal to or less than a predetermined reference value; outputting as a parameter of the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device the to-be-adjusted parameter having the difference amount equal to or less than the predetermined reference value or the to-be-adjusted parameter having the difference amount which becomes equal to or less than the predetermined reference value through the repeated calculation.
摘要:
Disclosed is an exposure mask inspecting method for use in manufacturing semiconductor devices. This inspecting method calculate gradients of a correlation curve of a variation in critical dimension of an exposure mask and a variation in critical dimension of a resist, extracts portions having large slopes of the correlation curve, and slopes the portions having large slopes of the correlation curve as to-be-measured portions at the time of verifying the specifications of the surface critical dimension of the exposure mask.
摘要:
A pattern correcting method for correcting a design pattern to form a desired pattern on a wafer is disclosed, which comprises defining an allowable dimensional change quantity of each of design patterns, defining a pattern correction condition for the each design pattern based on the allowable dimensional change quantity defined for the each design pattern, and correcting the each design pattern based on the pattern correction condition defined for the each design pattern.
摘要:
A pattern correcting method for correcting a design pattern to form a desired pattern on a wafer is disclosed, which comprises defining an allowable dimensional change quantity of each of design patterns, defining a pattern correction condition for the each design pattern based on the allowable dimensional change quantity defined for the each design pattern, and correcting the each design pattern based on the pattern correction condition defined for the each design pattern.