METHOD OF FABRICATING A PHOTOMASK

    公开(公告)号:US20210181617A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17030941

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fabrication method of a photomask. The method of fabricating a photomask provides for a layout of patterns to be designed. The layout of patterns may be formed on a wafer on which chips are formed. The layout of patterns are corrected to provide a layout of a photoresist pattern serving as an etching mask for forming the patterns on the wafer while generating a flare map of the patterns. An optical proximity correction (OPC) may be performed at a chip level on the corrected layout of patterns to perform a secondary correction of the layout of patterns. A second OPC may be performed at a level of a shot which includes a plurality of ones of the chips by reflecting the flare map on the second corrected layout of patterns to a third corrected layout of patterns.

    INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220415782A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17648598

    申请日:2022-01-21

    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a fin-type active region extending in a first lateral direction on a device region of a substrate. A gate line extends in a second lateral direction on the fin-type active region. The second lateral direction intersects with the first lateral direction. A source/drain region is adjacent to one side of the gate line on the fin-type active region. A gate contact is on the gate line and connected to the gate line. A source/drain contact is on the source/drain region and includes a first segment facing the gate contact and a second segment integrally connected to the first segment. The second segment extends from the first segment in the second lateral direction. In the first lateral direction, a first distance from the first segment to the gate line is greater than a second distance from the second segment to the gate line.

    Method of manufacturing photomasks and method of manufacturing semiconductor devices

    公开(公告)号:US10963614B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16845506

    申请日:2020-04-10

    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a photomask, a layout of a circuit mask pattern in a mask region corresponding to a chip region of a substrate is designed. A layout of a monitoring mask pattern representing a critical dimension (CD) of the circuit mask pattern in the mask region is designed. The monitoring mask pattern includes a mask-critical dimension uniformity (CDU) detection pattern configured to detect CDU in mask and a wafer-CDU detection pattern configured to detect CDU in wafer. A first optical proximity correction (OPC) is performed on the mask-CDU detection pattern. A second optical proximity correction is performed on the wafer-CDU detection pattern. A photomask having the circuit mask pattern and the monitoring mask pattern is formed.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING GUARD RINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20240371927A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18776491

    申请日:2024-07-18

    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a guard ring disposed on the substrate and adjacent to an edge of the substrate; an integrated circuit structure surrounded by the guard ring and disposed on the substrate; and an insulating material structure disposed on a side surface of the guard ring, and wherein the guard ring includes a plurality of guard active structures on the substrate, a plurality of guard contact structures disposed on each of the plurality of guard active structures, and a guard interconnection structure disposed on a pair of guard contact structures adjacent to each other, among the plurality of guard contact structures, wherein each of the plurality of guard active structures includes a plurality of guard active fins spaced apart from each other.

    Integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11152359B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16929269

    申请日:2020-07-15

    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate including a fin type active region extending in a first direction; a gate structure intersecting the fin type active region and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a source/drain region on sides of the gate structure; a gate isolation insulating layer contacting an end of the gate structure; a first contact connected to the source/drain region; and a second contact connected to the source/drain region, the second contact being longer in the second direction than the first contact, the second contact includes a first portion extending in the second direction from an area adjacent to one side of the gate structure beyond the end of the gate structure and facing a sidewall of the gate structure, and a second portion facing a sidewall of the gate isolation insulating layer, and the first portion is wider than the second portion.

    Semiconductor device including guard rings

    公开(公告)号:US12068365B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17039333

    申请日:2020-09-30

    CPC classification number: H01L29/0619 H01L27/0886 H01L29/0649

    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a guard ring disposed on the substrate and adjacent to an edge of the substrate; an integrated circuit structure surrounded by the guard ring and disposed on the substrate; and an insulating material structure disposed on a side surface of the guard ring, and wherein the guard ring includes a plurality of guard active structures on the substrate, a plurality of guard contact structures disposed on each of the plurality of guard active structures, and a guard interconnection structure disposed on a pair of guard contact structures adjacent to each other, among the plurality of guard contact structures, wherein each of the plurality of guard active structures includes a plurality of guard active fins spaced apart from each other.

    Method of fabricating a photomask

    公开(公告)号:US11415876B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17030941

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fabrication method of a photomask. The method of fabricating a photomask provides for a layout of patterns to be designed. The layout of patterns may be formed on a wafer on which chips are formed. The layout of patterns are corrected to provide a layout of a photoresist pattern serving as an etching mask for forming the patterns on the wafer while generating a flare map of the patterns. An optical proximity correction (OPC) may be performed at a chip level on the corrected layout of patterns to perform a secondary correction of the layout of patterns. A second OPC may be performed at a level of a shot which includes a plurality of ones of the chips by reflecting the flare map on the second corrected layout of patterns to a third corrected layout of patterns.

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