Proximity effect correction in electron beam lithography

    公开(公告)号:US11899373B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US18097085

    申请日:2023-01-13

    摘要: A method of generating a layout pattern includes determining a first energy density indirectly exposed to a first feature of one or more features of a layout pattern on an energy-sensitive material when the one or more features of the layout pattern on the energy-sensitive material are directly exposed by a charged particle beam. The method also includes adjusting a second energy density exposed the first feature when the first feature is directly exposed by the charged particle beam. A total energy density of the first feature that comprises a sum of the first energy density from the indirect exposure and the second energy density from the direct exposure is maintained at about a threshold energy level to fully expose the first feature in the energy-sensitive material.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING PLACEMENT ERROR OF PHOTOMASK

    公开(公告)号:US20230375917A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US17628484

    申请日:2021-08-13

    摘要: A method and a device for correcting a placement error of a photomask are provided. The method includes: acquiring an exposure offset during a wafer exposure after photomask manufacture is completed, wherein the wafer exposure is a process of forming a circuit pattern on a wafer surface by exposure; and determining a compensation offset for subsequent photomask manufacture according to the exposure offset, to correct a placement error of a photomask, wherein the compensation offset and the exposure offset are vector values that are equal in value and opposite in direction. The method and device for correcting the placement error of the photomask provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce an overlay error existing in a photolithography process of a semiconductor device by correcting a placement error of a photomask.

    Simulation-assisted alignment between metrology image and design

    公开(公告)号:US11669018B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17338927

    申请日:2021-06-04

    发明人: Te-Sheng Wang

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 G03F7/00

    摘要: A method including: simulating an image or characteristics thereof, using characteristics of a design layout and of a patterning process, determining deviations between the image or characteristics thereof and the design layout or characteristics thereof; aligning a metrology image obtained from a patterned substrate and the design layout based on the deviations, wherein the patterned substrate includes a pattern produced from the design layout using the patterning process; and determining a parameter of a patterned substrate from the metrology image aligned with the design layout.

    PROXIMITY EFFECT CORRECTION IN ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY

    公开(公告)号:US20230168589A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18097085

    申请日:2023-01-13

    摘要: A method of generating a layout pattern includes determining a first energy density indirectly exposed to a first feature of one or more features of a layout pattern on an energy-sensitive material when the one or more features of the layout pattern on the energy-sensitive material are directly exposed by a charged particle beam. The method also includes adjusting a second energy density exposed the first feature when the first feature is directly exposed by the charged particle beam. A total energy density of the first feature that comprises a sum of the first energy density from the indirect exposure and the second energy density from the direct exposure is maintained at about a threshold energy level to fully expose the first feature in the energy-sensitive material.

    FREEFORM DISTORTION CORRECTION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180329310A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-15

    申请号:US15595497

    申请日:2017-05-15

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided that, in some embodiments, print and process a layer. The layer can be on a wafer or on an application panel. Thereafter, locations of the features that were actually printed and processed are measured. Based upon differences between the measured differences and designed locations for those features at least one distortion model is created. Each distortion model is inverted to create a corresponding correction model. When there are multiple sections, a distortion model and a correction model can be created for each section. Multiple correction models can be combined to create a global correction model.