Full-chip-based subresolution assist features correction for mask manufacturing

Ju-Mi Bang; Issei Masumoto; Min-Kyu Ji; Sung-Hoon Jang; Isao Aburatani; Ji-Hyun Choi; Sang-Gyun Woo; Han-Ku Cho

doi:10.1117/12.746349

14 November 2007 Full-chip-based subresolution assist features correction for mask manufacturing

Ju-Mi Bang, Issei Masumoto, Min-Kyu Ji, Sung-Hoon Jang, Isao Aburatani, Ji-Hyun Choi, Sang-Gyun Woo, Han-Ku Cho

Proceedings Volume 6730, Photomask Technology 2007; 67302F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.746349
Event: SPIE Photomask Technology, 2007, Monterey, California, United States

Abstract

Sub Resolution Assist Features (SRAFs) are now the main option for enabling low-k₁ photolithograpy. These technical challenges for the 45nm node, along with the insurmountable difficulties in EUV lithography, have driven the semiconductor mask-maker into the low-k₁ lithography era under the pressure of ever shrinking feature sizes. Extending lithography towards lower k₁ puts a strong demand on the resolution enhancement technique (RET), and better exposure tool. However, current mask making equipments and technologies are facing their limits. Particularly, due to smaller feature size, the critical dimension (CD) linearity of both main cell patterns and SRAFs on a mask is deviated from perfect condition differently. There are certain discrepancies of CD linearity from ideal case. For example, as the CD size gets smaller, the bigger CD discrepancy is to be. There are many technologies, such as hard-mask process and negative-resist process and so on. One of them is an assist feature correction, which can be applied to achieve better CD control. In other words, in order to compensate this CD linearity deviation, the new correction algorithm with SRAFs is applied in data process flow. In this paper, we will describe in detail the implement of our study and present results on a full 65nm node with experimental data.

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Ju-Mi Bang, Issei Masumoto, Min-Kyu Ji, Sung-Hoon Jang, Isao Aburatani, Ji-Hyun Choi, Sang-Gyun Woo, and Han-Ku Cho "Full-chip-based subresolution assist features correction for mask manufacturing", Proc. SPIE 6730, Photomask Technology 2007, 67302F (14 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.746349

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