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- Patent Title: Optical proximity correction (OPC) method using a multi-OPC model and method of manufacturing a mask by using the OPC method
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Application No.: US16946540Application Date: 2020-06-26
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Publication No.: US11300873B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: Pilsoo Kang
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0130182 20191018
- Main IPC: G03F1/36
- IPC: G03F1/36 ; G03F1/00 ; G03F7/20

Abstract:
The inventive concept provides an optical proximity correction (OPC) method using a multi-OPC model that can reduce a runtime of an entire OPC method by reducing an iteration number of simulations using a complex OPC model, and a method of manufacturing a mask by using the OPC method. The OPC method using the multi-OPC model can generate a re-target pattern to be applied to a simple OPC model, and can perform a simulation by using a complex OPC model on a target pattern after performing a simulation using the simple OPC model on the re-target pattern. Therefore, an iteration number of simulations using the complex OPC model can be reduced and, accordingly, an entire execution time of the OPC method can be reduced.
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