PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC CRITICAL DIMENSION CONTROL USING RETICLE MEASUREMENTS
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    发明公开
    PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC CRITICAL DIMENSION CONTROL USING RETICLE MEASUREMENTS 有权
    临界尺寸光刻控制中的应用RETIKELMESSUNGEN

    公开(公告)号:EP1470447A4

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-10

    申请号:EP02784585

    申请日:2002-11-25

    Applicant: IBM

    CPC classification number: G03F7/70508 G03F7/70558

    Abstract: A method of implementing a new reticle for manufacturing semiconductor devices on a wafer which involves performing measurements (420) on the reticle and assigning an initial exposure dose (470) by using a predetermined algorithm (450). The exposure control system (490) utilizes reticle CD data (430, 440) for automatically calculating reticle exposure offset values, i.e. reticle factors (510). A correlation of reticle size deviations (500) to calculated reticle factors (510) is used to derive a reticle factor (510) for the new reticle. The derived reticle factor (510) is then used to predict (450) an initial exposure condition for the new reticle which is applied (470) to the lithography tool (410) for achieving a wafer design dimension.

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