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This paper presents results obtained by CDSEM image contour analysis from various kind of technologies and applications in manufacturing in our fab. These results show that images contain significant amounts of information that can be extracted and analyzed using an efficient contour extraction and analysis toolbox.
Process variability of complex shapes can be shown, robust layer to layer metrics can be computed, pattern shifting, shape changes, image quality and many others too. This opens new possibilities for process control and process variability monitoring and mitigation.
However, most RET algorithms are based on Manhattan fragmentation (0°, 45° and 90°) which can generate large CD dispersion on masks for photonic designs. Industrial implementation of RET solutions to photonic designs is challenging as most currently available OPC tools are CMOS-oriented. Discrepancy from design to final results induced by RET techniques can lead to lower photonic device performance.
We propose a novel sizing algorithm allowing adjustment of design edge fragments while preserving the topology of the original structures. The results of the algorithm implementation in the rule based sizing, SRAF placement and model based correction will be discussed in this paper. Corrections based on this novel algorithm were applied and characterized on real photonics devices. The obtained results demonstrate the validity of the proposed correction method integrated in Inscale software of Aselta Nanographics.
Three-dimensional rigorous simulation of EUV defective masks using modal method by Fourier expansion
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