Photolithographic critical dimension control using reticle measurements

A method of implementing a new reticle for manufacturing semiconductors on a wafer which involves performing measurements on the reticle and assigning an initial exposure dose by using a predetermined algorithm. The exposure control system utilizes reticle CD data for automatically calculating retic...

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description A method of implementing a new reticle for manufacturing semiconductors on a wafer which involves performing measurements on the reticle and assigning an initial exposure dose by using a predetermined algorithm. The exposure control system utilizes reticle CD data for automatically calculating reticle exposure offset values, i.e. reticle factors. A correlation of reticle size deviations to calculated reticle factors is used to derive a reticle factor for the new reticle. The derived reticle factor is then used to predict an initial exposure condition for the new reticle which is applied to the lithography tool for achieving a wafer design dimension.
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CALCULATING
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
ELECTROGRAPHY
GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
HOLOGRAPHY
IRRADIATION DEVICES
MATERIALS THEREFOR
MEASURING
MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE
MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ORIGINALS THEREFOR
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR,STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES
PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES
PHYSICS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
TARIFF METERING APPARATUS
TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TESTING
title Photolithographic critical dimension control using reticle measurements
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