OPTIMIZED MASK STITCHING

A method of manufacturing a photo mask includes determining an enhancement region, in a simulation zone, of a layout pattern of a photo mask. The method includes determining a stitching mobility zone inside the simulation zone, determining an optimization mobility zone inside the stitching mobility...

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Hauptverfasser: BEYLKIN, Daniel, TRIVEDI, Sagar
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method of manufacturing a photo mask includes determining an enhancement region, in a simulation zone, of a layout pattern of a photo mask. The method includes determining a stitching mobility zone inside the simulation zone, determining an optimization mobility zone inside the stitching mobility zone, and performing an inverse lithographic transformation (ILT) operation of the layout pattern in the simulation zone to generate an ILT adjusted layout pattern in the simulation zone. The method includes combining a weighted sum of the ILT adjusted layout pattern and the layout pattern in the simulation zone to generate an enhanced layout pattern of the photo mask in the simulation zone using a first weighting function inside enhancement region, a second weighting function between boundaries of the enhancement region and the optimization mobility zone, and a third weighting function between boundaries of the optimization mobility zone and the stitching mobility zone.