Complementary division condition determining method and program and complementary division method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsIsao Ashida, Kohichi Nakayama
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Abstract
A complementary division condition determining method and program and a complementary division method able to propose the optimum complementary division conditions for suppressing pattern displacement and mask destruction, wherein an internal stress of a mask is determined based on a displacement of a peripheral mark in a case when forming an opening in the mask and this value is used for first analysis (step ST12), pattern displacement and stress concentration occurring due to openings of split patterns are analyzed based on a first analysis model in a first analysis (step ST13), and a displacement due to external force of the membrane between the split patterns is analyzed in a second analysis (step ST14).
Claims10
A complementary division condition determining method comprising:
- a step of measuring a displacement of a peripheral mark when forming an opening in a mask and determining an internal stress of said mask based on said measured displacement;
- a first analysis step of setting a first analysis model forming split patterns obtained by dividing a pattern for division under various division conditions at said mask having said internal stress and analyzing pattern displacement and stress concentration occurring due to the openings of said split patterns based on said first analysis model;
- a second analysis step of setting a second analysis model assuming a membrane between said split patterns as a two-ended fixed structure and analyzing the displacement of the membrane between said split patterns due to the external force based on said second analysis model;
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- a step of determining complementary division conditions based on the results of said first and second analysis steps and an allowable displacement and stress concentration.
A complementary division method for dividing a pattern defining an opening formed in a mask, comprising:
- a step of measuring a displacement of a peripheral mark when forming an opening in said mask and determining an internal stress of said mask based on the measured displacement;
- a first analysis step of setting a first analysis model forming split patterns obtained by dividing a pattern for division under various division conditions at said mask having said internal stress and analyzing pattern displacement and stress concentration occurring due to the openings of said split patterns based on said first analysis model;
- a second analysis step of setting a second analysis model assuming a membrane between said split patterns as a two-ended fixed structure and analyzing the displacement of the membrane between said split patterns due to the external force based on said second analysis model;
- a step of determining the complementary division conditions based on the results of said first and second analysis steps and an allowable displacement and stress concentration;
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- a step of extracting said pattern for division from the pattern data of said mask and dividing said pattern for division based on said determined complementary division conditions.
A program for making a computer execute processing for determining division conditions for dividing pattern data, comprising:
- a routine for determining an internal stress of a mask based on a displacement of a peripheral mark when forming an opening in the mask;
- a first analysis routine for setting a first analysis model forming split patterns obtained by dividing a pattern for division under various division conditions at said mask having said internal stress and analyzing pattern displacement and stress concentration occurring due to the openings of said split patterns based on said first analysis model;
- a second analysis routine for setting a second analysis model assuming a membrane between said split patterns as a two-ended fixed structure and analyzing the displacement of the membrane between said split patterns due to the external force based on said second analysis model;
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- a routine for determining the complementary division conditions based on the results in said first and second analysis routines and an allowable displacement and stress concentration.
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