Method of forming assist feature patterns
AssigneeUnited Microelectronics Corp.
InventorsYi-Chih Chiang, Yuan-Chi Pai, Sho-Shen Lee, Yi-Ting Chen, Tuan-Yen Yu
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Abstract
A method of forming assist feature patterns includes providing an original layout pattern having at least a first region defined therein, the first region having a first light transmission rate larger than 0%; performing a search step to the original layout pattern to define at least a second region having a second light transmission rate equal to 0% in the original layout pattern; forming a plurality of assist features in the second region to increase the second light transmission rate to larger than 0%; and outputting the original layout pattern and the assist features to a reticle blank.
Claims16
A semiconductor photolithography reticle forming method comprising:
- providing an original layout pattern having at least a first region defined therein, the first region having a first light transmission rate and the first light transmission rate being larger than 0%;
- performing a search step on the original layout pattern to define at least a second region in the original layout pattern, the second region having a second light transmission rate and the second light transmission rate being equal to 0%;
- forming a plurality of assist features in the second region to increase the second light transmission rate to larger than 0% to mitigate reticle distortion in photolithography, wherein the increased second light transmission rate is smaller than or equal to the first light transmission rate;
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- outputting a resulting layout pattern that includes the plurality of assist features onto a reticle blank to form a reticle.
A semiconductor photolithography reticle forming method comprising:
- providing an original layout pattern having at least a first region defined therein, the first region having a first light transmission rate;
- performing a search step to define at least a second region in the original layout pattern, the second region having a second light transmission rate and the second light transmission rate being equal to 100%;
- forming a plurality of assist features in the second region to adjust the second light transmission rate to approach the first light transmission rate to mitigate reticle distortion in photolithography, wherein the adjusted second light transmission rate is smaller than 100%, and wherein the adjusted second light transmission rate is larger than or equal to the first light transmission rate;
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- outputting a resulting layout pattern that includes the plurality of assist features onto a reticle blank to form a reticle.
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