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8182969 Lithographic processing method, and device manufactured thereby  
A method of splitting a lithographic pattern into two sub-patterns, includes generating test structures corresponding to structures of interest in the lithographic pattern, varying the test...
8183544 Correcting substrate for charged particle beam lithography apparatus  
A correcting substrate for a charged particle beam lithography apparatus includes a substrate body using a low thermal expansion material having a thermal expansion lower than that of a silicon...
8183123 Method of forming mark in IC-fabricating process  
A method of forming a mark in an IC fabricating process is described. Two parts of the mark each including a plurality of linear patterns are respectively defined by two exposure steps that either...
8181126 Differential alternating phase shift mask optimization  
A method of designing a mask for projecting an image of an integrated circuit design in lithographic processing, wherein the integrated circuit layout has a plurality of segments of critical width....
8178281 Method for improving sensitivity of resist  
It is an object of the present invention to improve sensitivity of a resist made from hydrosilsesquioxane when a pattern is formed in the resist by irradiation with a charged particle beam. The...
8179523 Photomask mounting/housing device and resist inspection method and resist inspection apparatus using same  
A resist inspection apparatus is provided which has a configuration in which a reticle is separated from a pellicle. A reticle cassette is made up of two pieces of plate members. A hollowed portion...
8181127 Standardization of assist pattern inserted into outermost pattern for enhancing depth of focus margin  
A method for processing optical proximity correction is disclosed which eliminates a need for repeated implementation of experiments and result in a reducing the processing time as compared to...
8173333 Reduced lens heating methods, apparatus, and systems  
In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes an illuminator having a source that produces light waves having a first wavelength, and a mask. The mask includes at least one partly opaque...
8173544 Integrated circuit having interleaved gridded features, mask set and method for printing  
A method (300) for fabricating an integrated circuit includes the step of providing a substrate having a semiconductor surface (305). For at least one masking level (e.g. gate electrode, contact or...
8173331 Method and apparatus for sub-pellicle defect reduction on photomasks  
In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for sub-pellicle defect reduction on photomasks. One embodiment of a photomask for use in photolithography includes a substrate on which a...
8173357 Method of forming etching mask, etching method using the etching mask, and method of fabricating semiconductor device including the etching method  
The method of forming an etching mask includes: forming a mask layer on an object layer that is to be etched, to form an etching mask used in etching the object layer; forming a first mask layer on...
8175737 Method and apparatus for designing and integrated circuit  
Method and apparatus for designing an integrated circuit by adding a plurality of control points to an integrated circuit wafer design. Each control point has at least one attribute. Then, an...
8173332 Reflection-type exposure mask and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device  
A reflection-type exposure mask includes a multilayer reflective film in a main surface and serving as a high reflective region to an exposure light, and an absorber pattern on the multilayer...
8168352 Reflective mask blank for EUV lithography and mask for EUV lithography  
Provision of an EUV mask whereby an influence of reflected light from a region outside a mask pattern region is suppressed, and an EUV mask blank to be employed for production of such an EUV mask....
8171433 Method of calculating pattern-failure-occurrence-region, computer program product, pattern-layout evaluating method, and semiconductor-device manufacturing method  
Method of calculating pattern-failure-occurrence-region comprising calculating a pattern failure occurrence region using relation information and a layout used for forming a convex section, the...
8168351 Method for inspecting photomask blank or intermediate thereof, method for determining dosage of high-energy radiation, and method for manufacturing photomask blank  
A photomask blank which is manufactured by depositing a phase shift film on a substrate and irradiating the phase shift film with high-energy radiation to effect substrate shape adjusting treatment...
8163467 Dummy light-exposed substrate, method of manufacturing the same, immersion exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method  
A dummy light-exposed substrate used for dummy light-exposure in an immersion exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate to light via a projection optical system and a liquid, comprises a...
8163444 Mask for crystallizing a semiconductor layer and method of crystallizing a semiconductor layer using the same  
A mask for crystallizing a semiconductor layer includes a plurality of first main-slit portions, a plurality of second main-slit portions, upper slit portion and lower slit portion. The first...
8163445 Extreme ultraviolet mask and method for fabricating the same  
An EUV mask comprises a multi-reflecting layer is formed over a substrate and reflecting EUV light; an absorber layer pattern defining a sidewall formed over the multi-reflecting layer formed and...
8163446 Method for manufacturing photomask using self-assembled molecule layer  
A method for fabricating a photomask using a self-assembled molecule layer, comprising: forming, on a transparent substrate, a stacked structure of a phase shift pattern and a light shielding...
8159649 Exposure method, exposure apparatus, photomask and method for manufacturing photomask  
There is disclosed an exposure method is a method of projecting patterns (M1, M2) of a mask (M) onto a substrate to effect exposure thereof, through a plurality of projection optical units each...
8158311 Method for managing light exposure mask and light exposure mask  
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for managing a light exposure mask wherein: a mask inspection or a wafer inspection, in order to manage a contamination of a light exposure...
8158306 Method and system for combining photomasks to form semiconductor devices  
A photomask set includes at least two masks that combine to form a device pattern in a semiconductor device. Orthogonal corners may be produced in a semiconductor device pattern to include one edge...
8159654 Pressure body and pellicle mounting apparatus  
A pressure body comprises: three or more pressure pins 40 that come into contact with a photomask 70 at downward positions in a pressure direction D; a main body 10 provided with an opening 16, the...
8158305 Photomask for extreme ultraviolet lithography and method for fabricating the same  
A method for fabricating a photomask for extreme ultraviolet lithography is provided. A reflection layer reflecting extreme ultraviolet light is formed over a transparent substrate having a main...
8161425 Method and system for implementing timing aware metal fill  
An improved approach for implementing metal fill on an electrical device without causing creating cross-coupling capacitance problems is disclosed. Timing aware metal fill insertion is performed to...
8153337 Photomask and method for fabricating source/drain electrode of thin film transistor  
A photomask for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) is disclosed. The photomask includes a translucent layer disposed on a transparent substrate and covering U-shaped and rectangular...
8153338 Apparatus and method for repairing photo mask  
An apparatus for repairing a photo mask, including a repairing atomic force microscope configured to repair a defective portion of the photo mask in a photo mask repair process, an electron...
8153339 Mask and manufacturing method of a semiconductor device and a thin film transistor array panel using the mask  
An exposure mask is provided, which includes: a light blocking opaque area blocking incident light; a translucent area; and a transparent area passing the most of incident light, wherein the...
8153522 Patterning mask and method of formation of mask using step double patterning  
A method of forming a mask for use in fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming first non-removable portions of a photoresist material through a mask having a plurality of apertures,...
8156450 Method and system for mask optimization  
A method and apparatus for mask optimization is provided. Mask design and production is optimized by providing proper weighting parameters for critical features. The parameters may include...
8153334 Method for stripping pellicle and stripping apparatus used therein  
A method for stripping a pellicle from an exposure master plate is provided, the pellicle being a lithographic pellicle that includes a pellicle frame, a pellicle film stretched over one end face...
8153336 Photomask substrate, photomask substrate forming member, photomask substrate fabricating method, photomask, and exposing method that uses the photomask  
A photomask substrate with a substantially uniform thickness comprises: a first surface, which is a continuous curved surface whereon a mask pattern is to be formed; and a second surface. The first...
8153335 Lithography masks, systems, and manufacturing methods  
Lithography masks, lithography systems, methods of manufacturing lithography masks, methods of altering material layers of semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices...
8151222 Method for decomposing designed pattern layout and method for fabricating exposure mask using the same  
A method for decomposing a designed pattern layout and a method for fabricating an exposure mask using the same. After the designed pattern layout is automatically decomposed to obtain a plurality...
8151225 Pattern layout designing method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and computer program product  
A graph is created in which mask patterns adjacent to one another at a distance in which desired printing resolution cannot be obtained in a lithography process among mask patterns generated based...
8148037 Optical component for EUVL and smoothing method thereof  
The present invention is to provide a method for smoothing the optical surface having a concave defect of an optical component for EUVL. The present invention relates to a method for smoothing the...
8148036 Photomask blank and photomask  
A photomask blank comprises a transparent substrate, a light-shielding film of an optionally transition metal-containing silicon material, and an etching mask film of a chromium compound base...
8151223 Source mask optimization for microcircuit design  
A method and apparatus for generating a source illuminator profile and a mask design, subsequently optimizing the source illuminator profile and mask design based upon a set of target intensity...
8142963 Methods of manufacturing a mask blank substrate, a mask blank, a photomask, and a semiconductor device  
A before-chucking main surface shape is measured in an actual measurement region of a main surface of a substrate which has been precision-polished and, based on the before-chucking main surface...
8144967 Mask data generation method, mask fabrication method, exposure method, device fabrication method, and storage medium  
The invention provides a generation method of generating data of a mask, comprising a calculation step of calculating an aerial image formed on an image plane of a projection optical system, an...
8146024 Method and system for process optimization  
A method and apparatus for process optimization is provided. Process optimization improves parametric and functional yield post mask manufacturing.
8145337 Methodology to enable wafer result prediction of semiconductor wafer batch processing equipment  
A method to enable wafer result prediction from a batch processing tool, includes collecting manufacturing data from a batch of wafers processed in batch in the batch processing tool, to form a...
8142961 Mask pattern correcting method, mask pattern inspecting method, photo mask manufacturing method, and semiconductor device manufacturing method  
A pattern correcting method for correcting a design pattern to form a desired pattern on a wafer is disclosed, which comprises defining an allowable dimensional change quantity of each of design...
8142959 Method and apparatus for gating photomask contamination  
A photomask is provided that includes a transparent substrate, a mask pattern formed on a first area of the substrate, the mask pattern having one or more openings that allow light radiation to...
8142958 EUV mask and method for repairing an EUV mask  
An EUV mask comprises a substrate, a reflective multilayer on the substrate, a phase-shifting material disposed above the multilayer in at least one first portion of the substrate, and a masking...
8142962 Reflective photomask and method of fabricating the same  
A reflective photomask comprises a photomask substrate, a photomask pattern, formed on an upper surface of the photomask substrate, at least one alignment mark, formed on the upper surface of the...
8142960 Exposure method, mask data producing method, and semiconductor device manufacturing method  
An exposure method has irradiating a mask with light based on an exposure performing condition, a first mask pattern and a second mask pattern being formed in the mask, and projecting images of the...
8141009 Preparing data for hybrid exposure using both electron beam exposure and reticle exposure in lithographic process  
A method for preparing data for exposure includes forming a first plurality of rectangular patterns from a reticle preparing rule; lining an object pattern for performing reticle exposure with the...
8141007 Method and apparatus for identifying and correcting phase conflicts  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that identifies a substantially minimal set of phase conflicts in a PSM-layout that when corrected renders the layout phase-assignable....