Automated hotspot analysis with aerial image CD metrology for advanced logic devices
2014
Continuously shrinking designs by further extension of 193nm technology lead to a much higher probability of
hotspots especially for the manufacturing of advanced logic devices. The CD of these potential hotspots needs to be
precisely controlled and measured on the mask. On top of that, the feature complexity increases due to high OPC
load in the logic mask design which is an additional challenge for CD metrology. Therefore the hotspot
measurements have been performed on WLCD from ZEISS, which provides the benefit of reduced complexity by
measuring the CD in the aerial image and qualifying the printing relevant CD. This is especially of advantage for
complex 2D feature measurements.
Additionally, the data preparation for CD measurement becomes more critical due to the larger amount of CD
measurements and the increasing feature diversity. For the data preparation this means to identify these hotspots and
mark them automatically with the correct marker required to make the feature specific CD measurement successful.
Currently available methods can address generic pattern but cannot deal with the pattern diversity of the hotspots.
The paper will explore a method how to overcome those limitations and to enhance the time-to-result in the marking
process dramatically. For the marking process the Synopsys WLCD Output Module was utilized, which is an
interface between the CATS mask data prep software and the WLCD metrology tool. It translates the CATS marking
directly into an executable WLCD measurement job including CD analysis.
The paper will describe the utilized method and flow for the hotspot measurement. Additionally, the achieved results
on hotspot measurements utilizing this method will be presented.
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