Lsi Logic Corporation

Lsi Corporation

Ilya Golubtsov

Stanislav V Aleshin

Sergei Rodin

Ranko L Scepanovic

Marina Igorevna Medvedeva

Nadya Strelkova

Evgueny E Egorov

Sergey V Uzhakov

A method and system is provided for automatically recognizing geometric points of features in a target design for OPC mask quality calculation. For each feature in the target design, x, y points comprising the feature are traversed and each neighboring pair of points is connected to define respective segments, wherein a set of contiguous segments form a step if the x values of the segments/points all increase or decrease and the same is true for the y values. Physical characteristics of the segments of the respective features are determined by comparing lengths of the segments to one another and to threshold values. Locations of quality measuring points are then determined along particular ones of the segments based on the physical characteristics.

Automatic recognition of geometric points in a target IC design for OPC mask quality calculation

The present invention provides a method and system for analyzing the quality of an OPC mask. The method includes receiving a target layer from a target design, receiving an OPC mask layer from the OPC mask. The method also includes classifying each cell of at least one of the target layer and the OPC mask layer as either repeating or non-repeating, and for each repeating cell, recognizing geometric points in the target layer to determine quality measuring groups. The method also includes simulating the OPC mask layer based on the quality measuring groups, measuring edge placement errors (EPEs) based on at least one of the geometric points, and providing an EPE layer representing EPEs greater than an EPE threshold.

Method and system for analyzing the quality of an OPC mask

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