Applied Materials, Inc.

Applied Materials Israel Limited

Mula Friedman

Meir Aloni

Gilad Almogy

Alon Litman

Ehud Tirosh

Doron Meshulach

Jimmy Vishnipolsky

Yonatan Lehman

Boaz Kenan

Gadi Greenberg

Nissim Elmaliach

Shirley Hemar

Alex Goldenshtein

Yonatah Lehman

A method for writing a master image on a substrate includes dividing the master image into a matrix of frames, each frame including an array of pixels defining a respective frame image in a respective frame position within the master image. An electron beam is scanned in a raster pattern over the substrate, while shaping the electron beam responsively to the respective frame image of each of the frames as the electron beam is scanned over the respective frame position, so that in each frame, the electron beam simultaneously writes a multiplicity of the pixels onto the substrate.

Raster frame beam system for electron beam lithography

A reticle inspection system and method for complete and fast inspection of phase shift mask reticles, both for incoming inspection and for periodic and pre-exposure inspection tool, is employable by facilities such as mask shops as an inspection tool compatible to the mask shop's customers. The inventive system and method detect phase errors in an aerial image by acquiring the image of the phase shift mask under the same optical conditions as the exposure conditions (i.e. wavelength, numerical aperture, sigma, and illumination aperture type). Images are acquired at a positive out-of-focus and a negative out-of-focus, and are compared in order to enhance possible phase error. The term 'phase error' refers to the acceptable range of the phase deviation from the programmed 180&#xb0; on the phase shift mask, by using the exposure system to achieve the image on the photoresist, satisfying the requirements of the wafer specification.

Alternating phase-shift mask inspection method and apparatus

Data converter apparatus for converting in real time data stored in an input compact format into an output expanded real time format. The data including a plurality of groups and repetition of the groups. The groups including, each, many basic geometric figures (BGF). The data converter includes a processor adapted to selecting data relating to a predetermined division, dividing and processing the data into consecutive bins according to scan order, which bins have structural correspondence to the input format. The data converter is further capable of sub-dividing the division into sub-divisions which have structural correspondence to the output format. The data processor is further capable of processing and allocating the BGFs in the bins to sub-divisions to thereby produce a division data stream in the output expanded real time format.

Data converter apparatus and method particularly useful for a database-to-object inspection system

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Mula Friedman