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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:
Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70433 (2013.01); G03F 7/705 (2013.01); G03F 7/7065 (2013.01); G03F 7/70125 (2013.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G03F 7/70558 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to improve a lithographic process of imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic apparatus, the method including computing a multi-variable cost function. The multi-variable cost function represents an interlayer characteristic, the interlayer characteristic being a function of a plurality of design variables that represent one or more characteristics of the lithographic process. The method further includes reconfiguring one or more of the characteristics of the lithographic process by adjusting one or more of the design variables and computing the multi-variable cost function with the adjusted one or more design variables, until a certain termination condition is satisfied.


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Tel, Wim. (2021). Optimization of a lithographic projection apparatus accounting for an interlayer characteristic (U.S. Patent No. 11112700). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11112700

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