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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Steven George Hansen, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/30 (2020.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G03F 7/705 (2013.01); G03F 7/7065 (2013.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method of determining a failure model of a resist process of a patterning process. The method includes obtaining (i) measured data of a pattern failure (e.g., failure rate) related to a feature printed on a substrate based on a range of values of dose, and (ii) image intensity values for the feature via simulating a process model using the range of the dose values; and determining, via fitting the measured data of the pattern failure to a product of the dose values and the image intensity values, a failure model to model a stochastic behavior of spatial fluctuations in the resist and optionally predict failure of the feature (e.g., hole closing).


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