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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Feng-hong Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Limin (Eric) Lou, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Feng-Hong Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Limin (Eric) Lou, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ProMOS Technologies, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/00 (2006.01); G03C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Critically representative features (CRF's) for use in mask-making verification and/or resist development verification are defined and/or copied into the in-scribe area used by wafer CD features. The placement of mask-CRF's in the wafer CD bar region eliminates the problem of correctly and quickly locating mask-CRF's at different positions in the in-die areas of a manufactured mask. On-wafer counterparts of the mask-CRF's may be used for fine-tuning lithography and patterning processes.