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Patent No.:

US 7441227 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:

Daniel Abrams, Mountain View, CA (US);

Danping Peng, Fremont, CA (US);

Stanley Osher, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Abrams, Mountain View, CA (US);

Danping Peng, Fremont, CA (US);

Stanley Osher, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

Assignee:

Luminescent Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Photomask patterns are represented using contours defined by level-set functions. Given target pattern, contours are optimized such that defined photomask, when used in photolithographic process, prints wafer pattern faithful to target pattern. Optimization utilizes 'merit function' for encoding aspects of photolithographic process, preferences relating to resulting pattern (e.g. restriction to rectilinear patterns), robustness against process variations, as well as restrictions imposed relating to practical and economic manufacturability of photomasks.


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Abrams, Daniel. (2008). Method for time-evolving rectilinear contours representing photo masks (U.S. Patent No. 7441227). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7441227

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