The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Kazuyuki Mitsuoka, Nirasaki, JP;
Yusuke Saito, Nirasaki, JP;
Naoyuki Satoh, Nirasaki, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A change rate prediction method according to which there can be eliminated the need for experimentally determining electron beam intensities for making a change rate of a specification value of a predetermined film on a substrate uniform. The distribution of the shrinkage rate of a low-k film on a wafer upon the low-k film being modified is measured while changing the inputted current value inputted to a central electron beam tube of an electron beam irradiating mechanism, the relationship between the inputted current value and the shrinkage rate measured directly below the electron beam tube is calculated, and a dose distribution calculated through simulation is converted into a low-k film shrinkage rate distribution based on the ratio between the inputted current value and the dose and a power curve giving the relationship between the inputted current value and the measured shrinkage rate.