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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Peng Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu Cao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Luogi Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun YE, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peng Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu Cao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Luogi Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Ye, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brion Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional mask model of the invention provides a more realistic approximation of the three-dimensional effects of a photolithography mask with sub-wavelength features than a thin-mask model. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional mask model includes a set of filtering kernels in the spatial domain that are configured to be convolved with thin-mask transmission functions to produce a near-field image. In another embodiment, the three-dimensional mask model includes a set of correction factors in the frequency domain that are configured to be multiplied by the Fourier transform of thin-mask transmission functions to produce a near-field image.