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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gregory R. McIntyre, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G03F 1/82 (2012.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/82 (2013.01); G01N 21/956 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating an aberration monitor on a production mask used in photolithographic patterning of a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method may include placing a production mask within a nanomachine repair tool and generating, using the nanomachine repair tool, a phase shifting pattern within a region of the production mask.