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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Chi-ta LU, Sanxing Township, Yilan County, TW;
Jia-guei Jou, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-hsien Chen, Changhua, TW;
Peng-ren Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Dong-hsu Cheng, Tainan, TW;
Chi-Ta Lu, Sanxing Township, Yilan County, TW;
Jia-Guei Jou, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-Hsien Chen, Changhua, TW;
Peng-Ren Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Dong-Hsu Cheng, Tainan, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an integrated circuit (IC) method. The method includes receiving an IC design layout having a main feature; performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to the design layout; and thereafter, performing a jog reduction process to the design layout such that jog features of the design layout are reduced.