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Patent No.:

US 9875334 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018

Filed:

May. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventor:

Andrey Lutich, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G03F 1/70 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G03F 1/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illustrative method includes providing a layout of at least a portion of a photomask, the layout comprising a plurality of target features, each target feature having a shape in accordance with a corresponding one of at least one target shape, for each of the target shapes, providing a local map specifying a respective value of a local sub-resolution assist feature (SRAF) usefulness for each of a plurality of positions relative to the target shape, generating a global usefulness map specifying a respective global SRAF usefulness for each of the plurality of positions relative to at least a portion of the photomask on the basis of the assignment of the values of the local SRAF usefulness.


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Lutich, Andrey. (2018). Generating manufacturable sub-resolution assist feature shapes from a usefulness map (U.S. Patent No. 9875334). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9875334

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