Presentation 2019-11-15
Mask Optimization Considering Process Variation by Subgradient Method
Yukihide Kohira, Rina Azuma, Tomomi Matsui, Atsushi Takahashi, Chikaaki Kodama,
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Abstract(in English) Due to miniaturization of process technology, progressing manufacturing process by optical lithography is required. In resolution enhancement techniques in the optical lithography, Optical Proximity Correction (OPC), which improves shape fidelity of formed patterns on wafers against designed target patterns by mask optimization, is essential to progress the optical lithography. In this paper, a mask optimization method by using Lagrangean relaxation method and subgradient method is proposed to generate masks with high tolerance against process variation. Experimental results show that the proposed method obtains masks with high shape fidelity and high tolerance against process variation in short computational times.
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Keyword(in English) optical lithography / mask optimization / Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) / subgradient method / Lagrangean relaxation method
Paper # VLD2019-53,DC2019-77
Date of Issue 2019-11-06 (VLD, DC)

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Committee VLD / DC / CPSY / RECONF / ICD / IE / IPSJ-SLDM / IPSJ-EMB / IPSJ-ARC
Conference Date 2019/11/13(3days)
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Place (in English) Ehime Prefecture Gender Equality Center
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Topics (in English) Design Gaia 2019 -New Field of VLSI Design-
Chair Nozomu Togawa(Waseda Univ.) / Satoshi Fukumoto(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) / Hidetsugu Irie(Univ. of Tokyo) / Yuichiro Shibata(Nagasaki Univ.) / Makoto Nagata(Kobe Univ.) / Hideaki Kimata(NTT) / Yutaka Tamiya(Fujitsu Lab.) / / Hiroshi Inoue(Kyushu Univ.)
Vice Chair Daisuke Fukuda(Fujitsu Labs.) / Hiroshi Takahashi(Ehime Univ.) / Michihiro Koibuchi(NII) / Kota Nakajima(Fujitsu Lab.) / Kentaro Sano(RIKEN) / Yoshiki Yamaguchi(Tsukuba Univ.) / Masafumi Takahashi(Toshiba-memory) / Kazuya Kodama(NII) / Keita Takahashi(Nagoya Univ.)
Secretary Daisuke Fukuda(Univ. of Aizu) / Hiroshi Takahashi(Hitachi) / Michihiro Koibuchi(Nihon Univ.) / Kota Nakajima(Chiba Univ.) / Kentaro Sano(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Yoshiki Yamaguchi(Hokkaido Univ.) / Masafumi Takahashi(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Kazuya Kodama(e-trees.Japan) / Keita Takahashi(Tohoku Univ.) / (Socionext) / (NTT) / (NHK)
Assistant Kazuki Ikeda(Hitachi) / / Eiji Arima(Univ. of Tokyo) / Shugo Ogawa(Hitachi) / Yuuki Kobayashi(NEC) / Hiroki Nakahara(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Tetsuya Hirose(Osaka Univ.) / Koji Nii(Floadia) / Takeshi Kuboki(Kyushu Univ.) / Kyohei Unno(KDDI Research) / Norishige Fukushima(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on VLSI Design Technologies / Technical Committee on Dependable Computing / Technical Committee on Computer Systems / Technical Committee on Reconfigurable Systems / Technical Committee on Integrated Circuits and Devices / Technical Committee on Image Engineering / Special Interest Group on System and LSI Design Methodology / Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems / Special Interest Group on System Architecture
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Mask Optimization Considering Process Variation by Subgradient Method
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) optical lithography
Keyword(2) mask optimization
Keyword(3) Optical Proximity Correction (OPC)
Keyword(4) subgradient method
Keyword(5) Lagrangean relaxation method
1st Author's Name Yukihide Kohira
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Aizu(Univ. of Aizu)
2nd Author's Name Rina Azuma
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Aizu(Univ. of Aizu)
3rd Author's Name Tomomi Matsui
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Tech)
4th Author's Name Atsushi Takahashi
4th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Tech)
5th Author's Name Chikaaki Kodama
5th Author's Affiliation KIOXIA Corporation(KIOXIA)
Date 2019-11-15
Paper # VLD2019-53,DC2019-77
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) VLD-282,DC-283
Page pp.pp.197-202(VLD), pp.197-202(DC),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-11-06 (VLD, DC)