• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 12, 121102 (2019)
Yijiang Shen1、*, Fei Peng1, Xiaoyan Huang1, and Zhenrong Zhang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Mega Education Center South, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multimedia Communications and Network Technology, School of Computer, Electronics and Information, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201917.121102 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yijiang Shen, Fei Peng, Xiaoyan Huang, Zhenrong Zhang. Adaptive gradient-based source and mask co-optimization with process awareness[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(12): 121102 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We develop a source and mask co-optimization framework incorporating the minimization of edge placement error (EPE) and process variability band (PV Band) into the cost function to compensate simultaneously for the image distortion and the increasingly pronounced lithographic process conditions. Explicit differentiable functions of the EPE and the PV Band are presented, and adaptive gradient methods are applied to break symmetry to escape suboptimal local minima. Dependence on the initial mask conditions is also investigated. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed source and mask optimization approach in pattern fidelity improvement, process robustness enhancement, and almost unaffected performance with random initial masks.
    Ic=1Jsumαs,βsJ(αs,βs)p=x,y,zHp(αs,βs)B(αs,βs)M2,(1)

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    (J^,M^)=minJRNs×NsminMRN×NS{T(J,M),I0},(2)

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    S=γpeSpe{I0,I}+γepeSepe{I0,I}+γpvSpv{I0,I},(3)

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    Spe(J,M)=0.5×T(J,M)I02.(4)

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    Speω=asinω2Jsumαs,βsJp=x,y,zReal{B*{Hp*[Ep(II0)I(1I)]}},(5)

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    Speθ=sinω2x,y[a·(II0)I(1I)p=x,y,z|Ep|2IcJsum],(6)

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    Dsum(i,j)={k=jLV2j+LV2Spe(i,k)if(i,j)HSk=jLH2j+LH2Spe(k,j)if(i,j)VS,(7)

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    Sepe=(HS,VS)TPEEPEVs.(8)

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    Sepeϕ=(HS,VS)TPE(i,j)HS or VSsige(Dsum(i,j))ϕ,(9)

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    sige(Dsum)ϕ=aesige(Dsum)[1sige(Dsum)]k=jLV2j+LV2Speϕ,(10)

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    Spv=(I1I2INp1INp)\(I1I2INp1INp),(11)

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    Spv=(I1\FPA)(I2\FPA)(INp\FPA).(12)

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    Spv=1Npk=1NpIkI02=1Npk=1NpSpek,(13)

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    Spvϕ=1Npk=1NpSpekϕ.(14)

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    ϕt+1=ϕtηΔϕt=ϕtη·m^t/(v^t+ϵ),(15)

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    |Δϕt|=t=t1t2|β1/(1β1t+1)|·|mt2|t=t1t2|β2/(1β2t+1)|1/2·|vt2|1/2=t=t1t2|vt|·|Δϕt2|,(16)

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    |Δϕt|=|[β1·mt+(1β1)·gt]/(1β1t)|{[β2·vt+(1β2)·gt2]/(1β2t)}1/2+ϵ=|ρmt|·|gt||ρvt·gt2|1/2+ϵ,(17)

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    ϕt+1=ϕtηs·gt,(18)

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    Yijiang Shen, Fei Peng, Xiaoyan Huang, Zhenrong Zhang. Adaptive gradient-based source and mask co-optimization with process awareness[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(12): 121102
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