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Rigorous simulation of 3D masks

Proc. SPIE 6349, 63494Z (2006); doi:10.1117/12.687816

Tuesday 19 September 2006
Monterey, CA, USA
Photomask Technology 2006
Patrick M. Martin, Robert J. Naber
Sven Burger, Lin Zschiedrich, and Frank Schmidt

Zuse Institute Berlin (Germany) and JCMwave GmbH (Germany)

Roderick Köhle

Qimonda AG (Germany)

Hoa Nguyen and Christoph Nölscher

Qimonda Dresden GmbH (Germany)

Reinhard März

JCMwave GmbH (Germany) and Infineon Technologies AG (Germany)

We perform 3D lithography simulations by using a finite-element solver. To proof applicability to real 3D problems we investigate DUV light propagation through a structure of size 9μm x 4μm x 65nm. On this relatively large computational domain we perform rigorous computations (No Hopkins) taking into account a grid of 11 x 21 source points with two polarization directions each. We obtain well converged results with an accuracy of the diffraction orders of about 1%. The results compare well to experimental aerial imaging results. We further investigate the convergence of 3D solutions towards quasi-exact results obtained with different methods.

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Online Oct 20, 2006
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Sven Burger, Roderick Köhle, Lin Zschiedrich, Hoa Nguyen, Frank Schmidt, Reinhard März and Christoph Nölscher, "Rigorous simulation of 3D masks", Proc. SPIE 6349, 63494Z (2006); doi:10.1117/12.687816

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