US5086398A
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Electron beam exposure method
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1990-03-23
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Granted: 1992-02-04
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Expires: 2010-03-23
Abstract
Abstract An electron beam exposure method incorporating a proximity effect correction for a pattern including large-area drawing patterns and small-area drawing patterns. The method includes dividing each large-area drawing pattern into a plurality of unit patterns and calculating the optimum electron beam exposure for each unit pattern and for each small-area drawing pattern. The calculation includes a proximity effect correction for each unit pattern and each small-area drawing pattern adjacent unit patterns having the same calculated exposures are merged into larger areas and drawing data based on the merged unit patterns, the unit patterns not merged, and the small-area drawing patterns is generated. The pattern is exposed to an electron beam that is controlled in accordance with the drawing data.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Moriizumi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 06:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/302; H01J37/3023; H01J37/3026; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/30; H01J2237/317; H01J2237/3175; H01J2237/31769
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A method for controlling exposure by an electron beam of a pattern, the pattern including at least one large-area drawing pattern and at least one small-area drawing pattern, the method comprising: specifying a pattern including at least one-large area drawing pattern and at least one small-area drawing pattern; dividing at least one of the large-area drawing patterns into a plurality of unit patterns; calculating electron beam exposure for each unit pattern and each small-area drawing pattern including a proximity effect correction for each unit pattern and each small-area drawing pattern; merging adjacent unit patterns for which the respective calculated exposures are the same into larger patterns; preparing drawing data for controlling an electron beam to expose the pattern, the drawing data including data for the merged larger patterns formed from unit patterns, for the unit patterns not merged with other unit patterns, and for the small-area drawing patterns; and exposing the pattern to an electron beam controlled by the drawing data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
161 words
A method for controlling exposure by an electron beam of a pattern, the pattern including at least one large-area drawing pattern and at least one small-area drawing pattern, the method comprising: specifying a pattern including at least one-large area drawing pattern and at least one small-area drawing pattern; dividing at least one of the large-area drawing patterns into a plurality of unit patterns; calculating electron beam exposure for each unit pattern and each small-area drawing pattern including a proximity effect correction for each unit pattern and each small-area drawing pattern; merging adjacent unit patterns for which the respective calculated exposures are the same into larger patterns; preparing drawing data for controlling an electron beam to expose the pattern, the drawing data including data for the merged larger patterns formed from unit patterns, for the unit patterns not merged with other unit patterns, and for the small-area drawing patterns; and exposing the pattern to an electron beam controlled by the drawing data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 including dividing each large-area drawing pattern into a plurality of unit patterns disposed along respective peripheries of the large-area drawing patterns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as claimed in claim 1 including dividing each large-area drawing pattern into a plurality of unit patterns disposed on a grid.
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