Precision control of poly-gate CD by local OPC for elimination of microloading effect on 0.13-um CMOS technology

Tzy-Kuang Lee; Yao-Ching Wang; Min-hwa Chi; C. Y. Lu; C. H. Hsieh; R. G. Liu; H. J. Liao; S. S. Yang; Chih-Hao Chang

doi:10.1117/12.485250

26 June 2003 Precision control of poly-gate CD by local OPC for elimination of microloading effect on 0.13-μm CMOS technology

Tzy-Kuang Lee, Yao-Ching Wang, Min-hwa Chi, C. Y. Lu, C. H. Hsieh, R. G. Liu, H. J. Liao, S. S. Yang, Chih-Hao Chang

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Proceedings Volume 5042, Design and Process Integration for Microelectronic Manufacturing; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485250
Event: Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing, 2003, Santa Clara, CA, United States

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The yield impact by local non-uniformity of poly-gate CD, edge profile, and transistor performance (between larger pitch area and minimum pitch area) is no longer tolerable in advanced CMOS technology as illustrated in a 2M SRAM vehicle processed by 0.13um flow in this paper. Micro-loading effects shall be minimized for process steps in poly-gate loop (including poly patterning, hard-mask etching, photo-resist (PR) ashing, poly etching, hard-mask removal, wet clean, etc), so that the accumulated local non-uniformity can be minimized. Also additional OPC may be applied locally (on mask) to compensate the remaining local non-uniformity. Significantly higher yield of a vehicle (2M SRAM) is demonstrated by efforts from both minimizing micro-loading effect in process steps as well as applying additional local OPC.

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Tzy-Kuang Lee, Yao-Ching Wang, Min-hwa Chi, C. Y. Lu, C. H. Hsieh, R. G. Liu, H. J. Liao, S. S. Yang, and Chih-Hao Chang "Precision control of poly-gate CD by local OPC for elimination of microloading effect on 0.13-μm CMOS technology", Proc. SPIE 5042, Design and Process Integration for Microelectronic Manufacturing, (26 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485250

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Optical proximity correction

Transistors

Critical dimension metrology

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