TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION IN PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY USING FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND A MODIFIED STRING ALGORITHM

被引:4
作者
ARSHAK, KI
MCDONAGH, D
MATHUR, BP
ARSHAK, A
机构
[1] Microelectronics and Semiconductor Research Group, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick
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10.1108/eb051902
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TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
In this paper, simulation of topography effects in photolithography is examined using the two-dimensional PC based simulator called SLITS (Simulation of Lithography on Topographic Substrates). This program uses FEA software (in-house written) to solve wave propagation in a photoresist layer and a modified String Algorithm for photoresist development. The simulated results illustrates the effect of topography on the latent and relief images.
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页数:8
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