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Electron beam lithography system

US4943729A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1988
Grant dateJul 24, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3026
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electron beam lithography system having a contour resolving circuit for resolving original pattern data which is transferred from a host computer into contour portion pattern data and inner portion pattern data in accordance with the designated dimension, for adding flag data to enable the contour portion pattern data and the inner portion pattern data to be discriminated to the resolved pattern data, and for outputting the resolved pattern data with the flag data. By adding the flag data, the contour portion pattern data and inner portion pattern data can be easily discriminated. The operation to change the electron beam irradiation dose in accordance with the contour portion pattern and inner portion pattern can be fairly easily executed. A pattern can be drawn at a high accuracy while preventing a deformation of the drawn figure due to the proximity effect. A data processing amount in the computer can be reduced. A data transfer amount from the host computer can be also reduced. Thus, an electron beam lithography system having a high throughput can be realized.

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