Patent · US Active

Pattern specification method and pattern specification apparatus

US7519942B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
4References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 2005
Grant dateApr 14, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 23, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F1/68
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pattern specification method for specifying a drawn microscopic pattern, comprising the step of creating a first pattern in which process shift information is reflected on a pattern expressed by design data, the step of enlarging the drawn pattern, the step of performing pattern matching between the first pattern which corresponds to the drawn pattern to-be-specified or a pattern which include patterns surrounding this first pattern and the enlarged pattern or an enlarged pattern which includes enlarged patterns surrounding this enlarged pattern, and the step of outputting the enlarged pattern which matches most in the pattern matching.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.