Method and apparatus for reticle optimization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10725372
APP PUB NO 20180011398A1
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15546583

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A method includes determining topographic information of a substrate for use in a lithographic imaging system, determining or estimating, based on the topographic information, imaging error information for a plurality of points in an image field of the lithographic imaging system, adapting a design for a patterning device based on the imaging error information. In an embodiment, a plurality of locations for metrology targets is optimized based on imaging error information for a plurality of points in an image field of a lithographic imaging system, wherein the optimizing involves minimizing a cost function that describes the imaging error information. In an embodiment, locations are weighted based on differences in imaging requirements across the image field.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B VP O BOX 324 VELDHOVEN 5500 AH

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Beltman, Johannes Marcus Maria Knegsel, NL 7 64
Depre, Laurent Michel Marcel Revel, FR 2 7
Jochemsen, Marinus Veldhoven, NL 28 162
Mos, Everhardus Cornelis Best, NL 81 800
Prentice, Christopher Grenoble, FR 3 18
Staals, Frank Eindhoven, NL 64 340
Tel, Wim Tjibbo Helmond, NL 78 537
Werkman, Roy Eindhoven, NL 35 143
Wildenberg, Jochem Sebastiaan Aarle-Rixtel, NL 34 137

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