TrueMask® MDP
Full-Chip, Model-Based Mask Data Preparation
Full-Chip, Model-Based Mask Data Preparation
The increasing complexity in mask designs – in particular the sharp increase in the need for complex sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs) at 20-nm-and-below process nodes – has given rise to new challenges with mask write times (and therefore, cost) and mask quality.
D2S TrueMask MDP is the first and only full-chip, model-based mask data preparation (MB-MDP) solution for complex masks. It offers fully automated, full-chip mask data preparation for any complex mask – including Manhattanized, curvilinear and ideal inverse lithography technology (ILT) mask shapes – within practical, cost-effective write times. TrueMask MDP reduces eBeam shot count to cut mask write times by 20-30% or more, while improving the quality of the eventual wafers through built-in mask process correction (MPC).
D2S TrueMask MDP is the first and only full-chip, model-based mask data preparation (MB-MDP) solution for complex masks. It offers fully automated, full-chip mask data preparation for any complex mask – including Manhattanized, curvilinear and ideal inverse lithography technology (ILT) mask shapes – within practical, cost-effective write times. TrueMask MDP reduces eBeam shot count to cut mask write times by 20-30% or more, while improving the quality of the eventual wafers through built-in mask process correction (MPC).
Benefits
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- Ability to deploy ideal ILT shapes for superior wafer quality
- >20-30% write time reduction for conventional Manhattanized OPC shapes
- >30% write time reduction for ideal ILT shapes over conventionally fractured, Manhattanized ILT shapes, with superior wafer quality
- Built-in model-based MPC to improve mask linearity and CDU, particularly for small patterns, for both ArF and EUV masks
- Automatic full-chip mask verification and correction
“D2S TrueMask MDP is the first and the most promising product we’ve collaborated on that uses the new model-based mask data preparation approach to enable both accuracy and reasonable mask write times.”
– Dr. Naoya Hayashi, DNP
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Data Sheet (PDF)
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