Patent ID: 9679371
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G01N,G06T,H01J,H01L

Claim:
1. A pattern shape evaluation device comprising: a contour data extraction means for extracting contour data from captured images of a plurality of circuit patterns formed by altering exposure conditions for identical design layouts; a shape change amount measurement means for measuring, on the basis of the plurality of sets of extracted contour data, the amount of shape change at each edge or local region of the circuit patterns; a change amount model computation means for computing, on the basis of the measured amount of shape change, a change amount model for the contour data of a circuit pattern or a shape corresponding to a prescribed exposure condition; and a process window computation means using the change amount model to estimate the amount of shape change of a circuit pattern or a shape corresponding to an arbitrary exposure condition with respect to a circuit pattern or a shape corresponding to an exposure condition specified by a reference exposure condition and compute a process window on the basis of the estimated amount of shape change.