Patent ID: 6199029
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A topography simulation method of a plasma-assisted etching process, said method comprising the steps of:(a) a first step of analyzing at least one of a bulk-plasma region of plasma and a sheath-plasma region of said plasma using a first random number, and calculating a species energy of an incoming species toward a target material to be etched;(b) a second step of selecting a type of said incoming species toward a minute surface region of said target material using a second random number based on said species energy calculated in said step (a);(c) a third step of selecting an absorption state of said incoming species with atoms of said target material on said minute surface region of said target material using a third random number based on said species energy calculated in said step (a) and said type of said incoming species selected in said step (b);(d) a fourth step of selecting a chemical reaction of said incoming species with said atoms of said target material on said minute surface region of said target material from a chemical-reaction data table using a fourth random number based on said absorption state of said incoming species selected in said step (c);said chemical-reaction data table including a plurality of chemical-reaction data that have been calculated by using said molecular dynamics in advance;(e) a fifth step of calculating a topography data of said minute surface region of said target material based on said chemical reaction selected in said step (d) and storing said data in a topography data file; and(f) a sixth step of calculating a topography of a surface of said target material, using data from said topography data file, by varying values of said first to fourth random numbers at each time step by the use of the Monte Carlo method.