Patent ID: 8146024

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for process optimization after mask manufacturing comprising: generating a first list of critical areas simulated from a manufactured mask containing a design layout based at least in part upon cross domain correlation, wherein the cross domain correlation comprises correlating the critical areas caused by physical and electrical effects with weighing factors from a manufacturer, wherein the weighting factors are tuned to match locations of actual critical areas of a previous layout with locations of simulated critical areas of the same previous layout; applying a priority for process optimization for the critical areas; determining, by using a processor, a manufacturing process recipe based at least in part upon the priority, wherein the manufacturing process recipe is determined based at least in part upon comparing a prediction of functional and parametric yields with a threshold in order to optimize a process control for the functional and parametric yields; and storing the manufacturing process recipe in a volatile or non-volatile computer-usable medium or displaying the manufacturing process recipe using a display device.