Patent Document ID: 8078996
Application ID: 12457751
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of correcting a mask pattern design, the method comprising: preparing, by a computer, a desired pattern and a mask pattern to form a first transferred/formed pattern corresponding to the desired pattern on a substrate, the mask pattern comprising an edge; generating, by the computer, a plurality of edges by dividing the edge of the mask pattern by a predetermined length; defining a correction point on the plurality of edges to generate a plurality of correction points; computing, by the computer, a correction quantity in consideration of the proximity effect for the plurality of correction points to generate a plurality of correction quantities; forming, by the computer, a correction mask pattern by moving the plurality of edges according to the plurality of correction quantities, the correction mask pattern comprising an edge; defining at least one evaluation point on the edge of the correction mask pattern; defining at least one process parameter to form a second transferred/formed pattern which is either a resist pattern formed on the substrate by using the correction mask pattern or a pattern formed on the substrate by using the resist patterns as a mask; defining a reference value and a variable range for the at least one process parameter; generating, by the computer, a combination of parameter values by varying the at least one process parameter within the variable range; computing, by the computer, a positional displacement for the combination of the parameter values to generate a plurality of positional displacements, wherein the positional displacement is a positional displacement between at least one first point on the second transferred/formed pattern and the at least one evaluation point, and wherein the at least first point corresponds to the at least one evaluation point; computing, by the computer, a statistic of the plurality of positional displacements; outputting, by the computer, information to modify the mask pattern according to the statistic; comparing the standard deviation of the positional displacements and a first predefined range; changing the desired pattern provided in a case where the standard deviation of the positional displacement is out of the first predefined range; comparing the average of the positional displacements and a second predefined range provided in a case where the standard deviation of the positional displacements is within the first predefined range; and outputting, by the computer, information to modify the correction mask pattern provided in a case where the average of the positional displacements is out of the second predefined range.