Systems and methods for adjusting a lithographic scanner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8438507
APP PUB NO 20100125823A1
SERIAL NO

12570845

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A system and methods are provide for modeling the behavior of a lithographic scanner and, more particularly, a system and methods are provide using thresholds of an image profile to characterize through-pitch printing behavior of a lithographic scanner. The method includes running a lithographic model for a target tool and running a lithographic model on the matching tool for a plurality of different settings using lens numerical aperture, numerical aperture of the illuminator and annular ratio of a pattern which is produced by an illuminator. The method then selects the setting that most closely matches the output of the target tool.

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NIKON CORPORATION15-3 KONAN 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 1086290 ?1086290
NIKON PRECISION INCBELMONT CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujii, Koichi Saitama, JP 46 291
Renwick, Stephen P San Bruno, US 8 43

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