Xiaoqing Xu
ABSTRACT
Sub-Resolution Assist Feature (SRAF) generation is a very important resolution enhancement technique to improve yield in modern semiconductor manufacturing process. Model- based SRAF generation has been widely used to achieve high accuracy but it is known to be time consuming and it is hard to obtain consistent SRAFs on the same layout pattern configurations. This paper proposes the first ma- chine learning based framework for fast yet consistent SRAF generation with high quality of results. Our technical con- tributions include robust feature extraction, novel feature compaction, model training for SRAF classification and pre- diction, and the final SRAF generation with consideration of practical mask manufacturing constraints. Experimental re- sults demonstrate that, compared with commercial Calibre tool, our machine learning based SRAF generation obtains 10X speed up and comparable performance in terms of edge placement error (EPE) and process variation (PV) band.
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