Kelvin Resistor Structures for the Investigation of Corner Serif Proximity Correction

S. Smith; Andreas Tsiamis; M. McCallum; A. C. Hourd; Tom Stevenson; Anthony Walton

Kelvin Resistor Structures for the Investigation of Corner Serif Proximity Correction

S. Smith, Andreas Tsiamis, M. McCallum, A. C. Hourd, Tom Stevenson, Anthony Walton

School of Engineering

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Abstract

Electrical test structures for the characterisation of Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) have been fabricated in thin aluminium using i-line lithography and reactive ion etching. Initial electrical measurements are presented which show an increase in the resistance of a right angled section of Al track as the level of OPC on the inside corner is increased. Structures with OPC applied to the outer corner do not show the same change in resistance. SEM images of similar Al test structures clearly show the effects of applying OPC and suggest that inner corner serif OPC leads to a narrowing of the conducting track.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROELECTRONIC TEST STRUCTURES, 23RD IEEE ICMTS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Place of Publication	NEW YORK
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	24-29
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-6915-4
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	23rd International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) - Hiroshima Duration: 22 Mar 2010 → 25 Mar 2010

Conference

Conference	23rd International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS)
City	Hiroshima
Period	22/03/10 → 25/03/10

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

LINEWIDTH

RCUK Fellowship
Smith, S. (Principal Investigator), Anderton, S. (Co-investigator), Bagnaninchi, P. (Co-investigator), Blythe, R. (Co-investigator), Calvert, J. (Co-investigator), Downes, A. (Co-investigator), Frame, M. (Co-investigator), Hay, D. (Co-investigator), Popovic, N. (Co-investigator) & Rambaut, A. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC, STFC
1/10/06 → 30/06/13
Project: Research

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Smith, S , Tsiamis, A, McCallum, M, Hourd, AC, Stevenson, T & Walton, A 2010, Kelvin Resistor Structures for the Investigation of Corner Serif Proximity Correction. in 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROELECTRONIC TEST STRUCTURES, 23RD IEEE ICMTS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NEW YORK, pp. 24-29, 23rd International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS), Hiroshima, 22/03/10.

Kelvin Resistor Structures for the Investigation of Corner Serif Proximity Correction. / Smith, S.; Tsiamis, Andreas; McCallum, M. et al.
2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROELECTRONIC TEST STRUCTURES, 23RD IEEE ICMTS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. NEW YORK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010. p. 24-29.

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Kelvin Resistor Structures for the Investigation of Corner Serif Proximity Correction

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