Understanding photomask data
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Understanding Photomask Data
Sizing Sizing Sizing
In ,
is the such as text and graphics.
Posi7ve Space
Nega7ve Space
Hello World!
Posi7ve Space is a vase
In , a binary photomask will have two tones: 1) the tone inside the closed geometry and 2) the tone outside the closed geometry.
Inside the geometry
Outside the geometry
One tone will be clear ( ), the other opaque (dark).
The posi7ve space is clear
Clear geometry / Dark field
The nega7ve space is clear
Dark geometry / Clear field
Two Possible Mask Tones
The on the photoblank is exposed to light in the shape of the mask design paNern.
For , the resist exposed to light
becomes soluble and easily removed, allowing the
chrome to be etched with .
For , the exposed resist becomes insoluble, allowing the
chrome to be etched .
Mask data is
This image is wriNen in the chrome surface of the mask. The mask is used
in the exposure tool.
The designer draws the physical layout of how the device should
appear on the wafer.
(mirrored)
The design paNern must be mirrored to write the mask
.
Same orienta7on
Mask Titles are Mask 7tles are typically
(mirrored) when viewed
in the maskshop.
These same mask 7tles will be (not mirrored)
when viewed in the wafer fab.
Right-‐Reading Text
Common usage of the terms “ ” and “ ”
is the process of conver7ng complex polygons in the design data into simpler shapes in a raster or vector format used by the mask writers.
-‐ During mask fabrica7on, the clear area a wriNen a liNle smaller than it was designed. This is known as sizing or biasing the data. The sized data is
pushed back to the original size when the chrome is etched.
Fractured, Mirrored Unfractured, Unmirrored
, OASIS Data, Calma GDS-‐II Stream Data, CalTech
Intermediate Format (CIF) Data, DXF Data, Applicon Data, Gerber Data, IPC2581, RS274X, STL Data, ODB++ Data, BMP Data, TIFF Data, ASCII Data, Mentor Boardsta7on Data, Cadence Allegro Data, EGS Data, ME-‐10 Data, STL Data, IGES Data,
ADS Data
Sizing No Sizing
, MEBES, MEBES Mode5, Micronic MIC, Toshiba NuFlare
VSB11/12, Heidelberg LIC, JEOL 52, Hitachi HL, Raith EBPG, Varian ALF,
Leica ZBA, Leica JES, MANN 3000/3600, Electromask
the easy way to make a mask
www.photomaskportal.com