IP Library Granted Patent US 10,732,512
Granted Patent B2
US 10,732,512 · App. 15/903,536 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Image processor, method for generating pattern using self-organizing lithographic techniques and computer program

Inventors: Takumichi Sutani (Tokyo, JP); Miki Isawa (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Koshihara (Tokyo, JP); Akiyuki Sugiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
G03F7/70491B82Y40/00H01L21/0337
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Patent No.
US 10,732,512
App. No.
15/903,536
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processor, a method for generating a pattern using self-organizing lithographic techniques, and a computer program are provided to achieve image processing suitable for addressing a sample generated by patterning using Directed Self-Assembly (DSA), and the processor, method, and computer program are characterized in that a template for addressing is prepared on the basis of guide pattern data used for patterning by DSA. The above configuration makes it possible to provide an addressing pattern suitable for visual field positioning in measuring or inspecting a pattern formed through the patterning process using DSA.

Claims (6)

1. A computer-implemented method of generating a template used for template matching using image processing,

the method comprising:

receiving image data including a self-organized pattern in a guide pattern used for a self-organized lithography by an annealing process and a fingerprint pattern;

removing the fingerprint pattern from the image data by the image processing; and

storing the image data from which the fingerprint pattern has been removed as the template in a memory.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the removing of the fingerprint pattern from the image data by the image processing comprises: extracting the self-organized pattern from the image data by executing pattern matching using a template indicating a self-organized pattern.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052398/0249 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-251770 · Nov 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14441768
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