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15 - General Engineering
University of Edinburgh (joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)
Electrical Test Structures for the Characterization of Optical Proximity Correction
This invited paper, which extends IEEE ICMTS 2010 (DoI:10.1109/ICMTS.2010.5466866), presents the first comparison of electrical measurements of test structures made directly on a photomask plate, with those made on a silicon wafer patterned using the same mask. It demonstrates the direct characterisation of optical proximity correction; a key resolution enhancement technique in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (www.ITRS.net). This work is part of an industrial collaboration, which involved Nikon Precision Europe GmbH (Dr. Martin McCallum, email address available) and Compugraphics International.