A Fuzzy-Matching Model With Grid Reduction for Lithography Hotspot Detection

作者：Wen Wan Yu^*; Li Jin Cheng; Lin Sheng Yuan; Chen Jing Yi; Chang Shih Chieh

来源：IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2014, 33(11): 1671-1680.

DOI：10.1109/TCAD.2014.2351273

• Design for manufacturability
• dimensionality reduction
• fuzzy matching
• hotspot detection
• lithography hotspot
• machine learning

In advanced IC manufacturing, as the gap increases between lithography optical wavelength and feature size, it becomes challenging to detect problematic layout patterns called lithography hotspot. In this paper, we propose a novel fuzzy matching model which extracts appropriate feature vectors of hotspot and nonhotspot patterns. Our model can dynamically tune appropriate fuzzy regions around known hotspots. Based on this paper, we develop a fast algorithm for lithography hotspot detection with high accuracy of detection and low probability of false-alarm counts. In addition, since higher dimensional size of feature vectors can produce better accuracy but requires longer run time, this paper proposes a grid reduction technique to significantly reduce the CPU run time with very minor impact on the advantages of higher dimensional space. Our results are very encouraging, with average 94.5% accuracy and low false-alarm counts on a set of test benchmarks.

• 出版日期2014-11
• 单位清华大学