Dependence of initial learning dataset on etching profile optimization using machine learning in plasma etching

Autor: Takashi Dobashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Okuyama, Takeshi Ohmori
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.
ISSN: 1347-4065
0021-4922
DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/accd7b
Popis: Machine learning was applied to optimize etching profile for line-and-space pattern sample in plasma etching. To investigate effect of difference of initial-learning dataset on optimization of etching profile, high-, medium-, and low-quality datasets were prepared. The high-quality dataset was composed of etching results relatively close to a target etching profile. The low-quality dataset was composed of etching results relatively far from the target etching profile. The medium-quality dataset was intermediate between the high- and low-quality dataset. For the machine learning, Kernel ridge regression method was used. After six learning cycles, better etching results were obtained by the medium- and low-quality datasets than to that in the whole initial-learning dataset. However, the etching results by the high-quality dataset did not exceed that in the whole initial-learning dataset. These results indicate that initial-learning dataset having etching results far from the target profile can be useful to optimize etching profile.
Databáze: OpenAIRE