| Autor: |
Scott Warrick, Will Conley, Mazen Saied, Yves Rody, Christian Gardin, Jonathan Planchot, Christophe Couderc, Patrick Montgomery, Pierre-Jerome Goirand, Catherine Martinelli, Amandine Borjon, Frank Sundermann, Bill Wilkinson, Yorick Trouiller, Jean-Christophe Urbani, Frederic Robert, Laurent Le Cam, Florent Vautrin, G. Kerrien, Jerome Belledent, Emic Yesilada, Vincent Farys |
| Rok vydání: |
2007 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: |
0277-786X |
| DOI: |
10.1117/12.714116 |
| Popis: |
Resolution Enhancement Techniques (RET) are inherently design dependent technologies. To be successful the RET strategy needs to be adapted to the type of circuit desired. For SOC (system on chip), the three main patterning constraints come from: -Static RAM with very aggressive design rules specially at active, poly and contact -transistor variability control at the chip level -random layouts The development of regular layouts, within the framework of DFM, enables the use of more aggressive RET, pushing the required k1 factor further than allowed with existing RET techniques and the current wavelength and NA limitations. Besides that, it is shown that the primary appeal of regular design usage comes from the significant decrease in transistor variability. In 45nm technology a more than 80% variability reduction for the width and the length of the transistor at best conditions, and more than 50% variability reduction though the process window has been demonstrated. In addition, line-end control in the SRAM bitcell becomes a key challenge for the 32nm node. Taking all these constraints into account, we present the existing best patterning strategy for active and poly level of 32nm : -dipole with polarization and regular layout for active level -dipole with polarization, regular layout and double patterning to cut the line-end for poly level. These choices have been made based on the printing performances of a 0.17mm2 SRAM bitcell and a 32nm flip-flop with NA 1.2 immersion scanner. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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