Patents by Inventor Mizuna Suganuma

Mizuna Suganuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10032603
    Abstract: A charged particle beam lithography apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a pattern-writing-data data storage processing circuitry configured to store pattern writing data in association with pattern attribute information; a shot dividing processing circuitry configured to divide the pattern writing data into shot data in association with the pattern attribute information; an indicator data storage processing circuitry configured to store an indicator for determining correction section regions to be merged on calculation in an approximation calculation of heat transfers, the indicator being associated with the pattern attribute information; a pattern writing schedule creator configured to create a pattern writing schedule based on the shot data; an approximation-calculation-method determining processing circuitry configured to determine an approximation calculation method of the heat transfers from other shots written before a shot to be written, the shot being associated with the shot data to be wri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Noriaki Nakayamada, Mizuna Suganuma
  • Patent number: 9852885
    Abstract: A charged particle beam writing method includes acquiring a pair of a reference dose and a backscatter coefficient for proximity effect correction using a first settling time, acquiring a first relation between a temperature rise amount and a critical dimension variation amount using a second settling time shorter than the first settling time, the backscatter coefficient and the reference dose acquired, calculating a temperature correction parameter depending on a temperature rise amount, for correcting a dose, by using the first relation, and a second relation on a dose and a pattern critical dimension in a case of using the first settling time, calculating a beam irradiation dose by the reference dose and a dose coefficient obtained from the backscatter coefficient of the pair acquired, and the temperature correction parameter, and writing a pattern with a beam based on the dose calculated using the second settling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mizuna Suganuma, Noriaki Nakayamada
  • Publication number: 20170278672
    Abstract: A charged particle beam writing method includes acquiring a pair of a reference dose and a backscatter coefficient for proximity effect correction using a first settling time, acquiring a first relation between a temperature rise amount and a critical dimension variation amount using a second settling time shorter than the first settling time, the backscatter coefficient and the reference dose acquired, calculating a temperature correction parameter depending on a temperature rise amount, for correcting a dose, by using the first relation, and a second relation on a dose and a pattern critical dimension in a case of using the first settling time, calculating a beam irradiation dose by the reference dose and a dose coefficient obtained from the backscatter coefficient of the pair acquired, and the temperature correction parameter, and writing a pattern with a beam based on the dose calculated using the second settling time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mizuna SUGANUMA, Noriaki NAKAYAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170069460
    Abstract: A charged particle beam lithography apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a pattern-writing-data data storage processing circuitry configured to store pattern writing data in association with pattern attribute information; a shot dividing processing circuitry configured to divide the pattern writing data into shot data in association with the pattern attribute information; an indicator data storage processing circuitry configured to store an indicator for determining correction section regions to be merged on calculation in an approximation calculation of heat transfers, the indicator being associated with the pattern attribute information; a pattern writing schedule creator configured to create a pattern writing schedule based on the shot data; an approximation-calculation-method determining processing circuitry configured to determine an approximation calculation method of the heat transfers from other shots written before a shot to be written, the shot being associated with the shot data to be wri
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Noriaki NAKAYAMADA, Mizuna SUGANUMA
  • Patent number: 9484185
    Abstract: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a correction term calculation processing circuitry to calculate a correction term which corrects an error of a proximity effect density of a figure pattern to be written, compared against the figure pattern at design stage, a proximity effect correction dose coefficient calculation processing circuitry to calculate a proximity effect correction dose coefficient for correcting a proximity effect, by using the correction term, a dose calculation processing circuitry to calculate a dose of a charged particle beam by using the proximity effect correction dose coefficient, and a writing mechanism to write the figure pattern on a target object by using the charged particle beam whose dose is the dose calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mizuna Suganuma, Noriaki Nakayamada, Yasuo Kato
  • Publication number: 20160148785
    Abstract: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a correction term calculation processing circuitry to calculate a correction term which corrects an error of a proximity effect density of a figure pattern to be written, compared against the figure pattern at design stage, a proximity effect correction dose coefficient calculation processing circuitry to calculate a proximity effect correction dose coefficient for correcting a proximity effect, by using the correction term, a dose calculation processing circuitry to calculate a dose of a charged particle beam by using the proximity effect correction dose coefficient, and a writing mechanism to write the figure pattern on a target object by using the charged particle beam whose dose is the dose calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mizuna SUGANUMA, Noriaki NAKAYAMADA, Yasuo KATO
  • Patent number: 9224578
    Abstract: A apparatus includes a unit to operate a first dose of a beam corrected for a proximity effect for each of second mesh regions of a second mesh size obtained by dividing the first mesh size by a product of a natural number and a number of passes, by using a dose model using a dose threshold; a unit to operate a representative temperature rising due to heat transfer originating from irradiation of the beam by using a dose for an applicable pass of the first dose and a unit to operate a polynomial having a term obtained by multiplying a dose modulation coefficient based on the representative temperature by a pattern area density as an element, and a dose that makes a difference between a value obtained by operating the polynomial and the dose threshold within a tolerance is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Noriaki Nakayamada, Yasuo Kato, Mizuna Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20140291553
    Abstract: A apparatus includes a unit to operate a first dose of a beam corrected for a proximity effect for each of second mesh regions of a second mesh size obtained by dividing the first mesh size by a product of a natural number and a number of passes, by using a dose model using a dose threshold; a unit to operate a representative temperature rising due to heat transfer originating from irradiation of the beam by using a dose for an applicable pass of the first dose and a unit to operate a polynomial having a term obtained by multiplying a dose modulation coefficient based on the representative temperature by a pattern area density as an element, and a dose that makes a difference between a value obtained by operating the polynomial and the dose threshold within a tolerance is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Noriaki NAKAYAMADA, Yasuo KATO, Mizuna SUGANUMA
  • Publication number: 20140138527
    Abstract: A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a calculation unit to calculate a dose density that corrects a dimensional variation caused by at least one of a proximity effect, a fogging effect, and a loading effect, and indicates a dose per unit area of a charged particle beam, where the dose density has been modulated based on a dose modulation amount input from outside, a determination unit to determine whether the dose density exceeds an acceptable value, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target object with the charged particle beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo KATO, Mizuna Suganuma