| 摘要 |
Methods and apparatus are disclosed that arrange mask patterns in response to the contribution of an assist feature to image intensity. In some methods of arranging mask patterns, a distribution of functions h(&xgr;−x) is obtained which represents the contribution of an assist feature to image intensity on a main feature. Neighboring regions of the main feature are discretized into finite regions, and the distribution of the functions h(&xgr;−x) is replaced with representative values h(x,&xgr;) of the discretized regions. A position of the assist feature is determined using polygonal regions having the same h(x,&xgr;). As described, the term x is the position of the main feature and the term &xgr; is the position of the assist. |
