PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A parameter adjustment method for a plurality of manufacturing devices to form a pattern of a semiconductor device on a substrate using the manufacturing devices includes: adjusting a parameter adjustable for a manufacturing device serving as a reference manufacturing device so as to fall within a range of a predetermined permissible variation and defining the adjusted parameter as a reference parameter of the reference manufacturing device; obtaining a first shape of a pattern of a semiconductor device to be formed on a substrate using the reference manufacturing device from a mask to form the pattern on the substrate when the reference parameter is set to the reference manufacturing device and defining the obtained first shape as a reference finished shape; defining an adjustable parameter of another to-be-adjusted manufacturing device as a to-be-adjusted parameter of the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device; obtaining a second shape of the pattern formed on the substrate using the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device from the mask when the defined to-be-adjusted parameter is set to the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device and defining the obtained second shape as a to-be-adjusted finished shape; calculating a difference amount between the reference finished shape and the to-be-adjusted finished shape; repeatedly calculating the difference amount by changing the to-be-adjusted parameter until the difference amount becomes equal to or less than a predetermined reference value; outputting as a parameter of the to-be-adjusted manufacturing device the to-be-adjusted parameter having the difference amount equal to or less than the predetermined reference value or the to-be-adjusted parameter having the difference amount which becomes equal to or less than the predetermined reference value through the repeated calculation.