CD Spec For Curvilinear Masks


Within the photomask industry, there's a major transformation from conventional Manhattan masks to more advanced curvilinear masks. Researchers from D2S and Micron Technology propose an equivalent CD spec for the curvy masks and use this spec to show that curvy masks have smaller mask variations than Manhattan masks. Find the technical paper here. Published June 2024. Linyong (Leo) Pang, ... » read more

Deep Learning (DL) Applications In Photomask To Wafer Semiconductor Manufacturing


How Advantest Corporation, ASML, Fraunhofer, imec, Siemens EDA and others are using deep learning in semiconductor manufacturing. Click here to read more. » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


By Adam Kovac, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan. India approved the construction of two fabs and a packaging house, for a total investment of about $15.2 billion, according to multiple sources. One fab will be jointly owned by Tata and Taiwan's Powerchip. The second fab will be a joint investment between CG Power, Japan's Renesas Electronics, and Thailand's Stars Microelectronics. Tata will run t... » read more

Curvilinear Photomasks Can Be Made Today


Multi-beam mask writers (MBMWs) and GPU-accelerated curvilinear ILT are enabling curvilinear photomasks to be made today. Despite the benefits of improved process windows, curvilinear photomask adoption is slow. Industry luminaries surveyed by the eBeam Initiative in 2021 ranked photomask inspection and infrastructure as the top barriers to adoption, as shown in figure 1. Yet only 4% say the b... » read more

Survey: 2020 eBeam Initiative Annual Survey Results


Aki Fujimura, the CEO of D2S, Inc. presented "The eBeam Initiative's Annual Survey Results at Photomask" at Photomask Japan 2021 in April 2021. Survey says that COVID has a net neutral business impact on total mask revenues. By 2021, 24% positive vs 20% negative COVID-related business predictions. 74% agree actinic inspection for EUV HVM by 2023, and more results. Click here to read more. » read more

Deep Learning (DL) Applications In Photomask To Wafer Semiconductor Manufacturing


The Survey: 2021 Deep Learning Applications List by eBeam Initiative members is a list of current deep learning efforts that are being used in photomask to wafer semiconductor manufacturing. Examples come from ASML, D2S, Fraunhofer IPMS, Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, imec, Siemens Industries Software, Inc., Siemens EDA, STMicroelectronics, and TASMIT. Published by the eBeam Initiative Membe... » read more

Survey: eBeam Initiative Luminaries (formerly Perceptions) Survey Results


Survey of 77 industry luminaries across 42 different companies in July 2020 says net neutral COVID-19 business impact by 2021, with 24% positive vs 20% negative predictions. Click here to view the survey results. » read more

2019-2020 Mask Maker Survey Results


The survey results of the 2019-2020 Mask Maker Survey from the eBeam Initiative. • Multi-Beam and EUV Trends Becoming Visible • 558,834 masks reported by 10 different companies than last year • Masks written with Multi-Beam Mask Writers more than doubled • EUV mask yield reported at 91% • MPC usage increasing at leading edge nodes Click here to see the presentation. » read more

Survey: 2019 eBeam Initiative Perceptions Survey Results


Results of the 2020 eBeam Initiative Perceptions survey, now called the Luminaries survey, will be made available starting on September 22 here: Meanwhile, here is the 8th Annual Perceptions Survey – 2019 (July). 68 luminaries across 42 different companies participated. Some highlights: Deep learning impact predicted by 2020: 76% of the respondents say it’s somewhat to very lik... » read more

Survey: 2019 eBeam Initiative Mask Makers’ Survey Results


In 2019, eBeam Initiative's Multi-beam Masks survey reported for the first time • 599,536 masks reported by 11 companies • 2789 were EUV masks • Average mask turnaround time (TAT) for =7nm was 11 days. Click here to see the survey results. » read more

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