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New LithoWorld Model Enhances Lithography Process Recovery Using SEM Data

Researchers have developed LithoWorld, a novel endpoint world model designed to recover lithography process windows using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) data. This model aims to correct patterns that drift outside their acceptable parameters, ensuring qualified SEM morphology. LithoWorld utilizes a causal predictive branch for feature alignment and a conditional flow policy for generating corrections, achieving an 88.5% success rate in qualifying regions on test data, outperforming existing methods. AI

IMPACT This model could improve manufacturing precision in semiconductor fabrication by enabling more accurate process control.

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New LithoWorld Model Enhances Lithography Process Recovery Using SEM Data

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Botong Zhao, Fang Yu, Xinyuan Chen, Yue Lu ·

    LithoWorld: An Endpoint World Model for Lithography Process-Window Recovery

    arXiv:2610.23408v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Lithography process drift can move a fabricated pattern outside its process window, producing unqualified scanning electron microscopy (SEM) morphology. We present LithoWorld, an endpoint world model for SEM-guided parameter recover…