Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits including generating photomasks for directed self-assembly
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one example, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes generating a photomask for forming a DSA directing pattern overlying a semiconductor substrate. The DSA directing pattern is configured to guide a self-assembly material deposited thereon that undergoes directed self-assembly (DSA) to form a DSA pattern. Generating the photomask includes inputting DSA target patterns. The DSA target patterns are grouped into groups including a first group and a group boundary is defined around the first group as an initial OPC mask pattern. A circle target is generated around each of the DSA target patterns in the first group to define a merged circle target boundary. The initial OPC mask pattern is adjusted and/or iteratively updated using the merged circle target boundary to generate an output final OPC mask pattern.
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