Application-Specific Lithography: 28 nm Pitch Two-Dimensional Routing

Application-Specific Lithography: 28 nm Pitch Two-Dimensional Routing
by Fred Chen on 06-19-2023 at 6:00 am

Brightfield (red) and darkfield (purple) sidelobes in 84 nm

Current 1a-DRAM and 5/4nm foundry nodes have minimum pitches in the 28 nm pitch range. The actual 28 nm pitch patterns are one-dimensional active area fins (for both DRAM and foundry) as well as one-dimensional lower metal lines (in the case of foundry). One can imagine that, for a two-dimensional routing pattern, both horizontal… Read More