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Can you visualize an eight square meter apartment? All of you might consider this small area can probably suitable your wardrobe. Yet this apartment model depends on functionality cleverly hidden beyond simplicity. This small apartment in Paris was created by Kitoko Studio for an au pair taking attention of the childs.
In spite of the small space, the space had to be functional in order to wash, cook, sleep and also to cook, work, eat and keep a maximum of things. The area should guarantee the autonomy of the coming occupant. Wherefore, the new maid's area is a modular form of such an thing with parts of wardrobe,a bathroom, a storage, a table, a kitchenette, a staircase and a bed , all perfectly integrated within a big closet which can be unfolded according to the demands and modify the perception of area.
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The Argus has inspired a children's film about a big cat.
Nightmare Hunters follows two eleven-year-old friends, Sam (Brenock O'Connor) and Raffi (Toby Murray), who set out on a mission to find a big cat that has escaped.
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The 42-year-old filmmaker Ewan Gorman – who teaches at the Brighton Film School and lives in Portslade – said: "I've made short films before and I really wanted to make a feature film.
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I was reading an article about this big cat – the Beast of Bevendean.
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The present application is related to commonly-owned co-pending application, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/882,959, entitled "Optical Proximity Correction In Raster Scan Printing Based On Corner Matching Templates," filed Jul. 1, 2004, which is herein incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to lithography systems used to print patterns or masks onto semiconductor wafers and, more particularly, to improving the acuity of pattern features printed thereby.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the photolithographic fabrication of integrated circuits, resist sensitive to radiant particle energy is exposed in predetermined patterns to define circuit features. In some cases, the energy is passed through masks which contain the patterns, thereby selectively exposing a photoresist on a semiconductor body. In other cases, the resist is on a mask substrate and the direction of the radiant energy itself is controlled to define patterns in the resist. Several sources of radiant energy have been used, including ultraviolet light, visible light, coherent light, x-rays and electron beams (E-Beams).
One system for photolithographic fabrication of integrated circuits is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,038 entitled "Laser Pattern Generation Apparatus" which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention. In the system described therein, circuit patterns are written onto a workpiece by directing laser beams and moving a workpiece relative to the laser beams (e.g., while scanning the laser beams). In such systems, the intensity or dose of the laser beams at each exposed location is controlled by an array of pixels, commonly referred to as a pixel map, where the value of each pixel determines the dose at a corresponding exposed location. The dose or level of exposure is typically expressed as a grayscale value assigned to the corresponding pixel, typically zero to a maximum, where zero corresponds to a zero-dose or white, and the maximum value corresponds to a full-dose or black.
The pixel map is generated by a rasterization process in which a data file representing the pattern, such as a graphic design system (GDS) or MEBES format file, is transformed (using a component referred to as a "rasterizing engine") into the individual pixel values by determining over or on which pixels the pattern lies. The data file typically represents the image in a hierarchical format with data identifying individual vertices of the pattern features. One example of a technique and circuitry for performing such a rasterization process is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,553,170, entitled "Rasterizer for A Pattern Generation Apparatus," which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.
When writing a pattern with a lithography system, a number of boundary or edge effects, such as diffraction limited wavelength effects and electro-optical effects, for example, related to the power supplied in a radiated electron or laser beam, may result in defects in the actual written pattern. Factors in the writing process, such as sub-sampling techniques used in the rasterization process and the use of a Gaussian shaped beam for writing, may also contribute to these defects. These defects may include rounded corners and the shortening of lines due to non-sharp edges (commonly referred to as line end shortening).
One approach to compensate for rounded corners involves manipulating the data file to include additional geometries, in effect, to increase the area of exposure in proximity to the corner areas. This approach is illustrated in
In the geometry-based OPC process flow 104, the data file 110 S is manipulated to add serifs 112 to the corners of the pattern 111, resulting in a new data file 110 G, which is rasterized to form a new bit map 120 G. Because of the serifs 112, this new bit map 120 G will have additional pixels with non-zero values located in proximity to the pattern corners. As a result, writing the pattern based on bit map 120 G may result in a written pattern 130 G with corners 132 G that are less rounded, having effectively been stretched outwardly toward the ideal corners 134, "regaining" corner area and, thus, reducing CPB.
Unfortunately, there are a number of disadvantages associated with this geometry-based OPC process. One disadvantage is that, due to the addition of the serifs 112, the number of corners that must be represented increases and the data file 110 G may grow proportionally. For example, in the simple example illustrated in
Another disadvantage associated with geometry-based OPC is that, depending on the rasterization engine, certain ideal pixel configurations that may better correct for some defects may be unachievable through the addition of simple geometries, such as serifs 112. A related disadvantage is that even if more complex geometries are added in an effort to achieve a desired pixel configuration, the data file will likely grow accordingly, thus exacerbating the previously described problems with data transfer.
Accordingly, there is a need for improved techniques for correcting defects, such as rounded corners, in patterns written by lithography. Preferably, such techniques will result in little or no impact on data transfer.
The present invention generally provides methods and systems for correcting corner in patterns printed via lithography.
One embodiment provides a method for adjusting corners of a pattern to be written into a sensitive recording surface. The method generally includes generating sub-pixel data for use in creating grayscale values for pixels by sampling sub-pixel locations of pixels that are covered by the pattern, detecting corner pixels in the array, in which corners of the pattern lie, by examining the sub-pixel data, and adjusting grayscale values of at least one of one or more detected corner pixels and one or more pixels neighboring one or more detected corner pixels.
Another embodiment provides a method for adjusting corners of a pattern to be written into a sensitive recording surface. The method generally includes generating sub-pixel data by sampling sub-pixel locations of pixels that are covered by the pattern, constructing an array of the pixels with corresponding sub-pixel data, detecting corner pixels in the array by comparing a set of sub-pixel data in the array with one or more corner detection overlays, and adjusting grayscale values of at least one of: one or more detected corner pixels and one or more pixels neighboring one or more detected corner pixels.
Another embodiment provides a system for writing a pattern in a resistive surface generally including a rasterizer, a corner detection unit, and a corner correction unit. The rasterizer is generally configured to generate sub-pixel data by sampling sub-pixel locations of pixels that are covered by the pattern. The corner detection unit is generally configured to detect corner pixels in an array of pixels by examining sub-pixel data corresponding to the pixels in the array. The corner correction unit is generally configured to adjust grayscale values of at least one of: one or more detected corner pixels and one or more pixels neighboring the corner pixels.
Another embodiment provides a system for writing a pattern in a resistive surface generally including a rasterizer, a corner detection unit, and a corner correction unit. The rasterizer is generally configured to generate sub-pixel data by sampling sub-pixel locations of pixels that are covered by the pattern. The corner detection unit is generally configured to detect corner pixels in the array by comparing a set of sub-pixel data in the array with one or more corner detection overlays. The corner correction unit is generally configured to adjust grayscale values of at least one of: one or more detected corner pixels and one or more pixels neighboring the corner pixels.
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods and apparatus for correcting defects, such as rounded corners and line end shortening, in patterns formed via lithography using radiated beams, such as laser or electron beams. Rather than compensate for such defects by manipulating the pattern data file to include additional geometric objects, defects are compensated for "post-rasterization" by manipulating the grayscale values of pixel maps. As a result, the size of the data file is not increased and data transfer time may be unaffected.
Performing defect compensation after rasterization may provide a greater degree of flexibility in the exact pixel configurations achievable to manipulate (increase or decrease) dose proximate the corners. Further, as will be described herein, pixel-based defect compensation may be performed on local areas of the pattern, allowing the processing to be distributed. For example, if the defect compensation is performed in software, processing may be distributed across multiple processors acting in parallel, with each processor working on a relatively small portion of the pattern without requiring knowledge of the rest of the pattern. Similarly, if the defect compensation is performed in hardware, the processing may be distributed among multiple hardware components acting in parallel.
At step 306, pixels on which corners of the pattern overlay (hereinafter, "corner pixels") are identified. At step 308, the grayscale values of the identified corner pixels and/or neighboring pixels are adjusted. While detecting and correcting these corner pixels are the basic steps involved in pixel-based correction of rounded corners, a number of different approaches may be taken to accomplish each. As will be described throughout, deciding the exact approach to take for each may involve a variety of considerations, including tradeoffs between cost and performance.
The challenge of detecting corner pixels may be demonstrated with reference to
As previously described, the grayscale value of each pixel 402 may be indicative of what percentage of the pixel is covered by the pattern 411. This is illustrated in
In any case, the operations 500 begin, at step 502, by receiving a pixel map 502. At step 504, a loop of operations 506-522 is entered, to be performed on each pixel. In other words, each pixel is examined to determine if it is a corner pixel and, if so, what type, by examining the number of neighboring pixels having a zero grayscale value.
As illustrated in
Accordingly, at step 506, the number (NZ) of neighboring pixels (of a pixel being examined) with zero grayscale is counted. For example, as illustrated in
As previously described, each corner pixel must lie on an edge and each edge pixel must have at least one zero grayscale neighbor. Accordingly, pixels having no zero grayscale neighbors, as determined at step 510, are not edge or corner pixels and, therefore, further processing is not required. In typical patterns, only a small percentage of pixels (e.g., approximately 10%) may be edges. Thus, quickly testing to determine a pixel is not an edge pixel and, thus not a corner pixel, may prevent unnecessary subsequent processing of non-edge pixels.
As illustrated in
Concave corner pixels 456, on the other hand, have only one zero grayscale neighbor (located on a diagonal). Accordingly, if a pixel has only one grayscale neighbor, as determined at step 516, that pixel may be marked as a concave corner, at step 518. In some cases, undersampling errors may result in a zero grayscale value for a pixel even though the pattern actually impinges on the pixel. In such cases, a pixel may be mismarked as a concave corner due to the erroneous zero grayscale. Further, in some cases, a vertex of a trapezoidal jog may also have a single zero grayscale neighbor. As a result, the marking in step 518 may actually indicate the pixel is "possibly" a concave corner and further processing (e.g., performed as part of post-corner detection processing, at step 524) may be required to resolve whether the pixel is, in fact, a concave corner. For some embodiments, undersampled pixels may be detected during rasterization (e.g., prior to receiving a pixel map, at step 502) and corrective measures may be taken to avoid sub-sampled errors, such as setting a single sub-sample bit.
Once pixels are identified as corner pixels, whether concave or convex, their orientation (e.g., Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Left, or Lower Right) may be determined, at step 520. Any suitable technique may be utilized to determine the orientation of the corners. For example, the orientation of concave corners may be determined by identifying the location of the single zero grayscale diagonal neighbor. Similarly, the orientation of convex corner pixels may be determined by identifying the location of a single non-zero grayscale diagonal neighbor.
Pixels having some number of zero grayscale neighbors (other than 0, 1, 4, or 5) may represent some other type of feature. For example, a jog or neck may have two or three zero grayscale neighbors, a one pixel-wide line may have six or seven zero grayscale neighbors, while an isolated pixel may have eight zero grayscale neighbors. Such pixels may be marked accordingly, at step 522.
For some embodiments, once each pixel has been examined, post-corner detection processing may be performed, at step 524. Post-corner processing may include various operations, such as resolving undersampling errors (which may also be done during rasterization), resolving adjacent corners, and detecting trapezoidal jogs. For example, undersampling errors may be resolved by additional processing to determine if any portion of a pattern overlays a zero grayscale pixel without impinging on a subsampled pixel. Resolving adjacent corners may involve examining pixels adjacent to (or in proximity to) an identified corner, in an effort to ensure the addition of dose during subsequent convex corner correction does not result in bridging between adjacent features or that removal of dose during subsequent concave corner correction does not result in loss of continuity.
For some embodiments, external information, such as data from the original pattern data file, may be used to assist in this post-corner processing. Such external information may provide precise information regarding the pattern relative to the pixel grid, not readily available from the grayscale pixel map, such as precise locations of a pattern to resolve undersampling errors.
After post-corner detection processing, corner correction may be performed, at step 526.
Thus, if a corner pixel is a convex pixel, as determined at step 606, the grayscale value of the corner pixel is increased by a correction factor, at step 608. In some cases, the correction factor may be adjustable, for example, by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI), and the exact value chosen may be based, for example, by the amount of correction needed, as determined from previous trials of writing the same pattern. For some embodiments, separate correction factors may be used to correct convex and concave corners and each may be independently adjustable by a user. More complex schemes involving multiple correction factors, for adjusting the grayscale value of multiple neighboring pixels are also possible. In either case, in some instances, the sum of the original grayscale value and the correction factor may exceed the maximum pixel value. As it is not possible to add more dose to the corner pixel, the remainder may be added to the neighboring pixel diagonally outward, at step 610.
On the other hand, if a corner pixel is a concave pixel, the grayscale value of the corner pixel is decreased by the correction factor, at step 612. If the correction factor is greater than the original grayscale value, the grayscale value of the corner pixel will be set to zero. To ensure the desired amount of dose is removed to correct the concave corner, the remainder may then be subtracted from the neighboring pixel diagonally inward, at step 614.
For some embodiments, the horizontal and vertical (i.e., X and Y) dimensions of a pixel may not be symmetrical. For example, the Y dimension may be greater than the X dimension, resulting in pixels that are taller than they are wide. Therefore, diagonal neighboring pixels may not be located on an exactly 45 degree line, but rather, on a different angle determined by the pixel dimensions. Accordingly, in such cases, in order to increase dose diagonally outward or decrease dose diagonally inward, the grayscale value of more than one pixel may need to be adjusted (e.g., ratiometrically, based on the X and Y dimensions). Further, in some cases, non-cartesian pixel grids, such as hexagonal grids may be utilized. In such cases, the addition or subtraction of dose may be propagated accordingly.
The sum of the correction factor of 10 and the grayscale value of the lower right convex corner pixel, on the other hand, is greater than the maximum grayscale value of 16. Accordingly, this corner pixel is set to the maximum value of 16 and the remainder of 6 is propagated to the neighboring pixel diagonally outward. In a similar manner, as the grayscale value of the (lower) concave corner pixel value (6) is less than the correction factor (10), its corrected grayscale value is set to zero, while the remainder (4) is subtracted from the neighboring pixel diagonally inward, resulting in a corrected grayscale value of 12 for this pixel.
As illustrated in
Another approach to detecting corner pixels involves applying corner templates to an array of pixels centered on a pixel under examination. This template-based approach also relies on information regarding zero grayscale neighbors of corner pixels to identify and classify corner pixels. For some embodiments, this information may be captured in a Boolean pixel map which identifies pixels as having either a zero or non-zero grayscale value. As will be described in further detail below (with reference to
The operations 900 begin, at step 902, by receiving an original pixel map of grayscale values, for example, from a rasterizer. At step 904, a Boolean pixel map is generated, wherein a value of each pixel in the Boolean pixel map indicates whether a corresponding pixel in the original pixel map has a non-zero grayscale value. For example, a Boolean pixel with a value of 1 may indicate a corresponding pixel in the original pixel map has a non-zero grayscale value while a pixel in the Boolean pixel map with a value of 0 may indicate a corresponding pixel in the original pixel map has a zero grayscale value. For some embodiments, Boolean pixel values may be generated by simply logically Or'ing the bits of a corresponding grayscale value in the original pixel map.
At step 906, a loop of operations 908-914 to be performed for each Boolean pixel is entered. At step 908, an array of pixels centered on a selected pixel under examination is constructed. At step 910, a set of corner templates is applied to the constructed array, with each corner template corresponding to a corner of a certain type and orientation. If the array does not match any of the templates, as determined at step 912, the selected pixel is not marked as a corner pixel and the operations return to step 906 to select another pixel to examine. On the other hand, if the array does match one of the templates, the selected pixel is marked as a corner of the type corresponding to the matching template. Once all the pixels have been examined, corner correction is performed at step 916.
The size of the array of pixels assembled for comparison against the templates may be chosen as the minimum number of pixels required to be examined to reliably identify and classify all possible types of corner pixels and, in some cases, distinguish between corner pixels and trapezoidal jogs. For some embodiments, the array may be a 5�5 array of pixels.
In each template shown in
The convex corner templates 1002-1008 are relatively straightforward and assume that a convex corner extends with no other corner (or feature) closer than one pixel in two directions. The additional white space in the corner of the region diagonally opposite the detected corner in the convex templates 1002-1008 is designed to guarantee that no feature exists in an area that will possibly be covered by a propagated gray value. If a feature existed in this area, propagation could cause bridging between abutting features.
The concave corner detection templates 1010-1032 assume a two pixel spacing as well. In the absence of sub-pixel information (which will be described in further detail below), this check may be important to avoid correcting corners that are really trapezoidal jogs, which may cause edge roughness. In other words, since any aliased, non-undersampled line drawn through a rectilinear grid can only jog by at most a single pixel in one of the orthogonal Manhattan directions, this two pixel check may be used to ensure that all angled lines are rejected as candidates for corner correction. The concave corner templates 1018-1032 are designed to handle the special cases of interior concave regions with a clear (white) area of only a single pixel in height.
As illustrated, all the concave templates 1010-1032 require a 1-pixel non-zero grayscale surround in every direction, other than diagonally outward, from the corner pixel. This is to guard against loss of geometric connectivity in the printed image that might occur if too much dose is removed from the corner pixel as to separate features that should remain contiguous. This also illustrates how judicious design of the templates may reduce or eliminate the need to perform some of the previously described post-detection corner processing (e.g., step 524 of
The buffers may include an original grayscale buffer 1112 (e.g., a direct copy of the incoming grayscale pixel values), a Boolean pixel buffer 1114, and a correction pixel buffer 1116. As previously described, the Boolean values stored in the Boolean pixel buffer 1114 may be generated by logically OR'ing bits of pixels in the original grayscale buffer 1112. The correction pixel buffer 1116 is also a copy of the incoming gray value pixels, but may be modified in real time by a corner correction unit 1120 as corners are detected. As will be described in greater detail below, the modifications to the correction pixel buffer 1116 are based on the gray values in the (unmodified) original grayscale buffer 1112. This may be done in an effort to avoid double modification of pixels when corners are detected in close proximity and the corrections interfere.
For some embodiments, pixels may enter the corner detection and correction unit 1110 in rows of sixteen pixels, which may be processed in parallel, thus further improving performance. In order to assemble 5�5 pixel arrays, five rows may be accumulated before the corner detection can begin. Further, in order to perform corner correction on pixels at the edges of a 16 pixel row, 2 border pixels at either edge (for a total row width of 20 pixels) may also be fed into the corner detection and correction unit. As illustrated in
As shown in
where the & symbols represent logic AND functions, while the ! symbols represent logic invert functions. For concave corners, all of the template maps for a particular corner orientation may be logically "ORed" together. For example, the equation for a concave upper left (CCVUL) corner (e.g., templates 1010, 1018, and 1026 In
where the | symbols represent logic OR functions.
As previously described, undersampled pixels may present a problem to algorithms that detect corners based on zero grayscale values, such as the template-based corner detection algorithm. A pixel is generally defined to be undersampled when a shape slightly impinges on the pixel, but does not cover any of the sampled sub-pixel locations ("subsamples") during rasterization. The resulting pixel will have a zero grayscale value to the detection algorithm, which will cause the corner detection to fail (as the templates require a corner pixel to have a non-zero grayscale value).
One solution to this problem is to enhance the rasterization hardware to turn on (set) a bit corresponding to the center subsample of a pixel when a shape impinges on that pixel but causes no subsamples to be set during normal rasterization. Setting this bit may result in a gray value of one for the pixel which may, in turn, result in a Boolean value of '1' for the pixel in the Boolean pixel map. Accordingly, setting this bit in the present example will allow all convex corners to be detected. If during rasterization, a subsequent shape causes other subsamples in the undersampled pixel to be turned on, the hardware may be configured to clear the center subsample bit before modifying the pixel with the final gray value. The hardware may recognize that a subsample is "on" due to an undersampling condition because only the center subsample of the entire pixel is set which is unlikely to be a valid shape.
As previously described, in addition to the original (unmodified) grayscale pixel buffer 1112 and Boolean pixel buffer 114, a separate correction buffer 1116 may be maintained and used to make the actual adjustments for corner correction. Referring back to
Correction may be performed by adjusting grayscale values in the correction buffer 1416 A at or near the corner pixel, based on the original grayscale values and a correction factor, assumed to be 10 in this example. As previously described, for some embodiments, the correction factor may be stored in an adjustable convex correction register and separate correction registers may be provided for convex and concave corner correction. As shown, the pixel 1415 has a grayscale value of 12 in the original grayscale buffer 1412 A. To correct the detected corner, the dose specified in the convex correction register (10) is added to the original grayscale value.
For some embodiments, if this addition yields a grayscale value that is greater than the maximum allowable grayscale value, the remaining dose may be propagated to adjacent pixels. One approach to propagate the remaining dose is to add the excess to the pixel diagonally outward from the corner pixel, as shown. In the current example, adding the correction dose of 10 to the original grayscale value of 10 yields a sum of 22, which exceeds the maximum grayscale value of 16 by 6. As shown, the corner pixel is set to 16 and the excess value of 6 is propagated to the outwardly diagonal pixel 1417. As previously described, for some embodiments, the pixel grid may not be symmetric in the x and y axes and the excess value may be propagated to multiple pixels in a "radio-metric" manner. As illustrated, the corrected grayscale values are placed in the correction buffer 1416 A, while the original buffer 1412 A remains unchanged.
If this subtraction yields a grayscale value that is less than the minimum gray value allowed (e.g., zero), the remaining dose may be subtracted from adjacent pixels. In the illustrated example, the corner pixel 1418 has a grayscale value of 6. Hence, when the concave correction dose, assumed to be 10 for this example, is subtracted from the grayscale value, the corner pixel grayscale value in the correction buffer is set to zero, leaving a residual dose of 4 that is subtracted from the inwardly diagonal neighboring pixel 1420. Again, only the correction buffer 1416 B is modified and the original grayscale buffer 1412 B remains unchanged.
As previously described, various types of additional processing may be performed to accommodate special cases when correcting corners. For example, if multiple corners exist in a small area, the corrections for the corners may cause the "interference" as the same pixel may be modified multiple times (e.g., the grayscale value of the pixel may be modified first as a corner pixel and later as a neighboring pixel of a nearby corner). Depending on the order in which the pixels are processed, a corrected pixel may end up with an unexpected value. Various approaches may be taken to handle this situation, such as accumulating the corrected values and averaging, or by using a min-max approach.
While the averaging approach may result in a compromise between different corrected values, the min-max approach is straight forward and will yield the same results as if the corrections were logically "ORed" (in the convex case) or logically "ANDed" (in the concave case). Applying the min-max approach for convex corners, if a pixel is detected as previously modified, it will only be updated if the new value is greater than the current value. In this way, the corner that "wins" is the corner requiring the most dose to be added to the corner pixel and/or neighboring pixels. Applying the min-max approach for concave corners, if a pixel is detected as previously modified, it will only be updated if the new value is less than the current value. In this way, the corner that "wins" is the corner requiring the most dose to be subtracted from the corner pixel and/or neighboring pixels.
Another approach to detecting corner pixels involves examining sub-pixel information, in effect, to determine how much area of a pixel is covered by a rendered shape. Because sub-pixel data (e.g., 16-bit sampled sub-pixels) is examined rather than grayscale values (which may merely be a 5-bit sum of the sampled sub-pixels covered by a rendered image), a greater degree of precision may be achieved when detecting corners. For example, as will be described in greater detail below, a precise position within the pixel in which the corner lies may also be determined which may, in turn, allow for greater flexibility when correcting corners via the addition or subtraction of radiated dose.
Utilizing an area coverage approach for corner detection based on sub-pixel data may be more accurate than using pixel based corner detection, because pixel based systems rely on grid snap and can therefore be fooled by undersampled pixels. While this undersampling may be overcome, as previously described, with enhancements in rasterization, the area coverage approach described herein may avoid the problem by utilizing corner detection overlays to detect corner pixels. With careful design, the corner detection overlays may be designed to ensure that corners are detected, regardless of undersampling errors. As will be described, these overlays may, in effect, be moved around within an array of pixels, in sub-pixel (e.g., quarter pixel) steps, to detect precise corner locations.
The sub-pixel data received at step 1502 may include bit strings of data indicating which of a corresponding set of sampled sub-pixel locations are covered by a pattern to be written.
Conversion of sampled sub-pixels into grayscale values is illustrated by
For example, for the lower right convex corner detection overlay 1800 A, the identified corner lies in a pixel containing the lower right boundary point between the some-white region 1820 and the white region 1830. Requiring the some-white region 1820 to be some mix of black and white, or at least not allowing it to be all black may prevent multiple corners from being detected (e.g., the requirements of the overlay might otherwise be satisfied and indicate adjacent pixels are corners). Illustratively, the area occupied by the black region 1810 and some-white region 1820 of the convex corner detection overlay 1800 A measures 1� pixels high and 1� pixels wide. As illustrated in
In a similar manner, convex corner templates 1800 A-UR, 1800 A-LR, and 1800 A-LL, may be applied to detect the remaining convex corners of the shape 1911 in pixels 2, 8, and 6, respectively, as illustrated in
While there are two "strict" regions 1810 and 1820 of the overlays 1800 in which all the sub-pixels contained therein must be either all black or all white, respectively, pixels contained in the some-white region 1820 may either be all white or some white and some black. Because of this ambiguity in region 1830, it is possible that more than one pixel may be detected as having, in effect, the same corner, such as when a shape aligns perfectly on a pixel border.
This situation is illustrated in
Such adjacent corners may be resolved by performing some type of post-detection corner processing. One simple example of such processing would be to pick, as the corner pixel, the outermost pixel for convex corners or innermost pixel for concave corners. Applying this approach in the example illustrated in
In addition to merely detecting a corner within a pixel, it may also be desirable to determine a precise position within the pixel that the corner lies. Such a precise position may be determined by examining the sampled sub-pixels to determine exactly which are covered by the shape containing the corner and may allow for more precise dosage control when correcting a detected corner (e.g., different corrective doses may be used depending on where in a pixel the corner is located). For some embodiments, a pixel may be divided into regions and an N-bit number, referred to herein as a corner tag, may be generated to identify the region in which a detected corner pixel lies.
For example, a pixel map 2100 A shown in
While 16 regions may provide precise corner position information, for some applications, less precision may be required. Therefore, as illustrated in
As previously described, corner tags may be used to retrieve a set of correction registers containing correction factors specific to an identified region within a pixel that contains a detected corner. For some embodiments, the correction registers may include independently adjustable 16-bit correction factors for use in adjusting the radiated dose (grayscale values) of the detected corner pixel, as well as a number of surrounding pixels. As illustrated in
Illustratively, each set of correction registers may include one correction register containing a correction factor for adjusting the grayscale value of a detected corner pixel. Additionally, each set may include three correction registers containing correction factors for adjusting the grayscale values of surrounding pixels, in order to propagate increased dose outwardly (for convex corners) or remove dose inwardly (for concave corners). In effect, the corner correction registers work to weight the correction based on the corner type and tag generated. For some embodiments, up to four pixels may be modified: the primary pixel, where the corner was located, a neighboring pixel corner at a 45� C. angle from the corner, a pixel to the left (or right, based on the corner found) and a pixel above (or below). Depending on the corner type and corner tag, as few as one pixel may be modified (e.g., by the corresponding correction registers to zero).
Because there are 8 possible corner types and (for this example) 4 registers for each corner tag, 128 16-bit registers are required to cover all corrections if there are 4 identifiable corner positions within a pixel (e.g., 2-bit corner tags are used) or 512 16-bit registers if there are 16 identifiable corner positions (e.g., a 4-bit corner tag is used). This programmability allows users to project corner correction doses with a high degree of accuracy and also allows the projected dose to take on arbitrary shapes, such as a triangle.
The use of these correction registers is illustrated in
As illustrated, the corner detection and correction unit 2410 may include a corner detection unit 2418 that receives sub-pixel data from the frame buffer 2406. As illustrated, for some embodiments, the corner detection unit may receive sub-pixel data for a "frame" of pixels (e.g., 16 pixels) and simultaneously apply corner detection overlays to arrays of pixels therein to detect corner pixels, as previously described. Because, for some embodiments, the detection regions of the overlays may be 1 � pixels high and wide (e.g., white plus some-white regions of convex corner overlays), it may be necessary to include border pixels around a frame to allow for corners that at an edge or would be off a "visible" frame. The corner detection unit 2418 may also generate corner tags identifying positions within detected corner pixels that contain the corners.
The corner data (e.g., identified corners, corner types, and corner tags) may be forwarded to a corner correction unit 2420 configured to perform corner correction.
At steps 2506 and 2508, the corner type and corner tag identifying the position of a corner within a selected corner, respectively, are obtained. At step 2510, correction values (e.g., stored in corner correction registers 2210) are retrieved for the corner type and corner tag combination. At step 2512, the grayscale values of the identified corner pixel and neighboring pixels are adjusted using the retrieved correction values. As previously described, for some embodiments, grayscale values may be adjusted by logical OR'ing the correction values with the sub-pixel information which will lead to corrected grayscale values, for example, during a grayscale conversion process (e.g., tallying set sub-pixel bits). Once corrections have been made for each identified corner, the pattern is written using the modified pixel map (with the adjusted grayscale values), at step 2514.
Components of the corner correction and detection unit 2410 may be implemented using any combination of suitable hardware components, such as FPGAs and custom ASICS. Due to the potentially large amount of sub-pixel data that may be processed using the area-based approach, however, the number of gates required in such hardware components may approach component limitations. Therefore, for some embodiments, it may be desirable to perform some type of optimization in an effort to minimize the number of gates required to implement the corner correction functionality.
FPGA technology commonly consists of primitive elements that have four inputs and one output. By taking advantage of this basic building block, one embodiment of an efficient area-based corner detection algorithm may be implemented in an FPGA using a hierarchical approach using different layers of logic to generate different levels of data objects based on sub-pixel data. Such an implementation is shown in the corner detection unit 2410 of
Q0=(s0|s1) & s2 & s3
Q1=s4 & (s5|s6) & s7
Q2=s8 & s9 & s10 & s11, and
Q3=s12 & s13 & s14 & s15
where the | and & symbols represent logical OR and logical AND functions, respectively, and the sampled sub-pixels s0-s15 are from the odd pixel map 2700 A. Similar equations may be implemented to generate quads Q4-Q7 using sampled sup-pixels from the even pixel map 2700 E.
As illustrated in
For example, a first block, labeled B0 and shown in the upper-left diagram, may be assembled from 4 quads contained in the upper left corner of the array, which corresponds to the "must be black" region 1810 of the overlay 1800 A. Accordingly, a functional unit in the logical layer 2624 used to generate a lower left convex corner signal must ensure each of the sampled sub-pixels contained in the quads used to generate block B0 are all ones. Similarly, blocks B1_, B2_, and B3_may be assembled from various quads in an effort to cover the white region 1830. The underscore indicates that these blocks should be generated from quads with all zero subsamples. As these three blocks do not entirely cover the white region 1830, additional blocks B5_ and B6_ (shown in the upper-right diagram) may be constructed to cover the remaining portions. Blocks B4, B7, and B8 (shown in the upper-right, lower-left, and lower-right diagrams, may be generated to cover the some-white region 1820.
Using the blocks described above, the third logical layer 2624 may detect lower-right convex corners using the following equation:
where the symbol ! indicates a logical NOT function. Thus, this equation may be interpreted as follows: block B0 must have all ones, blocks B1_, B2_ B3_, B5 and B6 must be all zeroes, while at least one sub-pixel in blocks B4, B7, or B8 must be a one. Similar block-based equations may be devised to implement the corner detection overlays for the other corner types. Further, one skilled in the art will recognize that several combinations of blocks may be used to detect any particular corner type and the exact combination of blocks used may be selected arbitrarily. In any case, implementing the hierarchical scheme described herein may allow for efficient hardware utilization and reduce overall gate count. The use of quads, blocks, and corner detection separated in this manner also allows efficient pipelining of the operations (with multiple operations performed each clock cycle), allowing overall detection and correction operations to be done at a maximum clock rate and reducing overall pattern writing time.
By manipulating the grayscale values of pixels (post-rasterization), the amount of radiation dose at or near pixel corners may be increased or decreased to compensate for boundary effects. As a result, the actual corners of a pattern being written may more closely resemble the ideal corners of the pattern without increasing the size of the data file representing the pattern or data transfer times.
While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.
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Calories 2806 Calories from Fat 865
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 98 g151.3%
Saturated Fat 58.1 g290.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 635.3 mg211.8%
Sodium 1074.3 mg44.8%
Total Carbohydrates 463 g154.3%
Dietary Fiber 23.5 g94.2%
Sugars 282.3 g
Protein 30 g59.4%
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Access to Care. Morbid Obesity and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Fact Sheet. American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. Accessed: July 12, 2012. http://asmbs.org/

Joshua B. Alley, M.D., F.A.C.S., Stephen J. Fenton, M.D., F.A.C.S., Michael C. Harnisch, M.D, Donovan N. Tapper, M.D, Jason M. Pfluke, M.D., Richard M. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. "Quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding." Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases March 5, 2011.

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Accessed: July 12, 2012. http://asmbs.org/

Wendy C. King, PhD; Jia-Yuh Chen, MS; James E. Mitchell, MD; Melissa A. Kalarchian, PhD; Kristine J. Steffen, PharmD, PhD; Scott G. Engel, PhD; Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH; Walter J. Pories, MD; Susan Z. Yanovski, MD. Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Before and After Bariatric Surgery Journal of the American Medical Association June 20, 2012.

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