Preparing Your Data
Software or Data Format
There are a number of software packages available for designing your photomask. The two main data formats are GDSII and OASIS.
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Defining Your Drawing Area
Need to know about drawing areas? This section provides information about where you should draw critical features and less critical features.
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Choosing Design or Fracture Grid
This is a very important factor in the Design of your Photomask. This section provides all you need to know about layout systems.
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Defining Exposed Areas
Some of the most common errors are made when designing mask layout and defining the areas that should be clear or dark on the mask.
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Planning Your Alignment System
Every different exposure tool has some kind of mask alignment system used to align the Mask to the stage/substrate.
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