• DocumentCode
    2188403
  • Title

    A Lossless Circuit Layout Image Compression Algorithm for Maskless Lithography Systems

  • Author

    Yang, Jeehong ; Savari, Serap A.

  • Author_Institution
    EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    24-26 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    109
  • Lastpage
    118
  • Abstract
    We introduce a transform-based technique to represent a circuit layout image so that 1) it typically leads to better compression ratios for maskless lithography systems than Block C4, the state-of-the-art compression scheme for this application, and 2) it permits faster encoding and less complex decoding than Block C4, while 3) it requires a similar amount of memory for decoding.
  • Keywords
    circuit layout; data compression; image coding; lithography; compression ratios; decoding; encoding; lossless circuit layout image compression algorithm; maskless lithography systems; transform-based technique; Chemicals; Circuits; Data compression; Decoding; Fabrication; Image coding; Image resolution; Image storage; Lithography; Microelectronics; Block C4; C4; Circuit Layout Image; Lossless image compression; Maskless Lithography System;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Data Compression Conference (DCC), 2010
  • Conference_Location
    Snowbird, UT
  • ISSN
    1068-0314
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6425-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1068-0314
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DCC.2010.17
  • Filename
    5453455