Effects of alkali treatment on ArF resist process

Jin-Soo Kim; Jae-Chang Jung; Keun-Kyu Kong; Hyoung-Ryeun Kim; Hyeong-Soo Kim

doi:10.1117/12.483749

12 June 2003 Effects of alkali treatment on ArF resist process

Jin-Soo Kim, Jae-Chang Jung, Keun-Kyu Kong, Hyoung-Ryeun Kim, Hyeong-Soo Kim

Proceedings Volume 5039, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XX; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483749
Event: Microlithography 2003, 2003, Santa Clara, California, United States

Abstract

In ArF (193nm) lithography, severely sloped pattern profiles have been observed particularly in COMA type resists. In using COMA resists that are relatively absorbent, such crude profiles result in obstacles to litho-process reliability and stability. To improve weak profiles, the effects of Alkali Treatment (AT) on the surface of coated ArF resist film are explored because it is expected that Alkali Treatment works as additive quenchers in top area of resist film, and then latent image contrast can be improved consequently. For this experiment, TMAH (2.38wt%) developer was used as alkali solution and two kinds of ArF resist were used with in-house ArF resist (COMA type) and the commercial resist (Acrylate type). An appropriate Alkali Treatment was found to be effective for good profiles without thickness loss in COMA type but not for the Acrylate resist. In this paper, Alkali Treatment effects and process conditions suitable to obtain good patterns as well as considerable process margin (EL, DOF) will be discussed.

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Jin-Soo Kim, Jae-Chang Jung, Keun-Kyu Kong, Hyoung-Ryeun Kim, and Hyeong-Soo Kim "Effects of alkali treatment on ArF resist process", Proc. SPIE 5039, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XX, (12 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483749

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