The study of optical performance for quartz dry etching quality in ArF lithography

Won-Suk Ahn; Hye-Kyung Lee; Young-Ju Park; Hyuk-Joo Kwon; Seong-Woon Choi; Woo-Sung Han

doi:10.1117/12.686839

20 October 2006 The study of optical performance for quartz dry etching quality in ArF lithography

Won-Suk Ahn, Hye-Kyung Lee, Young-Ju Park, Hyuk-Joo Kwon, Seong-Woon Choi, Woo-Sung Han

Proceedings Volume 6349, Photomask Technology 2006; 63490C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686839
Event: SPIE Photomask Technology, 2006, Monterey, California, United States

Abstract

Dry etching has become critical to manufacture the resolution enhancement technique (RET) mask in the ArF lithography. Among RET masks, alternating phase shift mask (PSM) and chrome-less phase lithography (CPL) mask require the formation of 180 degrees phase differences by quartz dry etching. There are many error factors, which can influence CD uniformities on mask and wafers, in Quartz dry etch step such as sidewall angle, phase MTT and uniformity, micro-trench, and morphology. Furthermore, quartz depth is hard to control because there is no stopping layer for quartz etching. Additionally, Pattern profile of Chrome layer is very important, because chrome profile affect sidewall angle for quartz. We have simulated and investigated to identify the influences of many error factors on RET. Consequently, we investigated characteristics of quartz dry etching process performance and the influences on resolution, which can be improved by dry etch parameters.

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Won-Suk Ahn, Hye-Kyung Lee, Young-Ju Park, Hyuk-Joo Kwon, Seong-Woon Choi, and Woo-Sung Han "The study of optical performance for quartz dry etching quality in ArF lithography", Proc. SPIE 6349, Photomask Technology 2006, 63490C (20 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686839

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