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Conference Paper: Alternating phase-shifting mask with reduced aberration sensitivity: lithography considerations

TitleAlternating phase-shifting mask with reduced aberration sensitivity: lithography considerations
Authors
Keywordsoptical lithography
phase-shifting mask
aberrations
alternating phase-shifting mask
enhanced alternating phase-shifting mask
Issue Date2001
PublisherS P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.spie.org/app/Publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=proceedings
Citation
Optical microlithography XIV, Santa Clara, USA, 27 February - 2 March 2001. In Proceedings of SPIE, 2001, v. 4346, p. 420-428 How to Cite?
AbstractAberration sensitivity of alternating phase-shifting masks (PSMs) can be reduced by taking advantage of the trim exposure. Rather than a single phase region bordering each edge of a line, the enhanced alternating PSM technique uses multiple phase regions. The number of phase regions and their widths can be optimized for overall process tolerance including aberration sensitivity and exposure latitude. For exposure with a wavelength of 248 nm and a numerical aperture of 0.68, the optimal number of phase regions is two, with widths between 100 nm and 200 nm. These auxiliary phase regions do not affect the final pattern if a light-field trim mask is used. No extra processing step is necessary. With the enhanced alternating PSM technique, isolated lines of average dimension as small as 36 nm can be delineated using 248 urn lithography with a 3o- linewidth control of 13.4 urn. The mean critical dimension of 36 urn corresponds to k1 = 0.1.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/46226
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.152

 

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dc.contributor.authorWong, AKKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiebmann, LWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMolless, AFen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2007-10-30T06:45:11Z-
dc.date.available2007-10-30T06:45:11Z-
dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationOptical microlithography XIV, Santa Clara, USA, 27 February - 2 March 2001. In Proceedings of SPIE, 2001, v. 4346, p. 420-428-
dc.identifier.issn0277-786Xen_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/46226-
dc.description.abstractAberration sensitivity of alternating phase-shifting masks (PSMs) can be reduced by taking advantage of the trim exposure. Rather than a single phase region bordering each edge of a line, the enhanced alternating PSM technique uses multiple phase regions. The number of phase regions and their widths can be optimized for overall process tolerance including aberration sensitivity and exposure latitude. For exposure with a wavelength of 248 nm and a numerical aperture of 0.68, the optimal number of phase regions is two, with widths between 100 nm and 200 nm. These auxiliary phase regions do not affect the final pattern if a light-field trim mask is used. No extra processing step is necessary. With the enhanced alternating PSM technique, isolated lines of average dimension as small as 36 nm can be delineated using 248 urn lithography with a 3o- linewidth control of 13.4 urn. The mean critical dimension of 36 urn corresponds to k1 = 0.1.en_HK
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dc.publisherS P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.spie.org/app/Publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=proceedingsen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of SPIE-
dc.rightsCopyright 2001 Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this publication for a fee or for commercial purposes, and modification of the contents of the publication are prohibited. This article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1117/12.435742-
dc.subjectoptical lithographyen_HK
dc.subjectphase-shifting masken_HK
dc.subjectaberrationsen_HK
dc.subjectalternating phase-shifting masken_HK
dc.subjectenhanced alternating phase-shifting masken_HK
dc.titleAlternating phase-shifting mask with reduced aberration sensitivity: lithography considerationsen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1117/12.435742en_HK
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