Thermal Characteristics of Scattering Stencil Reticle for Electron Beam Stepper
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概要
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We are developing an electron beam (EB) stepper as one of the next-generation lithography systems for feature sizes of less than 100nm. As a reticle for the EB stepper using a high-power EB (accelerating voltage:100 kV, current on reticle:100 μA), a scattering stencil reticle with a grid-grillage structure is investigated. We evaluated the deformation of a scattering stencil reticle, due to thermal expansion and bending by gravity. These phenomena are computer simulated. Immediately after the EB is illuminated, the temperature of the 2-μm-thick membrane of the reticle increases about 4 K. The induced pattern distortion is about 2 nm and gravitational horizontal deformation is less than 1 nm. Thermal and gravitational vertical deformations are about 3 nm and about 6 nm, respectively. From these results, the induced image horizontal distortion is about 0.5 nm and vertical distortion is about 0.4 nm on the wafer for a demagnification(1/4) system, due to thermal expansion and bending by gravity. This shows that a scattering stencil reticle with a 2-μm-thick membrane is applicable to an EB stepper for high throughput and high resolution, and has advantages compared with a conventional EB lithography mask from the viewpoint of thermal problems.
- 社団法人応用物理学会の論文
- 1999-12-30
著者
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Morita Kenji
1st Designing Department Ic Equipment Division Ic&lcd Business Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Mizukami H
Wayne State Univ. Michigan Usa
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Mizukami Hiroshi
Department Of Electronics Faculty Of Engineering Toyama University:(present Address)japan Electron O
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HIRAYANAGI Noriyuki
1st Designing Department, IC Equipment Division, IC&LCD Business Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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SUZUKI Shouhei
1st Designing Department, IC Equipment Division, IC&LCD Business Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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KAWATA Shintarou
1st Designing Department, IC Equipment Division, IC&LCD Business Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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MIZUKAMI Hiroshi
2nd Designing Department, IC Equipment Division, IC&LCD Business Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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TAKAHASHI Satoshi
Technical System Department System Development Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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MIKI Yuichiro
Technical System Department System Development Headquarters, Nikon Corporation
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Miki Yuichiro
Technical System Department System Development Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Suzuki Shouhei
1st Designing Department Ic Equipment Division Ic&lcd Business Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Kawata Shintarou
1st Designing Department Ic Equipment Division Ic&lcd Business Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Hirayanagi Noriyuki
1st Designing Department Ic Equipment Division Ic&lcd Business Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Mizukami Hiroshi
2nd Designing Department Ic Equipment Division Ic&lcd Business Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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Takahashi Satoshi
Technical System Department System Development Headquarters Nikon Corporation
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