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- Patent Title: Critical dimension control by use of photo-sensitized chemicals or photo-sensitized chemically amplified resist
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Application No.: US15594139Application Date: 2017-05-12
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Publication No.: US10551743B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Michael A. Carcasi , Anton J. deVilliers
- Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Main IPC: G03F7/20
- IPC: G03F7/20 ; G03F7/40 ; G03F7/038 ; G03F7/039 ; G03F7/11 ; G03F7/16 ; G03F7/38 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
A method for critical dimension control in which a substrate is received having an underlying layer and a radiation-sensitive material layer thereon. The radiation-sensitive material is exposed through a patterned mask to a first wavelength of light in the UV spectrum, and developed a first time. The radiation-sensitive material is flood exposed to a second wavelength of light different from the first wavelength of light and developed a second time to form a pattern. Prior to flood exposure, the radiation-sensitive material has a first light wavelength activation threshold that controls generation of acid to a first acid concentration in the radiation-sensitive material layer and controls generation of photosensitizer molecules in the radiation-sensitive material layer, and a second light wavelength activation threshold different than the first light wavelength activation threshold that can excite the photosensitizer molecules resulting in the acid comprising a second acid concentration greater than the first acid concentration.
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