Abstract:
A silica glass member of the present invention is one wherein when a composition thereof is expressed by SiOx, x is not less than 1.85 nor more than 1.95, wherein a concentration of hydrogen molecules included therein is not less than 1null1016 molecules/cm3 nor more than 5null1018 molecules/cm3, and wherein a difference AnullB between an absorption coefficient A immediately before an end of irradiation with 1null104 pulses of ArF excimer laser light in an average one-pulse energy density of 2 mJ/cm2 and a second absorption coefficient B at 600 seconds after a stop of the irradiation with the ArF excimer laser light is not more than 0.002 cmnull1. When this silica glass member is applied to an illumination optical system and/or a projection optical system in projection exposure apparatus, it becomes feasible to implement uniform exposure while reducing variation in illuminance on a reticle surface and in an exposure area on a wafer.
Abstract translation:本发明的石英玻璃构件是当其组成由SiO x表示时,x不小于1.85或不大于1.95,其中包含的氢分子的浓度不小于1×10 16分子/ cm <3>不超过5×10 18分子/ cm 3,并且其中在照射结束之前的吸收系数A与平均单脉冲中的1×10 4个ArF准分子激光脉冲之间的差AB 用ArF准分子激光照射停止600秒后的能量密度为2mJ / cm 2,第二吸收系数B为0.002cm -1以下。 当将该石英玻璃构件应用于投影曝光装置中的照明光学系统和/或投影光学系统时,可以实现均匀曝光,同时减小掩模版面和晶片上的曝光区域中的照度变化。
Abstract:
A synthetic quartz glass to be used for light with a wavelength of from 150 to 200 nm, wherein the OH group concentration is at most 100 ppm, the hydrogen molecule concentration is at most 1×1017 molecules/cm3, reduction type defects are at most 1×1015 defects/cm3, and the relation between &Dgr;k163 and &Dgr;k190, as between before and after irradiation of ultraviolet rays, satisfies 0
Abstract translation:用于波长为150〜200nm的光的合成石英玻璃,OH基浓度为100ppm以下,氢分子浓度为1×10 17分子/ cm 3以下,还原型缺陷为1×1015以下的缺陷 / cm3,紫外线照射前后的DELTAk163与DELTAk190之间的关系满足0
Abstract:
High purity silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use as a photomask substrates for photolithography applications in the VUV wavelength region below 190 nm is disclosed. The inventive silicon oxyfluoride glass is transmissive at wavelengths around 157 nm, making it particularly useful as a photomask substrate at the 157 nm wavelength region. The inventive photomask substrate is a “dry,” silicon oxyfluoride glass which exhibits very high transmittance in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelength region while maintaining the excellent thermal and physical properties generally associated with high purity fused silica. In addition to containing fluorine and having little or no OH content, the inventive silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use as a photomask substrate at 157 nm is also characterized by having less than 1×1017 molecules/cm3 of molecular hydrogen and low chlorine levels.
Abstract translation:公开了适用于在低于190nm的VUV波长区域中用于光刻应用的光掩模基板的高纯度氟氧化硅玻璃。 本发明的氟氧化硅玻璃在157nm波长下是透射的,使其特别适用于157nm波长区域的光掩模衬底。 本发明的光掩模基材是“真空”的氟氧化硅玻璃,其在真空紫外(VUV)波长区域中表现出非常高的透射率,同时保持通常与高纯度熔融石英相关的优异的热和物理性能。 除了含氟并且具有很少或不含OH含量之外,本发明的适合用作157nm的光掩模衬底的氟氧化硅玻璃的特征还在于具有小于1×10 17分子/ cm 3的分子氢和低氯水平。
Abstract:
Glass powders and methods for producing glass powders. The powders preferably have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles by a spray pyrolysis technique. The invention also includes novel devices and products formed from the glass powders.
Abstract:
High purity silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use as a photomask substrates for photolithography applications in the VUV wavelength region below 190 nm is disclosed with the silicon oxyfluoride glass having a preferred fluorine content
Abstract translation:公开了具有优选氟含量<0.5重量%的氟氧化硅玻璃,适合用作光刻应用中的低于190nm的VUV波长区域的光掩模基板的高纯度氟氧化硅玻璃。 本发明的氟氧化硅玻璃在157nm波长下是透射的,使其特别适用于157nm波长区域的光掩模衬底。 本发明的光掩模基材是“真空”的氟氧化硅玻璃,其在真空紫外(VUV)波长区域中表现出非常高的透射率,同时保持通常与高纯度熔融石英相关的优异的热和物理性能。 除了含氟并且具有很少或不含OH含量之外,本发明的适合用作157nm的光掩模衬底的氟氧化硅玻璃的特征还在于具有小于1×10 17分子/ cm 3的分子氢和低氯水平。
Abstract:
A synthetic quartz glass preform is produced by flame hydrolysis with subsequent cooling and is suitable for the application of high-energy DUV radiation in the wave length range under 250 nm. The preform has a core area which contains null1150 ppm OH, a strain double refraction of null5 nm/cm and a resistance to high-energy DUV radiation as a result of a transmission reduction of nullTnull0.1%/cm thickness. The quartz glass has been exposed to the following radiation: wavelength null1null248 nm, laser shot frequencynull300 Hz, laser shot valuenull109 and luminationnull10 mJ/cm2, and wavelength null2null193 nm, laser shot frequencynull300 Hz, laser shot valuenull109 and lumination
Abstract:
The invention relates to a synthetic quartz glass preform which is produced according to the flame hydrolysis technique with subsequent cooling and is suitable for the application of high-energy DUV radiation in the wave length range under 250 nm. Said preform has a core area which contains ≧1150 ppm OH, a strain double refraction of ≦5 nm/cm and a resistance to high-energy DUV radiation as a result of a transmission reduction of &Dgr; T ≦0.1 %/cm thickness. The quartz glass has been exposed to the following radiation: wavelength &lgr;1=248 nm, laser shot frequency ≧300 Hz, laser shot value ≧109 and rumination ≦10 mJ/cm2, and wavelength &lgr;2=193 nm, laser shot frequency ≧300 Hz, laser shot value ≧109 and rumination ≦5 mJ/cm2. A device for producing said preform comprises a horizontally positioned muffle with two different-sized openings facing each other. The larger of said openings is for removing the preform, the smaller opening being for introducing a burner. The internal chamber of the muffle narrows from the larger opening to the smaller opening.
Abstract:
A method is provided for manufacturing a silica glass that is substantially free of chlorine. The method includes the step of separately expelling a silicon tetrafluoride gas, a combustion gas, and a combustible gas from a burner made of silica glass, the flow velocity of the silicon tetrafluoride gas being within the range of about 9 slm/cm2 to about 20 slm/cm2. The method further includes the steps of producing minute silica glass particles by reacting the silicon tetrafluoride gas with water produced by a reaction of the combustion gas with the combustible gas, depositing the minute silica glass particles on a target, and producing the silica glass by fusing and vitrifying the minute silica glass particles deposited on the target.
Abstract:
The invention includes methods of making lithography photomask blanks. The invention also includes lithography photomask blanks and preforms for producing lithography photomask. The method of making a lithography photomask blank includes providing a soot deposition surface, producing SiO2 soot particles and projecting the SiO2 soot particles toward the soot deposition surface. The method includes successively depositing layers of the SiO2 soot particle on the deposition surface to form a coherent SiO2 porous glass preform body comprised of successive layers of the SiO2 soot particles and dehydrating the coherent SiO2 glass preform body to remove OH from the preform body. The SiO2 is exposed to and reacted with a fluorine containing compound and consolidated into a nonporous silicon oxyfluoride glass body with parallel layers of striae. The method further includes forming the consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass body into a photomask blank having a planar surface with the orientation of the striae layer parallel to the photomask blank planar surface.
Abstract:
High purity silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use as a photomask substrates for photolithography applications in the VUV wavelength region below 190 nm is disclosed. The inventive silicon oxyfluoride glass is transmissive at wavelengths around 157 nm, making it particularly useful as a photomask substrate at the 157 nm wavelength region. The inventive photomask substrate is a nulldry,null silicon oxyfluoride glass which exhibits very high transmittance in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelength region while maintaining the excellent thermal and physical properties generally associated with high purity fused silica. In addition to containing fluorine and having little or no OH content, the inventive silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use as a photomask substrate at 157 nm is also characterized by having less than 1null1017 molecules/cm3 of molecular hydrogen and low chlorine levels.
Abstract translation:公开了适用于在低于190nm的VUV波长区域中用于光刻应用的光掩模基板的高纯度氟氧化硅玻璃。 本发明的氟氧化硅玻璃在157nm波长下是透射的,使其特别适用于157nm波长区域的光掩模衬底。 本发明的光掩模基材是“真空”的氟氧化硅玻璃,其在真空紫外(VUV)波长区域中表现出非常高的透射率,同时保持通常与高纯度熔融石英相关的优异的热和物理性能。 除了含氟并且具有很少或不含OH含量之外,本发明的适合用作157nm的光掩模衬底的氟氧化硅玻璃的特征还在于具有小于1×10 17分子/ cm 3的分子氢和低氯水平。