OXYGEN DOPING OF SILICON OXYFLUORIDE GLASS
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    发明公开
    OXYGEN DOPING OF SILICON OXYFLUORIDE GLASS 审中-公开
    氧氟化硅玻璃的氧掺杂

    公开(公告)号:EP1373151A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-02

    申请号:EP02714956.6

    申请日:2002-02-11

    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 doped glass (20) is made by providing an O2 doping atmosphere (26) to a silicon oxyfluoride glass (22) in a doping vessel (28). 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 contains doped O2 molecules and which exhibits very high transmittance and laser transmission durability in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelength region. In addition to containing fluorine and having little or no OH content, the inventive silicon oxyfluoride glass contains intersticial O2 molecules which provide improved endurance to laser exposure. Preferably the O2 doped silicon oxyfluoride glass is characterized by having less than 1x1017 molecules/cm3 of molecular hydrogen and low chlorine levels.

    Abstract translation: 公开了适用于在190nm以下的VUV波长区域中用作光刻应用的光掩模基底的高纯度氟氧化硅玻璃。 掺杂玻璃(20)通过在掺杂容器(28)中向氧氟化硅玻璃(22)提供O 2掺杂气氛(26)而制成。 本发明的氟氧化硅玻璃在约157nm的波长处是透射的,使得其在157nm波长区域作为光掩模基底特别有用。 本发明的光掩模衬底是含有掺杂的O 2分子并且在真空紫外(VUV)波长区域内具有非常高的透射率和激光透射耐久性的“干”氟氧化硅玻璃。 除了含有氟并且OH含量很少或没有OH之外,本发明的氟氧化硅玻璃含有提供改进的耐受激光曝光的间歇O2分子。 优选地,氧掺杂的氟氧化硅玻璃的特征在于具有小于1×10 17分子/ cm 3的分子氢和低氯含量。

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