Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system reducing lithography errors arising from the immersion liquid. SOLUTION: A lithographic apparatus includes: an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern to its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a final element of the projection system and the substrate with liquid; a seal member arranged to substantially contain the liquid within the space between the final element of the projection system and the substrate; and elements to control and/or compensate for evaporation of immersion liquid from the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for reducing lithographic errors caused by immersion liquid. SOLUTION: A lithography apparatus comprises an illumination system so constituted as to control a radiation beam, a support so constituted as to support a pattern forming device which imparts patterns on a crosssection of the radiation beam to form a patternized radiation beam, a substrate table so constituted as to hold a substrate, a projection system so constituted as to project the patternized radiation beam on the target of the substrate, a liquid supply system so constituted as to fill at least part of a space between a final element of the projection system and the substrate with the liquid, a sealing member so disposed as to substantially enclose the liquid inside the space between the final element of the projection system and the substrate, and an element for controlling and/or compensate evaporation of the immersion liquid from the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus that do not take much time in substrate scanning for substrate lineup and substrate identification to be performed for application treatment selection, and that do not require extra space on a substrate to attach an identification code in the case where a multiple lithography apparatus is used for multilayer IC production. SOLUTION: The positions of a lineup mark P1 and a reference mark P2 on a substrate W, or those of two markers of a circuit form are measured by a sensor MS, and the distance between the two is calculated by an identification unit IU. Then, comparison is made between the calculated values and the predetermined values stored in MEM1 and MEM2 to identify the substrate. Otherwise, a treatment process applied to this substrate is decided, or the lineup values of this system is automatically adjusted, and so on. As the sensor MS can read both sides of the substrate W, these markers can be arranged either on the frontal side or rear side of the substrate W, and the markers can be arranged on a scribe lane as well. In this way, the effective area of the substrate for IC production is not reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a device, by which process steps are characterised and yield is improved, using a lithographic equipment. SOLUTION: The method is to monitor deformation of a substrate wafer during treatment of a wafer. After each exposure and treatment process, distortion of the substrate wafer is measured by comparing positions of a plurality of reference marks 20 with values of the database. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently characterizing similarity between measurement values of a plurality of entities. SOLUTION: The method for characterizing similarity between the measurement values of a plurality of entities including the first entity and the second entity includes a step for receiving measurement values taken at a plurality of measurement points in each entity. A model provided with a probability process, a set of parameters and a model function having values depending on the measurement points is defined. Then a set (β) of parameters is estimated by fitting the model function to the measurement values. In a succeeding step, residual data are determined at least on a part of the plurality of measurement points for the first entity and the second entity by subtracting the fitted function from the measurement values. Then, a correlation coefficient of the first entity (i') and the second entity (i") is estimated based on the determined residual data and the estimated correlation coefficient is used to characterize the similarity between the measurement values. In the method, the model is defined so that the residual data are expected to have a deterministic component for controlling an estimation value of the correlation coefficient depending on the measurement points. The correlation coefficient is estimated by using an estimation value of an entity average residual averaged by the measurement points of the first entity and an estimation value of an entity average residual averaged by the measurement points of the second entity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device manufacturing method that improves the yield. SOLUTION: Deformation of a substrate wafer is measured by comparing positions of a plurality of reference marks with values of a data base after their exposure and process step. For taking into consideration the measured deformation and the compared results in step S1, the development step of an exposure and development step S2 is controlled using the feedforward loop. Then, a position alignment measurement step S3 is performed, in which the alignment relationship between the continuing two layers deposited on the substrate W during consecutive cycles is measured. If the positional control of a latest layer with respect to its preceding layer is insufficient, the latest layer is removed and a new layer is deposited. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A lithographic apparatus comprising: an illumination system (IL) configured to condition a radiation beam (PB); a support (MT) constructed to support a patterning device (MA), the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table (WT) constructed to hold a substrate (W); a projection system (PL) configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a liquid supply system (130) configured to at least partly fill a space (25) between a final element of said projection system and said substrate with liquid; a seal member (12) arranged substantially to contain said liquid within said space between said final element of the projection system and said substrate; and elements (30,50,60,120,140) to control and/or compensate for evaporation of immersion liquid from said substrate.
Abstract:
A system in which deformation of a substrate wafer is monitored during processing of the wafer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the distortion in the substrate wafer is measured after each exposure and processing operation by comparing the position of a plurality of reference marks to values in a database.