Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To concern optical devices (11 and 101) that are concerned with an optical lithography method, used for a lithography method, and suited for manufacturing a semiconductor device. SOLUTION: Optical devices (11 and 101) have lens systems (14 and 104) arranged at the back side of masks (13 and 103) with an optical path as a reference. A medium with a refractive index (n) larger than 1 is provided in regions (b' and b'') between the masks (13 and 103) and the lens systems (14 and 104). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottom resist which is compatible with a chemically strengthened photoresist and has high stability in a halogen plasma by incorporating a phenol-base foundation polymer, a thermally active compound which liberates sulfonic acid in excess of a specific temp. and a solvent into the resist. SOLUTION: The resist contains the phenol-base foundation polymer, the thermally active compound which liberates the sulfonic acid in excess of 100 deg.C and the solvent. The content of the foundation polymer is, for example, preferably 8 to 40 mass%, advantageously 8 to 15 mass%. The content of the thermally active compound is preferably 0.0005 to 4 mass%, advantageously 0.02 to 0.1 mass% and the balance is the solvent. The crosslinking reaction is purely thermally effected at a temperature exceeding 100 deg.C and in a short time. The foundation polymer of the resist has an aromatic structure of a high content and renders high corrosion stability. The thermally active compound is an onium salt, etc., of a constitutional formula R2I+X- (1), where the group R denotes 1-12C alkyl, etc.
Abstract:
A resist capable of imaging by exposure to radiation having a wave length of about 157 nm includes an imagewise convertible film-forming polymer substituted with at least one chemical functional deblocking group cleavable under acid-catalyzed baking conditions to form polar groups imparting solubility of the deblocked polymer in aqueous alkaline developer. At least one photo acid generator compound releases an acid upon exposure to radiation and catalyzes the cleavage of the deblocking groups. An effective amount of at least one radical scavenger compound is used to minimize reactions decreasing the solubility of the deblocked polymer in aqueous alkaline developer. At least one solvent is also provided.
Abstract:
In a Method for patterning a chemically amplified resist layer, the resist layer is provided on a substrate, the resist layer comprising resist molecules in a first state with a first solubility. Predetermined regions of the resist layer are exposed to a first radiation to generate a catalytic species in the exposed predetermined regions of the resist layer. The resist layer is exposed to a second radiation and resist molecules in the predetermined regions of the resist layer are converted from the first state into a second state with a second solubility, the conversion of a resist molecule being catalyzed by the catalytic species, and the activation energy of the catalyzed conversion of the resist molecule being lowered by the absorption of the second radiation in the resist molecule. The resist layer is developed with a predetermined developer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing photoresist masks for structuring semiconductors. According to the inventive method, a resist comprising a polymer with silicon-containing groups is used. The silicon atoms in an oxygen-containing plasma are converted into silicon dioxide for the structuring process, said silicon dioxide protecting the regions of the absorber, which are arranged beneath the silicon dioxide, from being eroded by the plasma.
Abstract:
A photoresist contains a polymer that has no silicon-containing groups. Consequently, no expulsion of silicon-containing compounds in gaseous form occurs on exposure to short-wave radiation. The polymer is obtained by terpolymerization of a first comonomer having a group cleavable under acid catalysis, a second comonomer having an anchor group, and a monounsaturated hydrocarbon, in which individual carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton may also be replaced by oxygen, as a third comonomer. The polymer has a low glass transition temperature, and the photoresist therefore has a good layer quality on film formation and good structurability.
Abstract:
A method for forming a lithography mask on a surface region of a wafer is presented. In one embodiment of the method according to the invention time periods from the end of an exposure operation until the beginning of a thermal aftertreatment for the sections of the semiconductor material region are to be identical or approximately identical.
Abstract:
Outgassing products, which are formed during the exposure of photoresist systems by laser irradiation, are adsorbed on a proof plate for further analysis.
Abstract:
Process for planarizing a surface of a silicon wafer comprises applying a layer made from a polymer solution (1) having defined solubility in a solvent on the surface of the wafer (10), and removing a part of the polymer solution layer by a solvent. An Independent claim is also included for a control device used for carrying out the process.
Abstract:
A photoresist contains a polymer that has no silicon-containing groups. Consequently, no expulsion of silicon-containing compounds in gaseous form occurs on exposure to short-wave radiation. The polymer is obtained by terpolymerization of a first comonomer having a group cleavable under acid catalysis, a second comonomer having an anchor group, and a monounsaturated hydrocarbon, in which individual carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton may also be replaced by oxygen, as a third comonomer. The polymer has a low glass transition temperature, and the photoresist therefore has a good layer quality on film formation and good structurability.