Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for transferring an image to a surface by using a substrate layer in a front layer imaging lithography. SOLUTION: This method for etching comprises the steps of forming a substrate layer 14 on a surface and a front layer 16 on the layer 14, patterning the front layer to partly expose the substrate layer, forming a layer containing silicon on the exposed portion of the substrate layer, removing the front layer, exposing the substrate layer except a portion which is covered with the silicon layer, and etching the substrate layer except a portion having the silicon layer, thereby causing the surface to be expose.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the etching resistance of a photoresist used in photolithography. SOLUTION: In the method of producing a photolithographic structure, the photoresist containing a photoactive component that responds to actinic radiation and a base resin having a protected active part is applied to a substrate, patternwise exposed to an effective dose of actinic radiation and exposed to a developer to form a patterned photoresist. The protected active part of the base resin is then made chemically reactive by deprotection, the formed reactive part is allowed to react with a silylating agent containing an etching protective component to incorporate the etching protective component into the structure of the base resin and the substrate is etched to product the objective photolithographic structure.
Abstract:
A method for forming contact holes, in accordance with the present invention, includes forming a hard mask layer on a dielectric layer, forming an anti-reflection coating of less than or equal to 1000 angstroms in thickness on the hard mask layer, and forming a silicon containing imaging resist layer on the anti-reflection layer. The imaging resist layer is patterned and the anti-reflection coating and the hard mask are etched by employing the imaging resist layer as a mask. The dielectric layer is then etched by employing the hard mask as a mask.
Abstract:
An interconnection pattern is formed over the surface of a silicon wafer in which both the vias and the trenches of the pattern are filled with copper. The process of filling the vias and trenches involves use of a silicon nitride film as an etch stop and the filling of the vias with an anti-reflection coating.