公开(公告)号：US20020034879A1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-21

申请号：US09927428

申请日：2001-08-09

Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor： Wenbing Yun ,  John Spence ,  Howard A. Padmore ,  Alastair A. MacDowell ,  Malcolm R. Howells

IPC: H01L021/302 ,  H01L021/461

CPC classification number: B81C1/00619 ,  B81C1/00595 ,  B81C2201/0143

Abstract: A nanomachining method for producing high-aspect ratio precise nanostructures. The method begins by irradiating a wafer with an energetic charged-particle beam. Next, a layer of patterning material is deposited on one side of the wafer and a layer of etch stop or metal plating base is coated on the other side of the wafer. A desired pattern is generated in the patterning material on the top surface of the irradiated wafer using conventional electron-beam lithography techniques. Lastly, the wafer is placed in an appropriate chemical solution that produces a directional etch of the wafer only in the area from which the resist has been removed by the patterning process. The high mechanical strength of the wafer materials compared to the organic resists used in conventional lithography techniques with allows the transfer of the precise patterns into structures with aspect ratios much larger than those previously achievable.

Abstract translation: 用于生产高纵横比精确纳米结构的纳米加工方法。 该方法通过用能量带电粒子束照射晶片开始。 接下来，在晶片的一侧上沉积图案材料层，并且在晶片的另一侧上涂覆有一层蚀刻停止层或金属电镀底座。 使用常规电子束光刻技术在照射晶片的顶表面上的图形材料中产生期望的图案。 最后，将晶片放置在合适的化学溶液中，仅在通过图案化工艺除去抗蚀剂的区域中产生晶片的定向蚀刻。 与常规光刻技术中使用的有机抗蚀剂相比，晶片材料的高机械强度允许将精确图案转移到具有比先前可实现的更高的纵横比的结构。