Effects of material properties on patterning distortions of optical reticles

Bassam Shamoun; Walter J. Trybula; Roxann L. Engelstad; Edward G. Lovell

doi:10.1117/12.332829

18 December 1998 Effects of material properties on patterning distortions of optical reticles

Bassam Shamoun, Walter J. Trybula, Roxann L. Engelstad, Edward G. Lovell

Proceedings Volume 3546, 18th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology and Management; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332829
Event: 18th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology and Management, 1998, Redwood City, CA, United States

Abstract

Bulk (or global) heating of photomasks due to e-beam energy deposition during patterning causes thermal expansion of the mask substrate and leads to pattern placement errors. Finite element calculations were performed to simulate the in-plane distortions (IPD) due to the single pass writing of a 6 in. X 6 in. optical reticle. Comparison studies were performed to identify the effects of material properties (such as thermal conductivity and the coefficient of thermal expansion) when pattering SiO₂ and CaF₂ substrates. Final IPD maps illustrate that thermal distortions of the CaF₂ will need to be controlled in order to satisfy increasingly stringent error budgets.

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Bassam Shamoun, Walter J. Trybula, Roxann L. Engelstad, and Edward G. Lovell "Effects of material properties on patterning distortions of optical reticles", Proc. SPIE 3546, 18th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology and Management, (18 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332829

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