Comparing the transient response of a resistive-type sensor with a thin film thermocouple during the post-exposure bake process

Kenneth G. Kreider; David P. DeWitt; Joel B. Fowler; James E. Proctor; William A. Kimes; Dean C. Ripple; Benjamin K. Tsai

doi:10.1117/12.535522

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29 April 2004 Comparing the transient response of a resistive-type sensor with a thin film thermocouple during the post-exposure bake process

Kenneth G. Kreider, David P. DeWitt, Joel B. Fowler, James E. Proctor, William A. Kimes, Dean C. Ripple, Benjamin K. Tsai

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Proceedings Volume 5378, Data Analysis and Modeling for Process Control; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535522
Event: Microlithography 2004, 2004, Santa Clara, California, United States

Abstract

Recent studies on dynamic temperature profiling and lithographic performance modeling of the post-exposure bake (PEB) process have demonstrated that the rate of heating and cooling may have an important influence on resist lithographic response. Measuring the transient surface temperature during the heating or cooling process with such accuracy can only be assured if the sensors embedded in or attached to the test wafer do not affect the temperature distribution in the bare wafer. In this paper we report on an experimental and analytical study to compare the transient response of embedded platinum resistance thermometer (PRT) sensors with surface-deposited, thin-film thermocouples (TFTC). The TFTCs on silicon wafers have been developed at NIST to measure wafer temperatures in other semiconductor thermal processes. Experiments are performed on a test bed built from a commercial, fab-qualified module with hot and chill plates using wafers that have been instrumented with calibrated type-E (NiCr/CuNi) TFTCs and commercial PRTs. Time constants were determined from an energy-balance analysis fitting the temperature-time derivative to the wafer temperature during the heating and cooling processes. The time constants for instrumented wafers ranged from 4.6 s to 5.1 s on heating for both the TFTC and PRT sensors, with an average difference less than 0.1 s between the TFTCs and PRTs and slightly greater differences on cooling.

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Kenneth G. Kreider, David P. DeWitt, Joel B. Fowler, James E. Proctor, William A. Kimes, Dean C. Ripple, and Benjamin K. Tsai "Comparing the transient response of a resistive-type sensor with a thin film thermocouple during the post-exposure bake process", Proc. SPIE 5378, Data Analysis and Modeling for Process Control, (29 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535522

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