Reflection control for immersion lithography: a single organic antireflectant over high-reflective substrates for double patterning

Sabrina Wong; Jeong Yun Yu; Sue Ryeon Kim; Mike Mori; Amy Kwok; Kathleen M. O'Connell; George Barclay; Ki Lyoung Lee; Sung Koo Lee; Cheol Kyu Bok

doi:10.1117/12.816448

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10 April 2009 Reflection control for immersion lithography: a single organic antireflectant over high-reflective substrates for double patterning

Sabrina Wong, Jeong Yun Yu, Sue Ryeon Kim, Mike Mori, Amy Kwok, Kathleen M. O'Connell, George Barclay, Ki Lyoung Lee, Sung Koo Lee, Cheol Kyu Bok

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Proceedings Volume 7273, Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVI; 727318 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816448
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

When patterning critical layers at hyper NA, a multilayer antireflectant system is required in order to control complex reflectivity resulting from various incident angles. Multilayer antireflectants typically consist of an organic antireflectant and inorganic substrates. However, there are still some applications which need a single organic antireflectant over high reflective substrates. A 2P2E application in double patterning is one of them. Even though the pitch for double patterning is relatively loose, the reflectivity control is still challenging in terms of profiles and overall process window. The optical constants and thickness of antireflectants should be well optimized depending on applications. We have investigated several organic antireflectants for a single antireflectant over high reflective substrates. The organic films differ in terms of n, k, thickness to cover both the 1^st minimum and the 2^nd minimum applications. The overall patterning performance including profiles and process window has been evaluated. ASML 1900i was used to perform lithography. Simulation was performed using Prolith^TM software.

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Sabrina Wong, Jeong Yun Yu, Sue Ryeon Kim, Mike Mori, Amy Kwok, Kathleen M. O'Connell, George Barclay, Ki Lyoung Lee, Sung Koo Lee, and Cheol Kyu Bok "Reflection control for immersion lithography: a single organic antireflectant over high-reflective substrates for double patterning", Proc. SPIE 7273, Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVI, 727318 (10 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816448

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