Advancement of fast EUV lithography modeling/simulations and applications on evaluating different repair options for EUV mask multilayer defect

Ying Li; Masaki Satake; Danping Peng; Peter Hu; Linyong Pang

doi:10.1117/12.2031092

1 October 2013 Advancement of fast EUV lithography modeling/simulations and applications on evaluating different repair options for EUV mask multilayer defect

Ying Li, Masaki Satake, Danping Peng, Peter Hu, Linyong Pang

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Proceedings Volume 8880, Photomask Technology 2013; 88802G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031092
Event: SPIE Photomask Technology, 2013, Monterey, California, United States

Abstract

EUV mask consists of an absorber layer and about 40-50 bi-layers of alternating molybdenum and silicon. Due to the high profile of the absorber layer relative to wavelength, and the non-telecentric nature of EUV optics, masks 3D- and shadowing-effects are important and must be taken into consideration. The presence of ML defect adds further challenges to EUV simulation. The goal of our simulator is to build an empirical model specially tailored to capture such effects by resurrect thin mask spectrum to match the results with rigorous simulation within the pupil of interests. We will first present the mechanisms we used followed by accuracy comparison of our EUV mask model. We will evaluate the effectiveness of different repair options for ML defect through simulation and their impact to process window.

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Ying Li, Masaki Satake, Danping Peng, Peter Hu, and Linyong Pang "Advancement of fast EUV lithography modeling/simulations and applications on evaluating different repair options for EUV mask multilayer defect", Proc. SPIE 8880, Photomask Technology 2013, 88802G (1 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031092

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