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JeongHun Seo

at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2018 Paper

Improving mask yield by implementing an advanced mask blank inspection system

Gregg Inderhees, Bill Kalsbeck, Alexander Tan, Paul Chung, JiUk Hur, Eric Kwon, Min Choo, Wonil Cho, Chan-Uk Jeon, IlYong Jang, In-Yong Kang, JeongHun Seo, Suein Son

Proceedings Volume 10810, 1081017 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2511160

KEYWORDS: Inspection, Extreme ultraviolet, Photomasks, Reticles, Yield improvement, Coating, Optical lithography, Extreme ultraviolet lithography

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As the semiconductor industry advances to ever-smaller nodes with finer feature sizes and more complex mask designs, reticle quality and reticle defects continue to be a top mask yield risk. The primary reticle defect quality requirement is defined as “no reticle defects causing 10% or larger CD error on wafer”. Beginning at around the 7 nm Logic node, EUV lithography will start pilot production in several leading fabs. EUV masks stress reticle defectivity requirements for mask shops even more than optical masks due to the larger printing impact from a similar size defect on the mask, and the greater cost and longer cycle time for EUV masks. In a mask shop, generally there are three use cases for a blank inspection system, which are used to monitor and improve mask defectivity; 1) Inspecting process monitor masks, which are used to partition the mask process and identify defect excursions, 2) inspecting ‘witness’ blanks, which are used to measure and control defectivity in each process tool / chamber and 3) inspecting incoming mask blanks to ensure defect-free starting materials for advanced optical and EUV reticles. Traditionally, mask shops have been using bright field confocal technology to perform these tasks. However, due to more stringent defect requirements and the flexibility necessary to support these varied use cases, the industry requires a new approach to drive yield improvements in mask manufacturing. In this paper, we report on the introduction of a new system that provides superior sensitivity, with very high throughput and the flexibility to adapt to many different use cases in a production environment.

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