In semiconductor manufacturing, as the design rule has decreased, the ITRS roadmap requires crucial
tighter critical dimension (CD) control. CD uniformity is one of the necessary parameters to assure good
performance and reliable functionality of any integrated circuit (IC) [1] [2], and towards the advanced
technology nodes, it is a challenge to control CD uniformity well.
The study of corresponding CD Uniformity by tuning Post-Exposure bake (PEB) and develop process
has some significant progress[3], but CD side to side error happening to some line/space pattern are still
found in practical application, and the error has approached to over the uniformity tolerance. After details
analysis, even though use several developer types, the CD side to side error has not been found
significant relationship to the developing. In addition, it is impossible to correct the CD side to side error
by electron beam correction as such error does not appear in all Line/Space pattern masks. In this paper
the root cause of CD side to side error is analyzed and the PEB module process are optimized as a main
factor for improvement of CD side to side error.
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