Feasibility of a CVD-resist-based lithography process at 193-nm wavelength

Carol Y. Lee; Siddhartha Das; John W. Yang; Timothy W. Weidman; Dian Sugiarto; Michael P. Nault; David Mui; Zoe A. Osborne

doi:10.1117/12.312392

29 June 1998 Feasibility of a CVD-resist-based lithography process at 193-nm wavelength

Carol Y. Lee, Siddhartha Das, John W. Yang, Timothy W. Weidman, Dian Sugiarto, Michael P. Nault, David Mui, Zoe A. Osborne

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Proceedings Volume 3333, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XV; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312392
Event: 23rd Annual International Symposium on Microlithography, 1998, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

Thin layer imaging can extend the optical lithography limit down to sub-0.18 micrometers CD with 193 nm wavelength tools. Thin layer imaging can be implemented in a bi-layer approach, in which a patterned thin layer is transferred into an underlying organic planarizing layer. It can also be implemented in a single-layer hardmask process, in which a photodefineable oxide precursor is used to directly pattern a device layer. In the first portion of our study, a plasma polymerized methyl silane (PPMS) bi-layer baseline process has been characterized for photospeed, resolution, and line edge roughness (LER). 1500 angstroms thick organosilane films were patterned by a photo-oxidation process using a 193 nm stepper (NA equals 0.6). The process exhibits photospeeds that are easily tuned from 40 to 100 mJ/cm² in a well-controlled manner by adjusting the PPMS CVD deposition parameters. The process has demonstrated a resolution of 0.13 micrometers . We show that the total dry-develop process time is critical in determining the lithographic process latitude, photospeed, resolution and LER characteristics. The CVD resist process is most attractive if the thin layer can be directly converted into a thin oxide hard mask, useful for transferring the pattern directly into an underlying device layer. We demonstrate a CVD photoresist process in which patterned PPMS is converted into a silicon dioxide hardmask, and then transferred into underlying amorphous-Si layers with high sensitivity. Using this technique, we have successfully demonstrated 0.15 micrometers resolution amorphous-Si lines.

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Carol Y. Lee, Siddhartha Das, John W. Yang, Timothy W. Weidman, Dian Sugiarto, Michael P. Nault, David Mui, and Zoe A. Osborne "Feasibility of a CVD-resist-based lithography process at 193-nm wavelength", Proc. SPIE 3333, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XV, (29 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312392

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