Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a photomask protective film assembly removing system and method, which are used for solving the problems that in the prior art, the photomask protective film assembly removing jig and/or method are difficult to effectively remove the protective film assembly, and damage to the photomask or damage to the photomask due to residual glue or breakage of the protective film falls down in the pattern area of the photomask are easy to cause.
To achieve the above and other related objects, the present invention provides a photomask protective film assembly removing system, comprising: the device comprises a supporting platform, a heating plate with a teflon layer on the surface, a heating device, a temperature controller, a timer, two handles and two connecting rods; the heating plate is embedded in the groove of the supporting platform, the size of the heating plate is the same as that of the photomask plate of the protective film assembly to be removed, the supporting platform is provided with thimble sliding ways which are matched with the thimbles in a one-to-one correspondence manner and fixing frame sliding ways for fixing the fixing frames of the photomask plate to move, and the thimble sliding ways and the fixing frame sliding ways extend from the outer side to be adjacent to the heating plate; each connecting rod is provided with a plurality of ejector pins, the positions of the ejector pins are matched with the positions of ejector pin holes on the protective film assembly, the heating device is in contact with the heating plate, the heating device is electrically connected with the temperature controller and the timer, the handles are connected with the connecting rods in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each handle comprises a first part and a second part which are connected with each other, the first part and the second part are not in the same straight line, and the protective film assembly can be erected through the connecting rods by pressing the first part.
Optionally, the heating plate comprises an aluminum plate, and the heating device is located in the heating plate.
Optionally, the support platform comprises a stainless steel plate.
Optionally, two ejector pins are arranged on each connecting rod, and the number of the fixed frame slide ways and the ejector pin slide ways is two.
Alternatively, the thickness of the teflon layer is 100 μm to 400 μm.
Optionally, the second portion of the handle extends obliquely upward in a direction away from the center, and the first portion is located above the second portion and extends obliquely upward toward the center.
Optionally, the diameter of the thimble is 1.7 plus or minus 0.1mm, and the vertical distance between the thimble and the heating plate is 1.75 plus or minus 0.01mm.
The invention also provides a photomask protective film assembly dismantling method using the photomask protective film assembly dismantling system in any scheme, which comprises the following steps:
placing a photomask plate of the protective film assembly to be removed right above the heating plate and attaching the photomask plate to the heating plate, and moving a fixing frame along a fixing frame slideway to the photomask plate so as to fix the photomask plate;
starting a heating device to heat the heating plate for a preset period of time until the viscose of the protective film component is softened;
moving the thimble along the thimble slideway towards the direction of the protective film assembly frame so as to insert the thimble into the hole of the protective film assembly frame;
the handle is pressed downward to erect the protective film assembly frame so that the protective film assembly is removed from the photomask.
Optionally, the heating temperature of the heating device is 50 ℃ to 150 ℃.
Optionally, the heating time of the heating device is 60s-1200s.
As described above, the photomask protective film assembly dismantling system and method of the invention have the following beneficial effects: the photomask protective film component dismantling system provided by the invention is used for dismantling the protective film component of the photomask, so that the dismantling tool can be prevented from touching the photomask, the damage of the photomask caused by the dismantling tool is avoided, and the problem of back scratch of the photomask can be solved; the adhesive of the protective film component is heated uniformly, the adhesive is easy to separate from the photomask, residual adhesive cannot be generated, the adhesive temperature error can be reduced by directly heating the protective film component, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be found easily, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be set according to the adhesive characteristics of various protective film components, the acetone adhesive removing and residual adhesive cleaning process by utilizing sulfuric acid is not needed, the opportunity that acid radical/ammonia radical chemicals contact the photomask can be reduced, the acid radical/ammonia radical residue of the photomask can be reduced, and the generation probability of defects (such as haze and fogging) can be reduced. The system is very convenient to use, and is beneficial to improving the dismantling efficiency of the protective film assembly and reducing the dismantling cost.
Detailed Description
Other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure, which describes the embodiments of the present invention with reference to specific examples. The invention may be practiced or carried out in other embodiments that depart from the specific details, and the details of the present description may be modified or varied from the spirit and scope of the present invention. As described in detail in the embodiments of the present invention, the cross-sectional view of the device structure is not partially enlarged to a general scale for convenience of explanation, and the schematic drawings are only examples, which should not limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, the three-dimensional dimensions of length, width and depth should be included in actual fabrication.
For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "under", "below", "beneath", "above", "upper" and the like may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that these spatially relative terms are intended to encompass other orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. Furthermore, when a layer is referred to as being "between" two layers, it can be the only layer between the two layers or one or more intervening layers may also be present.
In the context of this application, a structure described as a first feature being "on" a second feature may include embodiments where the first and second features are formed in direct contact, as well as embodiments where additional features are formed between the first and second features, such that the first and second features may not be in direct contact.
It should be noted that, the illustrations provided in the present embodiment merely illustrate the basic concept of the present invention by way of illustration, and only the components related to the present invention are shown in the drawings and are not drawn according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation, and the form, number and proportion of the components in actual implementation may be arbitrarily changed, and the layout of the components may be more complex. In order to make the illustration as concise as possible, not all structures are labeled in the drawings.
Please refer to fig. 1 to 5.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a photomask protective film assembly removal system, comprising: the heating device comprises a supporting platform 11, a heating plate 12 with a teflon layer on the surface, a heating device 15, a temperature controller 16, a timer 17, two handles 13 and two connecting rods 14; the heating plate 12 is embedded in the groove of the supporting platform 11, the size of the heating plate 12 is consistent with the size of the groove, so that the upper surface of the heating plate 12 and the upper surfaces of the supporting platform 11 except the groove are positioned on the same horizontal plane, namely, the heating plate 12 fills up the groove of the supporting platform 11, the size of the heating plate 12 is the same as the size of a photomask plate of a protective film assembly to be removed, the photomask plate is completely positioned on the heating plate 12 in the process of removing the protective film assembly, the supporting platform 11 is provided with thimble slide ways 19 which are matched with the thimbles 18 in a one-to-one correspondence manner and are used for moving thimble 18 and a fixing frame slide way 21 which is used for moving a fixing frame 20 for fixing the photomask plate, the thimble slide ways 19 and the fixing frame slide way 21 extend from the outer side to be adjacent to the heating plate 12 (the horizontal extending direction of each slide way is perpendicular to the surface adjacent to the heating plate 12), and the setting slide ways are beneficial to accurate moving alignment of each structure; each connecting rod 14 is provided with a plurality of (two or more) ejector pins 18, the positions of the ejector pins 18 are matched with the positions of ejector pin holes on the protective film component, the heating device 15 is in contact with the heating plate 12, the heating device 15 is electrically connected with the temperature controller 16 and the timer 17, the handles 13 are in one-to-one correspondence with the connecting rods 14, for example, the handles 13 are connected through pressing springs 24, the handles 13 comprise a first part 131 and a second part 132 which are mutually connected, the first part 131 and the second part 132 are not on the same straight line, the protective film component can be erected through the connecting rods 14 by pressing the first part 131, namely, the protective film component is dismounted by utilizing the lever principle, and compared with the straight line design in the prior art, the handle design can enable the two sides of the protective film component frame to be easily dismounted due to balanced stress, and the damage of the photomask caused by oblique sliding in the dismounting process is avoided. An exemplary process for photomask protective film assembly removal using the photomask protective film assembly removal system provided by the present invention is: placing a photomask plate of a protective film assembly to be removed right above the heating plate 12 and attaching the photomask plate to the heating plate 12 (an area I in fig. 2 is an area for placing the photomask plate, and an area II is an area for placing a protective film frame of the protective film assembly), and moving a fixing frame 20 along fixing frame slide ways 21 on two sides of the heating plate 12 to fix the photomask plate; starting a heating device 15 to heat the heating plate 12 for a preset period of time until the adhesive of the protective film component is softened; moving the ejector pins 18 along ejector pin slides 19 on both sides of the heating plate 12 toward the protective film assembly frame to insert the ejector pins 18 into holes on opposite ends of the protective film assembly frame (refer to fig. 3); the handle 13 is pressed downward to erect the pellicle assembly frame so that the pellicle assembly is removed from the reticle. Compared with the prior art, the photomask protective film assembly dismantling system provided by the invention is used for dismantling the protective film assembly of the photomask, so that the dismantling tool can be prevented from touching the photomask, the damage of the photomask caused by the dismantling tool can be avoided, and the problem of scratching the back surface of the photomask can be solved; the adhesive of the protective film component is heated uniformly, the adhesive is easy to separate from the photomask, residual adhesive cannot be generated, the adhesive temperature error can be reduced by directly heating the protective film component, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be found easily, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be set according to the adhesive characteristics of various protective film components, the acetone adhesive removing and residual adhesive cleaning process by utilizing sulfuric acid is not needed, the opportunity that acid radical/ammonia radical chemicals contact the photomask can be reduced, the acid radical/ammonia radical residue of the photomask can be reduced, and the generation probability of defects (such as haze and fogging) can be reduced. The system is very convenient to use, and is beneficial to improving the dismantling efficiency of the protective film assembly and reducing the dismantling cost.
The heating plate 12 is preferably an aluminum plate, but not limited thereto, but may be other materials having good thermal conductivity, and the heating device 15 may be located in the heating plate 12 to heat the heating plate 12 better.
The supporting platform 11 is made of a material with a certain hardness, and has a smooth surface, and the material includes, but is not limited to, stainless steel plate.
In a preferred embodiment, two pins 18 are provided on each link 14, two pins 21 and 19 are provided on each link, and four pins 18 on two links 14 are preferably located at four corners of a rectangle, which helps to further improve the force balance during the removal process. Of course, in other examples, the number of the ejector pins 18 may be selected, and it is important that the ejector pins correspond to the ejector pin holes on the protective film frame one by one, and the pitch between the ejector pins 18 corresponds to the pitch of the ejector pin holes on the protective film frame. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in one example, the diameter A of the pins 18 is 1.7+ -0.1 mm, the vertical distance B of the pins 18 from the heater plate 12 is 1.75+ -0.01 mm, and the spacing C between the pins 18 on the two links 14 on opposite sides of the protective film assembly is 104.00+ -0.10 mm when the protective film assembly is removed.
The teflon layer generally covers the entire surface of the heating plate 12, and its thickness needs to be carefully set, and too thick may affect heating, and too thin may cause the teflon layer to be easily damaged. The inventors have found through extensive experimentation that the thickness of the teflon layer is preferably between 100 μm and 400 μm (inclusive, where the description refers to a range of values, unless otherwise specified, all inclusive are included herein).
As shown in fig. 2, in an example, the second portion 132 of the handle 13 extends obliquely upward in a direction away from the center, and the first portion 131 is located above the second portion 132 and extends obliquely upward toward the center. Of course, this state is a state in a non-dismantling operation, when the protective film assembly is dismantled, the first portion 131 is pressed outwards and downwards, the second portion 132 supports the connecting rod 14 under the leverage, and the ejector pin 18 on the connecting rod 14 lifts the protective film frame, so that the protective film assembly is dismantled.
As shown in fig. 5, the photomask protective film assembly removing system may further include a temperature display 231 electrically connected to the temperature controller 16 for displaying the heating temperature of the heating plate 12 in real time and a timing display 232 electrically connected to the timer 17 for displaying the heating time in real time, and may further be provided with an overheat protector 22 electrically connected to the heating device 15.
The invention also provides a photomask protective film assembly dismantling method, which is carried out by using the photomask protective film assembly dismantling system in any scheme. For a detailed description of the photomask protective film assembly, please refer to the foregoing, and a detailed description is omitted for brevity. The dismantling method comprises the following steps:
placing a photomask plate of the protective film assembly to be removed right above the heating plate 12 and attaching the photomask plate to the heating plate 12, and moving the fixing frames 20 to the photomask plate along fixing frame slide ways 21 positioned on two opposite sides of the heating plate 12 to fix the photomask plate;
starting a heating device 15 to heat the heating plate 12 for a preset period of time until the adhesive of the protective film component is softened;
moving the ejector pins 18 along ejector pin slides 19 at opposite ends of the heating plate 12 toward the protective film assembly frame to insert the ejector pins 18 into holes of the protective film assembly frame;
the handle 13 is pressed downward to erect the pellicle assembly frame from opposite ends so that the pellicle assembly is removed from the reticle.
In a preferred example, the heating temperature of the heating device is 50-150 ℃, and the heating time of the heating device is preferably 60-1200 s, so that the parameter setting can meet the dismantling of the protective film component of most types of photomasks.
The method for removing the protective film component of the photomask is very simple and convenient to operate, can avoid damage and viscose residues of the photomask without cleaning with acetone and sulfuric acid, can reduce acid radical/ammonia radical residues, and can greatly reduce the removal cost.
In summary, the present invention provides a photomask protective film assembly removal system and method. The demolition system includes: the device comprises a supporting platform, a heating plate with a teflon layer on the surface, a heating device, a temperature controller, a timer, two handles and two connecting rods; the heating plate is embedded in the groove of the supporting platform, the size of the heating plate is the same as that of the photomask plate of the protective film assembly to be removed, the supporting platform is provided with thimble sliding ways which are matched with the thimbles in a one-to-one correspondence manner and fixing frame sliding ways for fixing the fixing frames of the photomask plate to move, and the thimble sliding ways and the fixing frame sliding ways extend from the outer side to be adjacent to the heating plate; each connecting rod is provided with a plurality of ejector pins, the positions of the ejector pins are matched with the positions of ejector pin holes on the protective film assembly, the heating device is in contact with the heating plate, the heating device is electrically connected with the temperature controller and the timer, the handles are connected with the connecting rods in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each handle comprises a first part and a second part which are connected with each other, the first part and the second part are not in the same straight line, and the protective film assembly can be erected through the connecting rods by pressing the first part. The photomask protective film component dismantling system provided by the invention is used for dismantling the protective film component of the photomask, so that the dismantling tool can be prevented from touching the photomask, the damage of the photomask caused by the dismantling tool is avoided, and the problem of back scratch of the photomask can be solved; the adhesive of the protective film component is heated uniformly, the adhesive is easy to separate from the photomask, residual adhesive cannot be generated, the adhesive temperature error can be reduced by directly heating the protective film component, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be found easily, the optimal adhesive dismantling parameter can be set according to the adhesive characteristics of various protective film components, the acetone adhesive removing and residual adhesive cleaning process by utilizing sulfuric acid is not needed, the opportunity that acid radical/ammonia radical chemicals contact the photomask can be reduced, the acid radical/ammonia radical residue of the photomask can be reduced, and the generation probability of defects (such as haze and fogging) can be reduced. The system is very convenient to use, and is beneficial to improving the dismantling efficiency of the protective film assembly and reducing the dismantling cost. Therefore, the invention effectively overcomes various defects in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention and its effectiveness, and are not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and variations may be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications and variations of the invention be covered by the claims, which are within the ordinary skill of the art, be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.