The concrete mode that carries out an invention
With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiment of the present invention are illustrated.
(the 1st embodiment)
Fig. 1 is the flow chart of manufacture method that the exposed mask of the 1st embodiment of the present invention is shown.
At first, preparation to these mask substrates A~K each, all utilizes substrate flatness determinator (ニ デ by being to form 11 mask substrate A~K that its occulter of coating constitutes on the quartz base plate that 152mm is square, thickness is about 6mm in size
ッThe Network corporate system) measures interarea, and obtain shape and evenness (step S1) at the interarea that utilizes 11 mask substrate A~K of vacuum cup before being adsorbed onto the mask platform of exposure device.
Be determined at the evenness in the square zone (the 1st zone) 1 of the 142mm of the peripheral edge margin of removing mask substrate among Fig. 2 (a) herein.The 1st zone 1 is actually the figure that forms figure and forms the zone.
In addition, in this embodiment, the convex-concave of the surface configuration in the 1st zone 1, respectively as Fig. 2 (b), shown in Fig. 2 (c), the line L1 that means the two ends in relative the 1st zone 1 is epirelief and recessed shape.It is epirelief and recessed situation that Fig. 3 (a), Fig. 3 (b) probably illustrate surface configuration respectively.
On the other hand, the convex-concave of the surface configuration in the 2nd zone 2 shown in Fig. 2 (d), means the circumference towards mask substrate, and height is than the situation (recessed) of the surperficial low shape situation (protruding) in the 1st zone 1 or high shape.In addition, will in the 2nd embodiment, be described in detail for the 2nd zone 2.
Afterwards, according to obtained The above results, to 11 mask substrate A~K according to its surface configuration separately classify (step S2).Its result is as shown in table 1.The kind of surface configuration (the 1st information), it is tapered to be categorized as convex, matrix, saddle type and semicircle according to above-mentioned measurement result.In addition, in the measured value (the 2nd information) of the evenness of utilizing 1st zone 1 of sucker before being adsorbed onto the mask platform of exposure device in the scope of 0.4~0.5 μ m.It is saddle type, the tapered situation of semicircle that Fig. 3 (c), Fig. 3 (d) probably illustrate surface configuration respectively.
Table 1
Mask substrate | Evenness (μ m) before the absorption | Surface configuration before the absorption | Evenness after the absorption (μ m) |
????A | ????0.5 | Protruding | ????0.4 |
????B | ????0.4 | Protruding | ????0.4 |
????C | ????0.45 | Protruding | ????0.4 |
????D | ????0.5 | Recessed | ????0.8 |
????E | ????0.5 | Recessed | ????1.0 |
????F | ????0.4 | Saddle | ????0.9 |
????G | ????0.5 | Saddle | ????0.9 |
????H | ????0.4 | Half cone-shaped | ????0.4 |
????I | ????0.5 | Half cone-shaped | ????0.4 |
????J | ????0.5 | Half cone-shaped (90 degree rotation) | ????0.2 |
????K | ????0.5 | Half cone-shaped (90 degree rotation) | ????0.3 |
Afterwards, utilize vacuum cup successively above-mentioned 11 mask substrate A~K to be adsorbed onto on the mask platform of ArF wafer exposure device (NIKON's system), and the evenness of the interarea that utilizes each mask substrate after the vacuum cup absorption is measured (step S3).Measure the evenness in square the 1st zone 1, zone (Fig. 2 (a)) of the 142mm of the peripheral edge margin remove mask substrate herein.Thereafter as shown in table 1, to 11 mask substrate A~K, generate the corresponding relation (step S4) of kind with the value of the evenness of utilizing vacuum cup absorption front and back of surface configuration.
As known from Table 1, surface configuration is identical or good slightly before evenness and the absorption after the absorption of mask substrate A~C of convex, and surface configuration to be the evenness of the mask substrate D~G of matrix or saddle type deteriorate significantly after absorption.
In addition; for surface configuration is the tapered mask substrate of semicircle; evenness be respectively to the configuration direction of mask substrate according to the prescribed direction configuration of absorption (mask substrate H, I) and change promptly revolving configuration on the direction that turn 90 degrees that the situation at two kinds at the position (mask substrate J, K) of absorption mask substrate measures with the prescribed direction quadrature.
Can see, its result, as shown in table 1, evenness changes with the configuration direction that mask substrate adsorbs relatively after the vacuum suction of mask substrate H~K that semicircle is tapered.
In other words, can see that evenness changes because of the position of absorption mask substrate is different after the vacuum suction of mask substrate H~K that semicircle is tapered.
Particularly; as mask substrate H, I; if the configuration direction of the mask substrate on mask platform absorption relatively is direction configuration according to the rules; the limit of then describing the half cone-shaped camber line is the adsorption site that is positioned at the mask platform of exposure device; evenness does not almost have improvement; on the other hand; as mask substrate J, K; as disposing revolving on the direction that turn 90 degrees; the limit of then describing the half cone-shaped camber line is not positioned at the adsorption site of the mask platform of exposure device; evenness is less than 0.3 μ m, can confirm that evenness has to improve (table 1).In addition, in not shown other the reason of mask substrate A~G rotation situation of surface configuration of table 1 be, even the rotation evenness is not improved yet.
Afterwards; in the mask substrate group that 11 mask substrate A of the kind of the surface configuration before and after the absorption of having understood vacuum suction in the above described manner in advance and the value of evenness~K forms; select and have evenness mask substrate up to specification, and preparation 11 slice mask substrate A~Ks (step S5) identical with its surface configuration kind in addition.As the mask substrate of this other preparation, select the occasion of the mask substrate identical to describe herein, with mask substrate J-shaped shape.
In addition, because the mask substrate of mask substrate A~K and above-mentioned other preparation is to form under the evenness that figure forms the zone is in situation in the specification of regulation, but surface configuration can produce difference because of standard deviation.
Afterwards, on the mask substrate of above-mentioned other preparation, apply photoresist.
Then carry out the exposed mask production process of well-known manufacture method thereafter.In other words, utilize electronic beam-steering device that the photoresist on the mask substrate is scanned desirable figure.Then, photoresist developing is formed the photoresist pattern, afterwards with this photoresist figure as mask, utilize the reactive ion etching device that the occulter of mask substrate is carried out etching and processing and forms the occulter figure.Thereafter, the stripping photolithography glue pattern cleans the mask substrate surface, just finishes the exposed mask (step S6) with desirable mask graph.In addition, above-mentioned desirable figure for example comprises circuitous pattern or comprises circuitous pattern and to mutatis mutandis figure.
The exposed mask that obtains is like this placed ArF wafer exposure device, can confirm as the good value of 0.2 μ m when measuring evenness.So, if adopt the exposed mask that this evenness is high to be adsorbed onto on the mask platform of exposure device, utilize lamp optical system that the figure that forms on above-mentioned exposed mask is thrown light on, utilize projection optical system that the picture of above-mentioned figure is imaged in exposure method on the desirable substrate (for example applying the substrate of photoresist), focal tolerance in the time of can especially increasing wafer exposure improves the rate of finished products of the semiconductor article of DRAM etc. greatly.
Like this,, can solve the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates that makes the interarea of mask substrate owing to the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device, thereby realize the manufacture method of effective exposed mask according to the present embodiment.
The mask substrate of mask substrate A~K and above-mentioned other preparation preferably is pre-formed the mark that position alignment is used.In addition, the device as mask substrate being adsorbed onto mask platform also is not limited to vacuum cup.
(the 2nd embodiment)
In the 1st embodiment; just surface configuration and evenness (step S1) are obtained in the 1st zone 1 of the interarea of the mask substrate 1 that is shown in Fig. 2 (a), and be that surface configuration and evenness are obtained in the 1st zone 1 and these 2 two zones, the 2nd zone of surrounding this 1st zone 1 in the present embodiment.
Herein; the 1st zone 1 is for being regional center with the mask substrate center; length on one side is the rectangular area of 142mm; the 2nd zone 2 is for surrounding the 1st zone 1, on one side length be the mouth shape zone (from the rectangular area, remove center with this rectangular area and be regional center and be the zone behind the little rectangular area) of 150mm than it.When on the mask platform that mask substrate 1 is arranged at exposure device, utilize the zone (mask binding domain) of vacuum cup absorption roughly to comprise the 2nd zone 2.In other words, be used for the power that mask substrate is adsorbed onto on the mask platform is acted on the 2nd zone 2 substantially.
On the extended line of prior art, if consider that not only managing graphic forms the zone, also comprise the evenness of mask binding domain, then the 1st zone 1 becomes big, just becomes the evenness that management comprises the zone of mask binding domain thus.
Yet; in present mask manufacturing technology; make the interarea of mask substrate 1 whole smooth be unusual difficulty; present situation is that the evenness of interarea of mask substrate 1 is at the end rapid deterioration; if therefore strengthen the 1st zone 1; the evenness of the central part of mask substrate 1 is good, but the evenness of the end of mask substrate 1 is very bad, so the measurement result of the evenness of the integral body of the interarea of mask substrate 1 descends.Therefore, in the present embodiment, as mentioned above, the 1st zone 1 that comprises the mask center and the 2nd zone 2 that surrounds it are obtained evenness and surface configuration respectively.
To, thickness square for 152mm in size form on for the quartz base plate of about 6mm the interarea of the mask substrate that occulter constitutes evenness, and surface configuration utilize substrate flatness determinator (ニ デ
ッThe Network corporate system) measures, and prepare the evenness in the 1st zone 1 and the evenness 13 slice mask substrate A~Ms different respectively in surface configuration, the 2nd zone 2 with surface configuration.
Afterwards, successively above-mentioned 13 mask substrate A~M are adsorbed onto on the mask platform of ArF wafer exposure device (NIKON's system), and the evenness of the interarea that utilizes each mask substrate after the vacuum cup absorption is measured.
Afterwards, to 13 mask substrate A~M, make the corresponding relation of kind with the value of the evenness in the 1st and the 2nd zone that utilizes vacuum cup absorption front and back of surface configuration, its result is as shown in table 2.
Table 2
| The 1st zone (before the absorption) | The 2nd zone (before the absorption) | The 1st zone (absorption back) |
Mask substrate | Evenness (μ m) | Surface configuration | Evenness (μ m) | Surface configuration | Evenness (μ m) |
?A | ?0.3 | Protruding | 4 | Protruding | 0.3 |
?B | ?0.3 | Protruding | 3 | Recessed | 1.5 |
?C | ?0.35 | Protruding | 4 | Half cone-shaped | 0.6 |
?D | ?0.35 | Protruding | 4 | Half cone-shaped (90 degree rotation) | 0.3 |
?E | ?0.35 | Protruding | 4 | Saddle | 1.0 |
?F | ?0.35 | Recessed | 4 | Protruding | 0.3 |
?G | ?0.35 | Recessed | 4 | Protruding | 0.8 |
?H | ?0.35 | Recessed | 4 | Half cone-shaped | 0.8 |
?I | ?0.35 | Recessed | 4 | Half cone-shaped (90 degree rotation) | 0.4 |
?J | ?0.35 | Recessed | 4 | Saddle | 0.9 |
?K | ?0.5 | Saddle | 3 | Saddle | 1.0 |
?L | ?0.5 | Half cone-shaped | 3 | Half cone-shaped | 0.9 |
?M | ?0.4 | Half cone-shaped | 3 | Half cone-shaped (90 degree rotation) | 0.4 |
Afterwards, it is tapered the surface configuration in the 1st and the 2nd zone of 13 mask substrate A~M to be categorized as convex, matrix, saddle type and semicircle.Surface configuration is that the surface configuration in the 1st and the 2nd zone of the mask substrate A of simple convex shape all is a convex.On the other hand, the surface configuration of the mask substrate B of band edge hat-shaped is a convex in the 1st zone, and is spill in the 2nd zone.
As known from Table 2, by utilizing vacuum cup absorption, the surface configuration in the 2nd zone of the mask substrate that the flat shape of first area worsens is spill and saddle type.In addition, surface configuration is that semicircle tapered mask substrate C, D, H, I, L, M show different results according to the difference of the configuration direction of the mask substrate on the mask platform.
Particularly; if the configuration direction of the mask substrate on mask platform absorption relatively is direction configuration according to the rules; the limit of then describing the half cone-shaped camber line is the adsorption site that is positioned at the mask platform of exposure device; evenness is low; on the other hand; if dispose revolving on the direction that turn 90 degrees; the limit of then describing the half cone-shaped camber line is not positioned at the adsorption site of the mask platform of exposure device; evenness can confirm that less than 0.4 μ m the evenness that goes up the most mask substrate of configuration in this direction (revolving the direction that turn 90 degrees) has improvement.
In addition, the evenness of also confirming the 1st zone after utilizing vacuum cup absorption almost with absorption before the surface configuration in the 1st zone it doesn't matter.In other words, almost be surface configuration decision in the change of shape of the interarea that utilizes the mask substrate before and after the vacuum cup absorption by the 2nd zone.
In addition; can confirm that although the evenness in the 2nd zone is compared with the evenness in the 1st zone, numerical value is poor extraordinarily; surface configuration in the 2nd zone is the occasion of convex, and the surface configuration in the 1st zone of the mask substrate after utilizing vacuum cup absorption changes hardly.
Find out from above; the kind of the surface configuration by a plurality of mask substrates being formed its 1 and the 2nd zone 2, the 1st zone and at the corresponding relation of the value of the evenness of utilizing the mask substrate interarea before and after the vacuum cup absorption; just need not manage for the evenness of mask binding domain and the 1st zone 1 of mask substrate be expanded to more than necessity; can not will the evenness in the 1st zone 1 bring up to necessary above rigorous numerical, and can be set numerical value into reality.And, by considering the surface configuration in the 2nd zone 2, can be chosen in more reliably the mask substrate interarea that utilizes before and after the vacuum cup absorption the little mask substrate of variation of evenness.
Afterwards; in the mask substrate group that the 13 mask substrate A~M of the value of the evenness after the kind of the surface configuration in the 1 and the 2nd zone 2, the 1st zone before the absorption of having understood vacuum suction in the above described manner in advance and the absorption of mask substrate interarea forms; select and have evenness mask substrate up to specification, and preparation 13 slice mask substrate A~Ms identical with its surface configuration kind in addition.
Herein, as the mask substrate of this other preparation, preparation and the identical mask substrate of mask substrate F surface configuration (the 1st zone is recessed, and the 2nd zone is protruding).Measurement result to this mask substrate is, the evenness in the 1st zone is below 0.3 μ m, and the evenness in the 2nd zone is below 4 μ m.
Afterwards, on mask substrate, apply photoresist.
Then carry out the exposed mask production process of well-known manufacture method thereafter.In other words, utilize electronic beam-steering device that the photoresist on the mask substrate is scanned desirable figure.Then, photoresist developing is formed the photoresist figure, afterwards with this photoresist figure as mask, utilize the reactive ion etching device that the occulter of mask substrate is carried out etching and processing and forms the occulter figure.Thereafter, the stripping photolithography glue pattern cleans the mask substrate surface, just finishes the exposed mask with desirable mask graph.In addition, above-mentioned desirable figure for example comprises circuitous pattern, or comprises circuitous pattern and position alignment figure.
The exposed mask that obtains is like this placed ArF wafer exposure device, when measuring the evenness in the 1st zone 1, can confirm as the good evenness of 0.2 μ m.So, if adopt the exposed mask that this evenness is high to be adsorbed onto on the mask platform of exposure device, utilize lamp optical system that the figure that forms on above-mentioned exposed mask is thrown light on, utilize projection optical system that the picture of above-mentioned figure is imaged in exposure method on the desirable substrate (for example applying the substrate of photoresist), focal tolerance in the time of can especially increasing wafer exposure improves the rate of finished products of the semiconductor article of DRAM etc. greatly.
Like this; according to the present embodiment; same with the 1st embodiment, can solve the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates that makes the interarea of mask substrate owing to the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device, realize the manufacture method of effective exposed mask.
The mask substrate of mask substrate A~M and above-mentioned other preparation preferably is pre-formed the mark that position alignment is used.In addition, also be not limited to vacuum cup as the device that mask substrate is adsorbed onto mask platform.
In addition, as known from Table 2, the evenness in the 1st zone the when surface configuration in the 2nd zone is convex after utilizing vacuum cup absorption is good, so also can make and use mask substrate or the exposed mask of the surface configuration in the 2nd zone as convex.
In the 2nd zone 2, have as above that surface configuration is the mask substrate or the exposed mask of convex, for example can utilize, the high this point of grinding rate of comparing middle section with the peripheral edge margin and the medial region (middle section) thereof of quartz base plate obtains.Particularly, utilize lapping device that the interarea of quartz base plate was ground with the time longer than the past and obtain.According to well-known method, make occulter film forming and obtain mask substrate, and by occulter graphically obtain exposed mask thereafter.
So, if employing is adsorbed onto the exposed mask that formation has the 2nd zone of this surface configuration (being convex herein) on the mask platform of exposure device, utilize lamp optical system that the figure that forms on above-mentioned exposed mask is thrown light on, utilize projection optical system that the picture of above-mentioned figure is imaged in exposure method on the desirable substrate (for example applying the substrate of photoresist), the same with the 1st embodiment, focal tolerance in the time of can especially increasing wafer exposure improves the rate of finished products of the semiconductor article of DRAM etc. greatly.
In addition, quartz base plate is ground is to make whole interarea smooth as far as possible the past.For this reason, make every effort to control grinding rate and make it that tangible difference not arranged, make milling time long.So, even owing to the standard deviation that grinds causes that the surface configuration in the 2nd zone becomes convex or concavity, its degree than the present embodiment the mask substrate or the degree of exposed mask significantly little.
(the 3rd embodiment)
In the present embodiment, the surface configuration of the interarea of the mask substrate suitable with the surface configuration of the interarea of mask substrate after utilizing vacuum cup absorption utilizes simulation to obtain.
At first, by utilizing substrate flatness determinator (ニ デ
ッThe Network corporate system) measures and obtain, thickness square for 152mm and form evenness that the surface configuration of interarea of the mask substrate that occulter constitutes and evenness, figure form zone (the 1st zone 1 of Fig. 2 (a)) and the preparation surface configuration 13 slice mask substrate A~Ms different respectively on for the quartz base plate of about 6mm with evenness in size.
Afterwards; according to the evenness of the said determination of the interarea of the mask sucker structure of ArF wafer exposure device (NIKON's system) and above-mentioned 13 mask substrate A~M, the evenness of the interarea of the mask substrate A~M when utilizing Finite Element 13 mask substrate A~M to be adsorbed onto in proper order on the mask platform of ArF wafer exposure device to utilizing vacuum cup obtains through simulation.In addition, also can adopt analytic method to replace Finite Element.Then, whether correct for confirming this simulation, above-mentioned 13 mask substrate A~M are utilized the actual ArF of the being adsorbed onto wafer exposure device of vacuum cup order, and be determined at the evenness of the interarea that utilizes each mask substrate after vacuum cup adsorbs.Can confirm; its result is; the evenness of the interarea of the mask substrate A~M that is obtained by simulation utilizes the substrate flatness determinator to measure and the evenness of mask substrate A~M of obtaining with in fact placing ArF wafer exposure device; as shown in table 3, in the most mask substrate of mask substrate A~M, differ below 0.1 μ m.
Table 3
Mask substrate | The determination data of mask substrate interarea | Evenness according to simulation | Evenness after the actual absorption |
| Evenness (μ m) | Surface configuration | Evenness (μ m) | Evenness (μ m) |
?A | ?0.3 | Protruding | 0.3 | ?0.3 |
?B | ?0.3 | Protruding | 1.5 | ?1.5 |
?C | ?0.35 | Protruding | 0.6 | ?0.6 |
?D | ?0.35 | Protruding | 0.3 | ?0.6 |
?E | ?0.35 | Protruding | 1.0 | ?1.0 |
?F | ?0.35 | Recessed | 0.5 | ?0.3 |
?G | ?0.35 | Recessed | 0.7 | ?0.8 |
?H | ?0.35 | Recessed | 0.8 | ?0.8 |
?I | ?0.35 | Recessed | 0.5 | ?0.4 |
?J | ?0.35 | Recessed | 0.9 | ?0.9 |
?K | ?0.5 | Saddle | 1.3 | ?1.0 |
?L | ?0.5 | Half cone-shaped | 0.9 | ?0.9 |
?M | ?0.4 | Half cone-shaped | 0.4 | ?0.4 |
In other words, for mask substrate, in the above-described embodiment, when making the corresponding relation of the surface configuration and the value of the evenness of utilizing vacuum cup absorption front and back, utilize the value of the evenness of vacuum cup absorption front and back to replace with the value that obtains by simulation.
Thus the result as can be seen, the surface configuration of the interarea of mask substrate can be by utilizing substrate flatness determinator (ニ デ
ッThe Network corporate system) evenness that figure is formed zone (the 1st zone 1 of Fig. 2 (a)) is measured and is tried to achieve; afterwards; above-mentioned evenness according to the interarea of the mask sucker structure of exposure device and the mask substrate obtained; the surface configuration analytic simulation of the interarea of the mask substrate when utilizing vacuum cup the mask substrate order to be adsorbed onto on the mask platform of exposure device can be predicted the surface configuration of the interarea of the mask substrate when in fact mask substrate being placed the wafer exposure device.Therefore, can contrast over the surface configuration and the evenness of interarea of mask substrate of especially high precision manages.
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of manufacture method that the exposed mask of the 3rd embodiment of the present invention is shown.In the flow chart of Fig. 4, in step S3, obtain the surface configuration of the interarea of the mask substrate when utilizing vacuum cup absorption mask substrate by simulation.So, in step S4, generate the corresponding relation of the evenness utilize evenness that surface configuration and substrate flatness determinator obtain and to obtain by simulation.Identical among step S1, S2, S5, S6 and Fig. 1.
Afterwards; in step S5, utilize the substrate flatness determinator to measure the surface configuration of the interarea of mask substrate; and outside above-mentioned 13 mask substrate A~M, the mask substrate of the evenness of the surface configuration of the interarea of the mask substrate when preparation utilizes vacuum cup that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the mask platform of exposure device successively in addition by being modeled as 0.2 μ m.
Afterwards, in step S6, continue the exposed mask manufacturing process of well-known manufacture method.In other words, utilize electronic beam-steering device that the photoresist on the mask substrate is scanned desirable figure.Then, photoresist developing is formed the photoresist figure, afterwards with this photoresist figure as mask, utilize the reactive ion etching device that the occulter of mask substrate is carried out etching and processing and forms occulter figure (mask graph).Thereafter, the stripping photolithography glue pattern cleans the mask substrate surface, just finishes the exposed mask with desirable mask graph.With the actual ArF wafer exposure device that places of this exposed mask, for the evenness of the 0.2 μ m identical, can confirm as good evenness when utilizing the substrate flatness determinator to measure the surface configuration of its interarea and evenness with the analogue value.So, if adopt the exposed mask that this evenness is high to be adsorbed onto on the mask platform of exposure device, utilize lamp optical system that the figure that forms on above-mentioned exposed mask is thrown light on, utilize projection optical system that the picture of above-mentioned figure is imaged in exposure method on the desirable substrate (for example applying the substrate of photoresist), focal tolerance in the time of can especially increasing wafer exposure improves the rate of finished products of the semiconductor article of DRAM etc. greatly.
Like this; according to the present embodiment; also can be the same with the 1st embodiment, the 2nd embodiment; solve the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates that makes the interarea of mask substrate owing to the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device, realize the manufacture method of effective exposed mask.
The mask substrate of mask substrate A~M and above-mentioned other preparation preferably is pre-formed the mark that position alignment is used.In addition, also be not limited to vacuum cup as the device that mask substrate is adsorbed onto mask platform.
In above-mentioned each embodiment, for example, the wafer exposure device also can not be an ArF wafer exposure device.In addition, after mask graph forms, measure the evenness of the interarea of mask substrate again, the surface configuration of interarea that obtains the mask substrate when mask substrate is placed exposure device from this determination data by simulation is also passable.Thus, the distortion of the interarea of the mask substrate that generates when forming mask graph also can be included the result who obtains by simulation in, can manage the surface configuration and the evenness of the interarea of more high-precision mask substrate.In addition, mask do not limit yet ArF with or KRF use, for example, also masks such as the reflective mask used of applied vacuum ultraviolet exposure, X ray exposure mask, electronic Beam exposure mask.
(the 4th embodiment)
In the present embodiment, the surface configuration of the interarea of the mask substrate suitable with the surface configuration of the interarea of mask substrate after utilizing vacuum cup absorption utilizes simulation to obtain.
Fig. 5 is the flow chart of manufacture method that the exposed mask of the present embodiment is shown.
In step S1, by utilizing substrate flatness determinator (ニ デ
ッThe Network corporate system) measures and obtain, thickness square for 152mm and form the evenness that the surface configuration of interarea of a slice mask substrate that occulter constitutes and evenness, figure form zone (the 1st zone 1 of Fig. 2 (a)) on for the quartz base plate of about 6mm in size.
Afterwards; in step S2; according to the evenness of the said determination of the mask sucker structure of ArF wafer exposure device (NIKON's system) and above-mentioned a slice mask substrate interarea, the evenness of the interarea of the mask substrate when utilizing Finite Element above-mentioned a slice mask substrate to be adsorbed onto in proper order on the mask platform of ArF wafer exposure device to utilizing vacuum cup obtains through simulation.In addition, also can adopt analytic method to replace Finite Element.
Then,, judge whether the evenness of the interarea of the aforementioned mask substrate of obtaining through simulation meets the specification,, in step S4, enter exposed mask manufacturing process being judged as the occasion that meets the specification at step S3.
On the other hand, in step S3, the occasion that does not meet the specification in the evenness of judging the aforementioned mask substrate in step S5, is peeled off the occulter film on the quartz base plate of aforementioned mask substrate.Then, in step S6, the surface of quartz base plate is ground.Then, in step 7, form new occulter film on the surface that the process of quartz base plate is ground, the evenness that turns back to step S1 is measured.
The present embodiment; also can be the same with the 1st embodiment, the 2nd embodiment, the 3rd embodiment, solve and realize the manufacture method of effective exposed mask owing to the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device makes the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates of the interarea of mask substrate.
In addition, the aforementioned mask substrate preferably is pre-formed the mark that position alignment is used.In addition, also be not limited to vacuum cup as the device that mask substrate is adsorbed onto mask platform.
In addition, for example, the wafer exposure device also can not be an ArF wafer exposure device.In addition, after mask graph forms, measure the evenness of the interarea of mask substrate again, the surface configuration of interarea that obtains the mask substrate when mask substrate is placed exposure device from this determination data by simulation is also passable.Thus, the distortion of the interarea of the mask substrate that generates when forming mask graph also can be included the result who obtains by simulation in, can manage the surface configuration and the evenness of the interarea of more high-precision mask substrate.In addition, mask do not limit yet ArF with or KRF use, for example, also masks such as the reflective mask used of applied vacuum ultraviolet exposure, X ray exposure mask, electronic Beam exposure mask.
(the 5th embodiment)
Mask substrate information generating method to the 5th embodiment of the present invention is illustrated below.
The mask substrate information generating method of the present embodiment comprises: each of 11 mask substrate A~K of his-and-hers watches 1, according to for example step S1~S3 of the flow chart of Fig. 1, obtain the operation of the evenness of the surface configuration of interarea and the interarea before and after the absorption; To 11 mask substrate A~K, as shown in table 1, correspondence is listed the operation of the value of the kind of mask substrate and surface configuration and evenness; And the operation of in personal computer (PC), storing this corresponding relation.
In addition, also the above-mentioned corresponding relation that is stored among personal computer (PC) etc. can be shown.Particularly, for example, can on the container of depositing 11 mask substrate A~K, stick the paster that is printed with displaying contents.
By adopting the display packing of above-mentioned corresponding relation; can solve owing to the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates that makes the interarea of mask substrate after the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device, carry out the management of effective mask substrate easily.
In addition; after the step S2 of the flow chart of Fig. 1; in the information that in the step S2 of the flow chart of Fig. 1, obtains; with the surface configuration of expression interarea is that the information of convex is with corresponding with its corresponding mask substrate; by this corresponding relation is stored in the personal computer (PC), can implement the mask substrate information generating method different with the mask substrate information generating method of the present embodiment.Also can similarly this corresponding relation be utilized demonstrations such as paster in this occasion, can carry out the management of mask substrate at an easy rate equally with the mask substrate information generating method of the present embodiment.
Be to be that example describes the mask substrate information generating method with 11 mask substrate A~K in the table 1,1 mask substrate A~M of his-and-hers watches 2 also can similarly implement mask substrate information and generate herein.
(the 6th embodiment)
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram that the server of the 6th embodiment of the present invention is shown.In the 5th embodiment, what enumerate as the example that shows is paster, be to be shown on the server (server unit) in the present embodiment, so the mask substrate information generating method of the present embodiment can be applicable to ecommerce (electronic mail commercial affairs).
At first, for example, generate table 1 or table 2 or the such table of table 3 of representing corresponding relation, will comprise its page and upload onto the server 12 as information by optical fiber 11.Server 12 with above-mentioned page stores in memory cell such as hard disk.
Server 12 is connected to a plurality of client computer (client apparatus) 13 by the internet.Also can replace the internet with special line.It perhaps also can be the combination of internet and special line.
Server 12 comprises: provide the message of the above-mentioned page to receive the well-known unit of processing to the requirement from client computer 13; The form that can show with the client-side that claims sends the unit of processing to the above-mentioned page; And the unit handled of the solicitation message of the aforesaid substrate mask that above-mentioned client computer 13 sides that send to from the above-mentioned page are sent.These well-known unit, for example by LAN card, storage device, server software, formations such as CPU coordinate to get up to carry out desirable processing with these devices.
Server 12, as receive the message that the above-mentioned page is provided from the requirement of client computer 13 just shows picture 14 information necessary as shown in Figure 6 on client computer 13 is sent in the display of client computer 13.In picture 14, show table 15, be used for being sent to server 12 decision icons 17 by the check box 16 of examining the desirable substrate of choosing selection and the decision that will buy in the mask substrate that selects at check box 16 centers with the content shown in the table 1.In Fig. 6, for the sake of simplicity, what illustrate is the table 15 with the content that is shown in table 1, also can use to have the interior table that perhaps is shown in the content of table 3 that is shown in table 2.
According to the present embodiment; because can buy the high mask substrate of evenness after the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto exposure device; can solve the low problem of the caused goods rate of finished products of flatness exacerbates that makes the interarea of mask substrate owing to the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device, realize the effective service device.
More than embodiment of the present invention are illustrated, but the invention is not restricted to these embodiments.For example, in the above-described embodiment, the mask substrate of convex shape obtains good result, but owing to put the difference of the exposure device of mask substrate, the occasion of the mask substrate acquisition good result of matrix shape is arranged also.In other words, because the evenness of the mask substrate after the vacuum suction is subjected to the very big influence of the shape and the character mated condition of mask absorptive table and mask adsorption plane, the shape of the interarea that should select changes with employed mask absorptive table.
In addition; in above-mentioned each embodiment; the occasion that is the mask substrate used at ArF wafer exposure device describes; but the mask substrate as other also for example can utilize, and the reflective mask substrate that the mask substrate that KrF wafer exposure device is used, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) line exposing are used, X ray exposure mask substrate, electron beam exposure are with mask substrate etc.
Also have in addition, in above-mentioned each embodiment, comprise the invention in various stages, can extract multiple invention out by the suitable combination of disclosed a plurality of structure important documents.For example, even from the entire infrastructure important document shown in the embodiment, removing several structure important documents also can solve the problem that proposes in summary of the invention occasion, just this structure of removing the structure important document can be extracted out as invention.In addition, in the scope that does not break away from purport of the present invention, can implement all distortion.
As described in above detailed description; according to the present invention; can realize solving the flatness exacerbates of mask substrate after the mask platform that mask substrate is adsorbed onto the wafer exposure device and cause problem that wafer exposure device goods rate of finished products is low, the effective manufacture method of exposed mask; the mask substrate information generating method; the manufacture method of semiconductor device; mask substrate, exposed mask and server.