KR100964285B1 - Optical lithography device and manufacturing method for optical head thereof - Google Patents
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- G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
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Abstract
The present invention provides a parallel light providing unit for providing parallel light, an optical head for partitioning the parallel light into a plurality of regions, controlling the light passing through each region to pass and block, and condensing the light passing through each region; And a substrate driver for driving the substrate to pattern the substrate by the light emitted from the optical head, which can be miniaturized, can reduce manufacturing costs, and can minimize optical axis alignment errors of the microlens array. A lithographic system and method for manufacturing the same are provided.
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The present invention relates to an optical lithographic apparatus capable of miniaturization and to reducing manufacturing costs, and to an optical head manufacturing method for use in an optical lithographic apparatus.
In general, an optical lithography apparatus is used in fields such as flat panel displays, circuit boards, and integrated circuits, and is an apparatus for forming a pattern by scanning light onto a resist film applied to a substrate.
Currently, the display industry is diversified and the use of flat panel displays capable of realizing multi-screen is growing rapidly. Accordingly, in the conventional optical lithography process, it is essential to manufacture various kinds of large area masks that can cope with this.
However, when the mask is manufactured in various types and areas, a problem arises in that the manufacturing cost increases and the manufacturing period becomes long.
In order to solve this problem, a maskless lithography apparatus has been proposed using an optical intermodulator and a micro lens array.
Such a maskless lithographic apparatus is disclosed in Korean Laid-Open Patent No. 10-2004-0101066.
Lithographic apparatus disclosed in Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0101066 described with reference to Figure 1, the beam of radiation generated from the light source LA is converted into parallel light while passing through the beam expander (Ex) and collimator (IL) This parallel light passes through the
Such a maskless lithography apparatus has an advantage of not requiring a mask, thereby reducing costs associated with making a mask and responding to a change in shape of a pattern quickly. In addition, a plurality of optical probes may be applied to increase process efficiency compared to a single optical probe, and a large area patterning process may be easily performed by applying a step and refit or a step and scanning method.
However, the lithographic apparatus according to the prior art as described above has a problem in that its structure is very complicated and difficult to manufacture, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost.
In addition, there is a problem that the light efficiency is lowered and the beam spot characteristic on the focal point of the projection optical system is deteriorated due to the long optical path and the lens array structure composed of a plurality of layers.
In addition, optical systems composed of collimators, spatial light modulators, microlens arrays, and projection optics have a problem of increasing optical axis alignment errors, and difficulty in miniaturizing the system due to a complicated optical system composed of multiple layers of optical elements. There is.
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical lithography apparatus and an optical head manufacturing method for use in an optical lithography apparatus which can be miniaturized by reducing the structure of an optical system and reduce manufacturing costs.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an optical lithography apparatus and an optical head manufacturing method for use in an optical lithography apparatus which can minimize an optical axis alignment error of a microlens array composed of a plurality of layers.
An optical lithographic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a parallel light providing unit for providing parallel light, partitioning the parallel light into a plurality of areas, controlling the light in each area to pass and block, and condensing the light passing through each area. And a substrate driver for driving the substrate to perform a patterning operation on the substrate by light emitted from the optical head.
In the optical head according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the optical head is divided into a plurality of regions and each region is controlled to pass and block light, and the optical head is disposed above the spatial light modulator, and the parallel light And a first microlens array arranged to be separated from the regions and refracting the light path, and a second microlens array disposed under the spatial light modulator to focus light passing through the respective regions. .
In the optical head according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the optical head is divided into a plurality of regions, and each region is controlled to allow light to pass through and blocked, and is disposed on the upper side of the spatial light modulator. A first microlens array that separates and maps a path of light to be mapped to a region, a second microlens array disposed below the spatial light modulator to focus light passing through each region, and the spatial light modulator And an antireflective coating film provided between at least one of the first microlens array and the spatial light modulator and the second microlens array.
The optical head according to the third embodiment of the present invention is partitioned into a plurality of regions, each region is controlled to pass and block light, and the spatial light modulator disposed on top of the spatial light modulator 1 A first microlens array for separating to be mapped to a: 1 and refracting a path of light, a second microlens array disposed under the spatial light modulator to convert light passing through each area into parallel light, and a second And a third microlens array disposed under the microlens array and condensing the parallel light.
The optical head manufacturing method for an optical lithography apparatus of the present invention includes applying a first polymer to a surface of an upper glass substrate of a spatial light modulator, pressing the first mold member having a lens pattern onto the first polymer, and curing the first mold member. Manufacturing a 1 microlens array, applying a second polymer to the surface of the lower glass substrate of the spatial light modulator, and pressing and curing the second mold member on which the lens pattern is formed on the second polymer and then hardening the second microlens. Manufacturing a lens array, and separating the first mold member and the second mold member from the spatial light modulator.
According to the above configuration, the optical lithographic apparatus of the present invention has the advantage of being capable of miniaturization by reducing the structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.
In addition, there is an advantage that can minimize the optical axis alignment error of the microlens array consisting of a plurality of layers.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a block diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention.
An optical lithographic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a parallel
The parallel
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Distance measuring sensor for measuring the distance between the
The operation of the optical lithographic apparatus according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
Light generated by the
Light passing through each region of the
3A through 3E are process flowcharts illustrating a manufacturing process of an optical head according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, as shown in FIG. 3A, the
Here, the
3B, when the
The first
3C, after the
At this time, the
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As shown in FIG. 3D, when the
As shown in FIG. 3E, when the
4 is a schematic diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The optical lithographic apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a parallel
Since the parallel
The
The spatial
The antireflective coating layers 510 and 520 improve light efficiency by minimizing the amount of light that is reflected when light is transmitted to allow most of the light to pass therethrough. The antireflective coating layers 510 and 520 are coated to a thickness that can obtain an optimal antireflective effect at a corresponding wavelength of the light source.
5 is a configuration diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
In the optical lithography apparatus according to the third embodiment, the parallel
The
Since the spatial
Referring to the operation of the optical head according to the third embodiment, the parallel light provided from the parallel
As described above, the optical head according to the third embodiment may improve light condensing performance of the optical head by repeating a process in which light is condensed into the collimated light and a plurality of regions.
Although described above with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art or those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims to be described later Various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope thereof.
1 is a block diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to the prior art.
2 is a block diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3A to 3E are process flowcharts showing an optical head manufacturing process used in the optical lithographic apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a schematic diagram of an optical lithographic apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
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