KR101212244B1 - Stage leveling device for mask aligner with simplified structure - Google Patents
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Abstract
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stage leveling device for a mask aligner having a simplified structure. In particular, the mask and the wafer are maintained in parallel while the wafer stage of the mask aligner, which is a key equipment of the semiconductor process, is precisely performed. It is about calibrating.
The present invention uses the stage support to support the wafer stage three points while performing ultra-precision leveling, as well as temporarily fixing the stage support to maintain the parallelism between the mask and the leveled wafers without variation In addition, by arranging the stage fixing cylinder on the outside of the base plate and at the same time simplifying the structure of arranging the leveling air bellows on the lower side of the base plate, sufficient space for installing peripheral components in the center of the base plate is ensured. It is the technical feature of this invention to make it possible.
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The present invention relates to a technique for correcting the mask and the wafer to maintain parallelism while performing a very precise leveling of the wafer stage of the mask aligner, which is a key equipment of the semiconductor process.
In the case of recent semiconductor devices, high integration is essential for achieving low cost and high quality required for securing competitiveness. High integration involves scaling down the gate oxide film thickness and channel lengths of transistor elements, and the like, and accordingly, technologies and manufacturing systems of semiconductor manufacturing processes are being developed in various forms.
One of the semiconductor manufacturing processes, photo-lithography, is a wafer cleaning process that removes foreign matter from the wafer surface, a surface treatment process for treating the surface of the wafer so that the photoresist film adheres well to the wafer, and a desired thickness of the photoresist film on the wafer. in
A photoresist coating process, a mask or a reticle (hereinafter referred to as a "mask"), which is uniformly applied, is placed on the photosensitive film-coated wafer to expose light on the mask so that a circuit pattern drawn on the mask is formed on the wafer; and An exposure process and a developing process of removing a photosensitive film deformed by exposure through a cleaning liquid, and in particular, a semiconductor device performing an alignment / exposure process is called a mask aligner.
In the above-mentioned conventional mask aligner, mask stages on which a mask having a predetermined pattern is engraved are seated, a wafer stage on which a wafer on which a pattern of the mask is etched is seated, and a projection provided therebetween. It includes an optical system.
A mask on which a circuit pattern is formed is mounted on the mask stage, and the wafer stage selects a position to be exposed by moving horizontally and vertically after mounting a wafer adsorbed by vacuum.
As a prior art related to such a mask aligner, "Patent Application No. 2009-0014342, Name / Mask aligner apparatus for performing a plurality of photolithography operations with one mask and a method using the same" has been proposed.
The prior art discloses a technique in which a wafer mounting means for mounting a wafer is movable in two-dimensional x and y directions, and a mask mounting means for supporting a mask is movable in two-dimensional x and y directions.
All other mask aligners including this prior art can only move the wafer mounting means or the mask mounting means in the two-dimensional x and y directions, but the maximum of the core technology for eliminating the focus defect that appears on the surface of the wafer during exposure. No technique has been disclosed for the calibration of the key to maintain parallelism between the mask and the wafer.
However, in the production process of the mask aligner, a very small design and processing error occurs, which causes the light that passes through the lens portion at a predetermined point on the wafer when the wafer seated on the wafer stage is inclined very finely. You get out. In other words, localized poor focus (defocus) appears on the wafer surface during exposure.
As a result, there is a problem that the quality and yield of the semiconductor device are deteriorated eventually, as well as a problem that the pattern of the mask is not accurately formed on the wafer due to defocus.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to actively solve all the problems of the above-described conventional mask aligner, and supports the wafer stage by three points using a stage supporter installed in a vertical flow state above and above a plurality of leveling air bellows. The problem of the present invention is to enable ultra-precision leveling, and to temporarily fix the stage support at the same time as leveling is completed to maintain the parallelism between the mask and the wafer without variation.
In addition, the present invention is directly connected to the outer surface of the support guide holder of the stage fixed cylinder, and the structure is sufficient to install the peripheral accessory module in the central portion of the base plate by simplifying the structure to arrange the leveling air bellows on the lower side of the base plate It is another object of the present invention to ensure space.
In addition, another object of the present invention is that the wear prevention plate provided on the bottom surface of the wafer stage is supported on the upper end of the stage support to suppress the wear of the wafer stage.
The present invention connects the bellows bottom plate and the base plate spaced apart at a plurality of points along the circumferential direction on the lower side of the base plate as a means for solving the above problems through a plurality of connecting rods, the upper end of the bellows bottom plate A bellows upper plate having a connecting protrusion formed therein so as to be movable up and down while penetrating the connecting rod, and a leveling air bellows is integrally installed between the bellows upper plate and the bellows lower plate, while the connecting protrusion penetrates the base plate. It is connected to the inside of the support guide holder is installed on the upper surface of the base plate, and inside the support guide holder is installed on the top of the connecting protrusions the stage support that the three-point support pin is exposed to the upper outward, While the wafer stage is seated and installed on the upper end of the stage support, the way A plurality of guide bolts penetrating the stage up and down integrally screwed to the support guide holder, and a stage fixing cylinder is directly installed on the outer surface of the support guide holder, but the pressure head of the stage fixing cylinder is the support guide. A technique for selectively pressing and securing the stage support through the holder is devised.
According to the present invention, even if a slight error in design and processing occurs during the production of the mask aligner, there is a fear that the mask and the wafer will be generated on the wafer surface during exposure by automatically correcting the mask and the wafer to maintain parallelism with each other through the leveling of the wafer stage. By eliminating the large defocus phenomenon, the quality and yield of the wafer can be dramatically improved, and the mask pattern is more precisely formed on the wafer, thereby producing a low-cost, high-quality wafer.
In addition, the present invention is the stage fixing cylinder is directly connected to the outer surface of the plurality of support guide holders installed on the base plate, as well as the leveling air bellows sufficient space in the center of the base plate through a structural change disposed on the lower side of the base plate By providing a vision system (backside scoop module) installed in the interior of the conventional wafer chuck in the space to simplify the overall structure as well as to provide an effect that can be compactly miniaturized the wafer chuck.
In addition, the present invention is provided with a wear prevention plate on the bottom surface of the wafer stage supported on the upper end of the stage support to suppress the occurrence of wear of the wafer stage to provide an effect of significantly improving the durability.
1 is a front sectional view of a stage leveling device to which the present invention is applied.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the support guide holder is installed on the base plate of the present invention
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the base plate and the wafer stage of the present invention
Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main portion of the base plate on the bottom, the stage support and the leveling air bellows respectively installed on the bottom
5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a state in which the wafer stage of the present invention performs leveling;
Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the stage support is fixed in accordance with the operation of the stage fixing cylinder of the present invention
Figure 7 is an enlarged view of the installation state of the wear prevention plate and the anti-injury spring of the present invention
8 is a plan view of the coupling state of the bellows top plate and the connecting rod of the present invention
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Looking at the overall configuration of the stage leveling device (L) according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention based on the accompanying drawings schematically, the
In addition, the present invention is characterized by automatically correcting the mask (3) and the wafer (2) to maintain the parallelism while performing the high leveling of the
Hereinafter, the present invention made of the above-described schematic configuration will be described in more detail.
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10: base plate 15: accessory module installation space
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30: bellows top 31: guide ball
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61: 3-point support pin 63: Breakaway prevention plate
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80: guide bolt 81: bolt fastener
90: stage fixing cylinder 93: pressurizing head
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A bellows lower plate 20 installed spaced apart at a plurality of points along the circumferential direction under the base plate 10 and connected to the base plate 10 by a plurality of connecting rods 21;
A bellows upper plate 30 installed at an upper portion of the bellows lower plate 20 while penetrating through the connecting rod 21, and having a connection protrusion 32 protruding at an upper end thereof through the base plate 10 and exposed upward;
A leveling air bellows (40) integrally connected between the bellows upper plate (30) and the bellows lower plate (20);
A plurality of support guide holders 50 fixedly installed on an upper surface of the base plate 10 and connected to the connection protrusions 32;
A stage supporter 60 installed in the supporter guide holder 50 in a state seated on the connecting protrusion 32, and having a three-point support pin 61 formed at an upper end thereof;
A wafer stage 70 mounted on an upper end of the stage support 60;
A plurality of guide bolts 80 screwed to the support guide holder 50 through the wafer stage 70;
Directly installed on the outer surface of the support guide holder 50, the pressing head 93 formed at the tip of the piston rod 91 penetrates the support guide holder 50 to selectively press the stage support 60 Stage leveling device for a mask aligner of the simplified structure, characterized in that consisting of a stage fixing cylinder (90) for fixing.
An elevating rod 65 is additionally installed at an upper end of the connecting protrusion 32, and an upper portion of the elevating rod 65 is formed in the rod inserting portion 62 recessed at the lower end of the stage support 60. Stage leveling device for a mask aligner of the simplified structure characterized in that the fitting is supported.
On the outside of the three-point support pin 61 is installed a separation prevention plate 63 to prevent the separation of the stage support 60, the release prevention plate 63 is the upper end of the support guide holder 50 Stage leveling device for a mask aligner of the simplified structure, characterized in that fixed to the installation.
When the stage leveling device L including the base plate 10 moves up and down, the wafer 2 seated on the wafer chuck 1 installed on the top of the wafer stage 70 is mounted on the mask mount 4. The leveling air bellows 40 is applied to the bottom surface of the mask 3 while automatically leveling, and the three-point support pin 61 receives an impact generated when the wafer 2 is brought into close contact with the mask 3. A stage leveling device for a mask aligner, characterized by absorbing while transmitting to the.
The wafer stage 70 seated in the ground state at the upper end of the three-point support pin 61 is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the wafer stage 70 to prevent abrasion caused by friction. A stage leveling device for a mask aligner having a simplified structure.
A flow preventing groove 72a is further formed on the bottom of the wear preventing plate 72, and the three-point support pin 61 is fitted into the flow preventing groove 72a to prevent the flow of the wafer stage 70. A stage leveling device for a mask aligner having a simplified structure.
An accessory module installation space 15 is provided in the center of the base plate 10, and the accessory module installation space 15 includes an accessory module such as a vision system (backside scoop module) installed inside the wafer chuck 1. Stage leveling device for a mask aligner of the simplified structure, characterized in that the installation is simplified.
Spring connectors 101 are coupled to the bottom surface of the wafer stage 70 and the inner surface of the support guide holder 50, respectively. Stage leveling device for a mask aligner of the simplified structure, characterized in that the injury prevention spring 100 is installed to prevent injury to the.
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