WO2002068350A1 - Oxygen doping of silicon oxyfluoride glass - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to lithography, and particularly to optical photolithography glass for use in optical photolithography systems utilizing vacuum ultraviolet light (NUN) wavelengths below 193 nm, preferably below 175nm, preferably below 164 nm, such as VUV projection lithography systems utilizing wavelengths in the 157 nm region.
- NUN vacuum ultraviolet light
- the invention relates to VUV transmitting glass that is transmissive at wavelengths below 193 nm, in particular, a photomask silicon oxyfluoride glass suitable for use in the Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) 157 nm wavelength region.
- VUV Vacuum Ultraviolet
- Refractive optics requires materials having high transmittance.
- high purity fused silica has been shown to exhibit the required transmittance of 99%/cm or better.
- Projection optical photolithography systems that utilize the vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths of light below 193 nm provide benefits in terms of achieving smaller feature dimensions. Such systems that utilize vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths in the 157 nm wavelength region have the potential of improving integrated circuits with smaller feature sizes.
- Current optical lithography systems used by the semiconductor industry in the manufacture of integrated circuits have progressed towards shorter wavelengths of light, such as the popular 248 nm and 193 nm wavelengths, but the commercial use and adoption of vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths below 193nm, such as 157 nm has been hindered by the transmission nature of such vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths in the 157 nm region through optical materials.
- the glass preferably has ⁇ 1% transmission loss at 157.6nm after exposure to the F 2 excimer laser for 60 million at 0.1mJ/cm 2 -pulse.
- Our invention describes silicon oxyfluoride glasses containing high levels of molecular oxygen that exhibit lower F 2 laser-induced absorption compared to non-oxygen loaded glasses and methods for making them.
- the invention includes a method of making a VUV transmitting glass for transmitting below 200 nm VUV wavelengths such as 157 nm wavelengths produced by F 2 excimer lasers.
- the method includes providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass, providing a plurality of O 2 molecules, and doping the O 2 molecules into the silicon oxyfluoride glass to provide a VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass containing intersticial O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes a method of making a laser durable VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass, which is preferably durable to F 2 excimer laser exposure with a resistance to F 2 laser induced absorption.
- the method includes providing a consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass and providing an O 2 doping treatment atmosphere.
- the method includes enveloping the silicon oxyfluoride glass with the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere and dissolving a plurality of the O 2 molecules from the atmosphere into the silicon oxyfluoride glass to provide a silicon oxyfluoride glass with insolution O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes a method of making a laser durable VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- the method includes providing a non-consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass precursor and providing a glass consolidation furnace with a heated consolidation zone for consolidating the non-consolidated glass precursor.
- the method includes supplying an oxygen doping atmosphere to the consolidation furnace and consolidating the glass precursor into a consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass wherein O 2 molecules are dissolved in the consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- the invention includes a VUV transmitting glass photomask substrate.
- the photomask substrate is comprised of a silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with a plurality of O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes a VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- the VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass contains a plurality of doped O 2 molecules and has a resistance to VUV laser induced absorption bands.
- FIG. 1 shows a method and glass in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a method and glass in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a method, a VUV lithography system, and glass in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a method, a VUV lithography system, and glass in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 5 shows a VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass photomask substrate in accordance with the invention (FIG. 5A top view, FIG. 5B side view).
- FIG. 6 shows a VUV absorption spectra of a silicon oxyfluoride glass before exposure to a F 2 excimer laser (open circles), after exposing to the F 2 excimer laser for 10.6E6 pulses at 2 mj/cm 2 -pulse (open squares), and after F 2 excimer laser exposure and oxygen treatment (1 atmosphere O 2 for 7 days at 1000 degrees C)(closed diamonds).
- FIG. 7 shows a VUV absorption spectra of silicon oxyfluoride glass that was heat treated in oxygen (open circles), then exposed to the F2 excimer laser for 9.92E6 pulses at 2 mJ/cm 2 -pulse (closed diamonds).
- a VUV absorption spectra curve for the same glass without an oxygen pretreatment exposed to the same laser conditions (10.6E6 pulses at 2 mJ/cm 2 -pulse, open squares) is included for comparison.
- the invention includes a method of making a VUV transmitting glass.
- the VUV transmitting glass provides for transmission of below 200 nm VUV wavelengths, such as the 157 nm wavelength emissions of a F 2 excimer laser.
- the VUV transmitting glass is durable to F 2 excimer laser exposures and has a resistance to F 2 laser induced absorption.
- the method includes the steps of providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass and providing a plurality of O 2 molecules.
- the method includes doping the O 2 molecules into the silicon oxyfluoride glass to provide a VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass containing intersticial O 2 molecules.
- Providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass preferably includes providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass which contains > 0.1 wt.
- Providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass preferably includes providing a dry silicon oxyfluoride glass which has an OH content below 50 ppm by weight.
- the dry silicon oxyfluoride glass has ⁇ 10 ppm OH by weight, more preferably ⁇ 5 ppm OH by weight, and most preferably ⁇ 1 ppm OH by weight.
- Providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass preferably includes providing a silicon oxyfluoride glass which has a CI content below 5 ppm by weight, more preferably ⁇ 1 ppm CI by weight.
- Doping the O 2 molecules preferably includes dissolving the O 2 molecules into the silicon oxyfluoride glass, preferably with the method including causing the O 2 molecules to pass into solution in the glass and remain as O 2 molecules in the glass when the method of making is completed and the glass is put into use for transmitting light wavelengths.
- the O 2 molecules remain as O 2 molecules in the glass at the end of the making process, with the glass containing such intersticial O 2 molecules as insolution O 2 molecules.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the method of making the VUV transmitting glass 20.
- the method includes providing an O 2 doping treatment atmosphere 26 which has an O 2 concentration of at least 10 15 O 2 mole/cc.
- the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere has a concentration of > 10 16 O 2 moles/cc.
- the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere has a concentration of ⁇ 10 20 O 2 moles/cc.
- a particularly preferred range of O 2 concentration is in the range of about 10 16 to 10 20 O 2 moles/cc.
- the method preferably includes providing an O 2 doping vessel 28 for containing the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere and silicon oxyfluoride glass 22.
- the method preferably includes heating treatment atmosphere 26 and glass 22 to a predetermined O 2 doping temperature which is effective for doping the molecules of O 2 into the glass.
- the O2 doping temperature is at least 600° C.
- the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere is at least one atmosphere of O 2 .
- the invention includes hipping the glass 22 so that the glass is hot isostatically pressed in the presence of that O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes pressurizing the interior of the O 2 doping vessel so that the glass 22 is doped with O 2 from a pressurized O 2 treatment atmosphere.
- the 0 2 doping treatment vessel 28 is comprised of a non-contaminant refractory material. More preferably the non-contaminating refractory material treatment vessel is non-metallic such as a silica quartz muffle furnace or a non-metallic bell jar. As shown in FIG.
- the method includes consolidating the silicon oxyfluoride glass in the presence of, and with, the O 2 molecules.
- the non-consolidated glass 24 is consolidated into consolidated glass 22 in the presence of the O 2 molecules so that the resulting consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass 20 contains doped O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes a method of making a laser durable VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- the method includes providing a consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass 22.
- the method includes providing a O 2 doping treatment atmosphere.
- the method includes enveloping the silicon oxyfluoride glass with the O2 doping treatment atmosphere and dissolving a plurality of the O 2 molecules from the atmosphere into the silicon oxyfluoride glass to provide a silicon oxyfluoride glass with insolution O 2 molecules.
- vessel 28 contains consolidated glass 22 and O 2 molecule atmosphere 26 provided by the O 2 supply source so that the glass is enveloped in the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere.
- the method includes heating the O 2 doping treatment atmosphere and the silicon oxyfluoride glass to a predetermined O 2 doping temperature, preferably at > 600° C.
- a preferred O 2 doping temperature is about 1000 ( ⁇ 100) degrees C, most preferably with about one atmosphere of oxygen.
- Providing an O2 doping treatment atmosphere 26 preferably includes providing an atmosphere with an O concentration of at least 10 15 O 2 moles/cc, more preferably at least 10 16 O 2 moles/cc.
- the atmosphere O 2 concentration is no greater than 10 O 2 moles/cc.
- a preferred O 2 concentration doping treatment atmosphere range is about 10 16 - 10 18 O 2 moles/cc.
- the invention includes a method of making a laser durable VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- An embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 2.
- the method includes providing a non-consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass precursor 24.
- the method includes providing a glass consolidation furnace 30 with a heated consolidation zone 32 for consolidating the non-consolidated glass precursor.
- the method includes supplying an oxygen doping atmosphere 26 to the consolidating furnace 30 and consolidating the glass precursor into a consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass wherein O 2 molecules are dissolved in the consolidated silicon oxyfluoride glass.
- the ' method includes heating the oxygen doping atmosphere and the consolidating glass 24 to a predetermined O 2 doping consolidation temperature.
- providing a glass consolidation furnace 30 includes providing a non- contaminant refractory material non-metallic silica muffle furnace.
- providing a glass consolidation furnace 30 includes providing a plasma discharge glass consolidation furnace.
- the plasma discharge of the plasma discharge glass consolidating furnace is utilized to heat and consolidate the non-consolidate precursor into the consolidated glass in the presence of the O 2 .
- non- consolidated glass particles or other Si containing feedstocks are fed into a plasma discharge along with oxygen in a direct laydown plasma process.
- Supplying an oxygen doping atmosphere preferably includes supplying an atmosphere with an O 2 concentration of at least 10 15 O 2 moles/cc, more preferably > 10 16 O2 moles/cc.
- the oxygen doping atmosphere has an O 2 concentration no greater than 10 O 2 moles/cc.
- the doping atmosphere has an O 2 concentration in the range of 10 16 to 10 18 moles/cc.
- the non-consolidated glass is a soot body preform, the glass is consolidated under a highly oxidizing atmosphere which is at least 50% by volume O 2 .
- the O 2 doped glass is thus consolidated and synthesized so as to contain O 2 molecules.
- the invention includes a VUV transmitting glass photomask substrate.
- FIGs. 3- 5 show a VUV transmitting glass photomask substrate 34.
- the VUV transmitting glass photomask substrate 34 is comprised of a silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with a plurality of O 2 molecules.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass contains at least 0.1 weight percent fluorine, more preferably a fluorine content in the range of 0.1 to 2 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content range is from 0.2 to 1.2 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content range is from 0.1 to 0.4 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content is about 1.2 ( ⁇ 0.3) wt. % F.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with O 2 is a dry glass, preferably with an OH content below 50 ppm by weight.
- the O 2 doped low OH silicon oxyfluoride glass photomask substrate blank 34 has an OH content ⁇ 10 ppm by wt., more preferred ⁇ 5 ppm by wt., and most preferred ⁇ 1 ppm by wt.
- the dry silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with O 2 has a CI content below 5 ppm by weight, and more preferred ⁇ 1 ppm CI by weight.
- the photomask substrate glass has a 165 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm.
- the photomask substrate glass has a 215 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a resistance to F2 excimer 157 nm laser induced 165 nm absorption bands.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a 165 nm absorption less than 0.3 absorption units/5.1 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a 215 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a laser induced absorption at 157 nm less than 0.4 absorption units/5 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm 2 -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass substrate has a 157 nm laser induced delta absorption ⁇ 0.20 absorption units/5 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- the invention includes a VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride lithography glass for transmitting wavelengths below 200 nm.
- the VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass of the invention is shown by the cross hatching in FIGs. 3-4.
- the inventive VUV transmitting silicon oxyfluoride glass contains a plurality of doped O 2 molecules and has a resistance to VUV laser induced absorption bands.
- the VUV transmitting glass is comprised of a silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with a plurality of intersticial O 2 molecules.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass contains at least 0.1 weight percent fluorine, more preferably a fluorine content in the range of 0.1 to 2 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content range is from 0.2 to 1.2 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content range is from 0.1 to 0.4 wt. % F.
- a preferred fluorine content is about 1.2 ( ⁇ 0.3) wt. % F.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with O 2 is a dry glass, preferably with an OH content below 50 ppm by weight.
- the O 2 doped low OH silicon oxyfluoride glass has an OH content ⁇ 10 ppm by wt., more preferred ⁇ 5 ppm by wt., and most preferred ⁇ 1 ppm by wt.
- the dry silicon oxyfluoride glass doped with O 2 has a CI content below 5 ppm by weight, and more preferred ⁇ 1 ppm CI by weight.
- the glass has a 165 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm.
- the glass has a 215 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a resistance to F 2 excimer 157 nm laser induced 165 nm absorption bands.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a 165 nm absorption less than 0.3 absorption units/5.1 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a 215 nm absorption less than 0.2 absorption units/5.1 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a laser induced absorption at 157 nm less than 0.4 absorption units/5 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm 2 -pulse.
- the silicon oxyfluoride glass has a 157 nm laser induced delta absorption ⁇ 0.20 absorption units/5 mm after an F 2 excimer laser exposure of at least 9.92 E6 pulses at 2mJ/cm -pulse.
- FIG. 6 shows the VUV spectra of a dry ( ⁇ 1 ppm OH), silicon oxyfluoride-doped (1.2 wt.%F) glass as made (open circles, lowest curve) and then after being exposed to 10.6E6 pulses at 2 mJ/cm 2 -pulse at 157nm (open squares, highest curve). The appearance of the E' center at 215nm as well as the more important 165nm band (ODC) is clear. This glass was then held under oxygen (1 atm) at 1000°C for 7 days.
- FIG. 7 shows the VUV spectra of the same silicon oxyfluoride glass as in FIG. 6 that was pre-treated in oxygen (open circles, lowest curve), then exposed to the F 2 excimer laser for 9.92E6 pulses at 2 mJ/cm 2 -pulse (closed diamonds, middle curve).
- the open circles lowest curve spectrum is the glass after O 2 -loading, before exposure.
- the closed diamonds middle curve spectrum is the O 2 -loaded glass exposed at 157nm for about 10E6 pulses, and the open squares highest curve spectrum is the same as in FIG. 6, of the glass as made, exposed to 10.6E6 pulses (for comparison).
- the feature to notice in the comparison is the lack of a 165nm band (ODC) in the O 2 -containing glass.
- ODC 165nm band
- the presence of oxygen inhibits the formation of the 165nm band. Since the 165nm band is close to 157nm, reducing this absorption band significantly reduces the induced absorption at 157nm.
- Silicon oxyfluoride glasses containing excess oxygen can be made by several methods. First, as described above, the as-made silicon oxyfluoride glasses glass can be exposed to an oxygen atmosphere at elevated temperatures to diffuse O 2 into the structure. Second, the glass can be synthesized so as to contain excess oxygen. Silica glasses made by direct laydown processes(e.g., plasma) have been made with high excess oxygen levels compared to glasses made by soot preform body-to-consolidated glass body processes. Finally, the oxygen content of silicon oxyfluoride glasses made by soot preform body -to- consolidated glass body processing can be increased by consolidating under a highly oxidizing atmosphere (e.g. 50-100% O 2 ). The invention provides silicon oxyfluoride glasses with improved resistance to
- inventive silicon oxyfluoride glasses materials are useful for 157nm lithography applications such as photomasks, lenses, pellicles, and windows, for example.
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