WO2005013003A2 - Multilayer reflective extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blanks - Google Patents
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- WO2005013003A2 WO2005013003A2 PCT/US2004/023237 US2004023237W WO2005013003A2 WO 2005013003 A2 WO2005013003 A2 WO 2005013003A2 US 2004023237 W US2004023237 W US 2004023237W WO 2005013003 A2 WO2005013003 A2 WO 2005013003A2
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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
- G03F1/00—Originals for photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g., masks, photo-masks, reticles; Mask blanks or pellicles therefor; Containers specially adapted therefor; Preparation thereof
- G03F1/22—Masks or mask blanks for imaging by radiation of 100nm or shorter wavelength, e.g. X-ray masks, extreme ultraviolet [EUV] masks; Preparation thereof
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- 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
- G03F1/00—Originals for photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g., masks, photo-masks, reticles; Mask blanks or pellicles therefor; Containers specially adapted therefor; Preparation thereof
- G03F1/22—Masks or mask blanks for imaging by radiation of 100nm or shorter wavelength, e.g. X-ray masks, extreme ultraviolet [EUV] masks; Preparation thereof
- G03F1/24—Reflection masks; Preparation thereof
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- extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blanks In extreme ultraviolet lithography, a mask is formed from a blank. The blank provides a reflective surface which defines features. Extreme ultraviolet radiation is shined on the blank and is reflected therefrom to transfer features from the blank to a semiconductor wafer in a repeatable fashion.
- extreme ultraviolet lithography masks are reflective masks fabricated by depositing interference multilayers such as molybdenum and silicon in alternating layers. The very top ending layer is referred to as a capping layer. Typically a silicon layer is used as a capping layer.
- the thicker silicon capping layer is needed because of the mask patterning process control requirements.
- the silicon capping layer serves as the etch stop layer for the buffer layer etch.
- the buffer layer etch when the etch selectivity to the multilayer capping layer is low, the capping layer is partially and non-uniformly removed.
- one promising buffer layer for extreme ultraviolet lithography mask patterning is silicon dioxide.
- the etch selectivity to the silicon capping layer in a square mask etcher is rather low, for example, about 3 to 1. Thus, there is a need for better ways to make blanks for extreme ultraviolet lithography.
- Figure 1 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention.
- An upper masking layer 18 and a lower masking layer 16 have an aperture 22. Radiation, indicated by the lines L, is reflected from the bottom of the aperture 22. The radiation may be extreme ultraviolet irradiation in one embodiment of the present invention. A pattern of a large number of apertures 22 may be transferred to a semiconductor wafer (not shown) by reflecting radiation from those apertures 22. The radiation is actually reflected from the capping layer 14 that, in one embodiment of the present invention, may be formed of ruthenium. In one embodiment, the layer 14 may be of a thickness of from about 1 to 4.5 nanometers and, particularly, greater than 2 nanometers.
- a ruthenium capping layer 14 is resistant to the oxidation.
- the etch selectivity of the buffer silicon dioxide layer to ruthenium is much larger than that of a silicon capping layer.
- the ruthenium layer also has better chemical cleaning resistance than a silicon capping layer. While ruthenium has a higher extreme ultraviolet absorption coefficient than silicon, a sufficiently thin ruthenium capping layer may be utilized without dramatically reducing the multilayer reflectivity.
- a ruthenium capping layer 14 of 2 nanometers may be susceptible to damage during mask patterning processes. However, a thicker ruthenium capping layer may reduce the multilayer reflectivity, and may produce a larger multilayer reflectivity variation, if the ruthenium capping layer happens to be non-uniform.
- the ruthenium capping layer 14 may be deposited over an interface layer 20.
- the interface layer 20 may be molybdenum or boron carbide, to mention two examples.
- the layer 20 may reduce or prevent inter-diffusion between the layers 14 and 22.
- the layer 20 may be 5 Angstroms in thickness .
- a spacer layer 22, below the layer 20, may have a thickness between about 2.4 and about 3.8 nanometers in one embodiment of the present invention. In this range, the multilayer reflectivity variation, as a result of any ruthenium capping layer 14 thickness variation, may be controlled.
- the spacer layer 22 has lower extreme ultraviolet absorption.
- the spacer layer 22 may be silicon, in one embodiment. Below the layer 22 is the multilayer stack 12.
- the multilayer stack includes a first layer of silicon of approximately 4.2 nanometers covered by a layer of molybdenum of 2.8 nanometers. This may be followed by another layer of silicon and thereafter another layer of molybdenum in one embodiment of the present invention.
- optimizing the spacer layer 22 may enable the use of a thicker capping layer 14 that may be used to protect the multilayer stack 12 from damage from the patterning process steps.
- the optimized spacer layer 22 not only can optimize the peak multilayer reflectivity, but can also reduce or even minimize, for a given capping layer material and thickness, the multilayer reflectivity variation when the capping layer 14 is partially and non- uniformly removed. This may result in larger mask patterning process margins in some embodiments.
- the optimized capping layer 14 thickness is around 2 nanometers.
- This thickness provides maximum multilayer blank peak reflectivity of about 75 percent and minimum reflectivity variation of 0.5 percent when layer 14 thickness varies from 2-0.4 nanometers.
- this relatively thin capping layer 14 thickness gives rise to the problems with capping layers described above. To increase the capping layer 14 thickness beyond 2 nanometers without optimizing the spacer layer 22, the blank peak reflectivity will be reduced drastically as layer 14 thickness increases.
- the average reflectivity reduction per nanometer of capping layer 14 thickness increase for capping layer 14 thicknesses in the range of 2-4 nanometer is about 3.5 percent. As a result, larger reflectivity variation will result when the capping layer 14 thickness variation exists.
- the optimized capping layer 14 thickness can go up to 2.3 nanometers with only a slight increase in the multilayer blank peak reflectivity. The multilayer reflectivity variation is still within 0.5 percent when the capping layer 14 thickness variation is between 2.3-0.7 nanometers.
- the optimized capping layer 14 thickness can go up to 3.3 nanometers with slight treadoff for the peak reflectivity (about 1.0 percent reflectivity loss).
- the capping layer 14 thickness variation can be between 3.3-1.7 nanometers.
- the optimized capping layer 14 thickness can go up to 3.8 nanometers, again with a small tradeoff for the peak reflectivity (about 2.5 percent reflectivity loss).
- the capping layer 14 thickness can vary from 3.8-2.4 nanometers with a reflectivity variation of less than 0.5 percent.
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| EP04778644A EP1660941B1 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2004-07-16 | Method of forming multilayer reflective extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blanks |
| AT04778644T ATE434777T1 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2004-07-16 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MULTI-LAYER REFLECTIVE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY MASK BLANK E |
| DE602004021705T DE602004021705D1 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2004-07-16 | METHOD OF MAKING MULTILAYER REFLECTIVE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHIC MASK PANELS |
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| US10/631,171 US6998202B2 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2003-07-31 | Multilayer reflective extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blanks |
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| AT (1) | ATE434777T1 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE602004021705D1 (en) |
| TW (1) | TWI287171B (en) |
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