WO2005048328A1 - Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to an exposure apparatus that utilizes an immersion method, and is suitable, for example, for the lithography process for manufacturing highly integrated devices, such as semiconductor devices, e.g., ICs and LSIs, image pickup devices, e.g., CCDs, display devices, e.g., a liquid crystal panels, communication devices, e.g., optical waveguides, and magnetic heads by transferring a pattern on a mask (or a reticle) onto a photosensitive agent applied substrate.
- highly integrated devices such as semiconductor devices, e.g., ICs and LSIs, image pickup devices, e.g., CCDs, display devices, e.g., a liquid crystal panels, communication devices, e.g., optical waveguides, and magnetic heads
- R k x ( ⁇ / NA) (1)
- ⁇ an exposure wavelength
- NA a numerical aperture of the projection optical system at its image side
- ki a constant determined by a development process and others, which usually is approximately 0.5.
- the resolving power of the optical system in the exposure apparatus becomes higher as the exposure wavelength is shorter and the image-side NA of the projection optical system is greater. Therefore, following the mercury lamp i-line (with approximately 365 n in wavelength) , a KrF excimer laser (with approximately 248 nm in wavelength) and an ArF excimer laser (with approximately 193 nm in wavelength) have been developed, and more recently an F 2 excimer laser (with approximately 157 nm in wavelength) is reduced to practice.
- a selection of the exposure light having a shorter wavelength makes it difficult to meet material requirements with respect to transmittance, uniformity and durability, etc., causing an increasing cost of the apparatus.
- An exposure apparatus having a projection optical system with a NA of 0.85 is commercially available, and a projection optical system with a NA of 0.9 or greater is researched and developed.
- Such a high-NA exposure apparatus has difficulties in maintaining good imaging performance with little aberration over a large area, and thus utilizes a scanning exposure system that synchronizes the mask with a substrate during exposure.
- a conventional design cannot make the NA greater than 1 in principle due to a gas layer having a refractive index of about 1 between the projection optical system and the substrate.
- an immersion method is proposed as means for improving the resolving power by equivalently shortening the exposure wavelength.
- the immersion method has an advantage in that the equivalent exposure wavelength has a wavelength of a light source times 1 / n, where n is a refractive index of the -used liquid. This means that the resolving power enhances by 1 / n times the conventional resolving power, even when the light source having the same wavelength is used. For example, when the light source has a wavelength of 193 nm and the liquid is water, the refractive index is about 1.44. Therefore, use of the immersion method can improve the resolving power by 1 / 1.44 times the conventional method.
- a problem of the local fill method is influence of light scattering due to gas bubbles.
- the local fill method generates gas bubbles due to the atmosphere entrapped as the substrate moves.
- an area of an exposable region at one time is much smaller than that of the substrate in the manufacturing process of devices, such as a semiconductor and a liquid crystal panel. Therefore, it is necessary to move the substrate at a high speed during exposure.
- the local fill method inevitably generates gas bubbles as a result of that the atmosphere is confined in a concave / convex pattern on a substrate surface when a predetermined portion of the substrate moves beyond the gas-liquid interface at the end of the liquid film.
- the viscous force restricts actions and it is difficult to eliminate the gas bubbles.
- a range of the liquid film is made a little larger than the exposure area but its range is made as small as possible. Therefore, the gas bubbles are generated and enter the exposure area as soon as the substrate moves beyond the gas-liquid interface at the end of the liquid film.
- These gas bubbles that enter the exposure area scatter the exposure light, and varies the transferred pattern's critical dimension beyond the permissible range, causing insulations and short circuits contrary to the design intent in the worst case . Accordingly, an exposure apparatus is demanded which utilizes an immersion method of a local fill system that can prevent entries of gas bubbles into the exposure area.
- An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a pattern on a mask onto a substrate, a stage for retaining and moving the substrate, and a liquid film forming means for forming a liquid film between a final surface of the projection optical system and the substrate, wherein L / V > ⁇ is met where ⁇ is a life of a gas bubble generated in the liquid film, V is a moving speed of the substrate, and L is a distance from an interface of the liquid film to an exposure area along a moving direction of the substrate.
- a scanning exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a pattern on a mask onto a substrate, a stage for retaining and moving the substrate, and a liquid film forming means for forming a liquid film between a final surface of the projection optical system and the substrate, wherein a distance is between 10 mm and 100 mm from an interface of the liquid film to an exposure area along a moving direction of the substrate, and a distance is between 5 mm and 80 mm from an interface of the liquid film to an exposure area along a moving direction orthogonal to a scan direction of the substrate.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of principal part of an exposure apparatus according to a first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a view of a liquid film part in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing a relationship between a life ⁇ of a gas bubble and a diameter d 0 of the gas bubble .
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a relationship between a liquid film forming range and an exposure area.
- FIG. 5 is a view showing a relationship between a normalized life of a gas bubble and a normalized concentration of dissolved gas.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a principal part of an exposure apparatus as a variation according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a device manufacturing method according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a detailed wafer process in FIG. 7.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of principal part of an exposure according to a first embodiment. This embodiment applies the present invention to a scanning exposure apparatus.
- 1 denotes an illumination optical system for illuminating a reticle (or a mask) with • light from a light source.
- the light source is an ArF excimer laser (with a wavelength of 193 nm) , a KrF excimer laser (with a wavelength of 248 nm) , and F 2 laser, and the illumination optical system 1 includes a known optical system etc. (not shown) .
- 3 denotes a refracting or catadioptric or another projection optical system for projecting a circuit pattern on a reticle 2 illuminated by the illumination optical system 1, onto a wafer 5 (substrate) as a second object
- 15 denotes a distance measuring laser interferometer for measuring a two-dimensional position on a horizontal plane of each of a reticle stage 12 and a wafer stage 13 via a reference mirror 14.
- a stage controller 17 controls positioning and synchronizations of the reticle 2 and the wafer 5 based on this measurement value.
- the wafer stage 13 serves to adjust a position in a longitudinal direction, a rotational angle, and an inclination of a wafer so that the surface of the wafer 5 matches the image surface of the projection optical system 3.
- This embodiment uses the local-fill immersion method that forms a liquid film between the final surface of the projection optical system and the wafer so as to shorten the equivalent exposure wavelength, and improve the exposure resolution. Therefore, a liquid supply port 10 and a liquid recovery port 11 are arranged around the final surface of the projection optical system 3, supply liquid and form a liquid film 4 between the final surface of the projection optical system 3 and the wafer 5.
- the liquid supply port 10 and liquid recovery port 11 have, for example, a rectangular shape that is long in a lateral direction. This structure achieves a uniform liquid supply to the liquid film and efficient liquid recovery from the liquid film.
- the liquid supply port 10 and liquid recovery port 11 may be formed to enclose the circumference of the projection optical system 3, or they may include plural nozzles.
- An interval between the final surface of the projection optical system 3 and the wafer 5 is preferably small enough to stably form the liquid film 4, such as 0.5 mm.
- a liquid supply unit 6 controls a liquid amount to be supplied between the final surface of the projection optical system 3 and the wafer 5, and includes a degassing system 18 that can have, for example, a well- known membrane module (not shown) and a vacuum pump (not shown) .
- the liquid supply unit 6 is connected to the liquid supply port 10 by a supply pipe 8.
- a liquid recovery unit 7 controls a liquid amount to be recovered between the final surface of the projection optical system 3 and the wafer 5, and is connected to the liquid recovery port 11 via a recovery pipe 9.
- An immersion controller 16 sends a control signal to the liquid supply unit 6 and the liquid recovery unit 7, and communicates data with a stage controller 17. Thereby, the immersion controller 16 can adjust the liquid supply and recovery amounts in accordance with the wafer moving direction and speed, and maintain the liquid film in a predetermined range.
- the liquid in the liquid film can be, for example, water.
- a large amount of water is used in the semiconductor manufacturing process, and the water is compatible with the wafer and photosensitive agent.
- the liquid in the liquid film may be, for example, so-called functional water that contains a very small amount of additive in water.
- a variation of a type and concentration of the additive can, for example, control the acidity, and optimize a chemical reaction process of a photosensitive agent. Control over the oxidation and reduction potential can advantageously provide the cleansing power.
- the liquid in the liquid film may be, fluorine inactive liquid, such as Fomblin (Ausimont Inc.'s product), which has good transmittance to the UV light.
- FIG. 2 shows an enlarged liquid film in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and a description will be given of its principle with reference to FIG. 2.
- the liquid film 4 fills a space between the final surface of the projection optical system 3 and the wafer 5, and the wafer 5 moves at an average speed V to the left.
- 4a denotes an exposure area (or projected area), in which the exposure area is irradiated, and the liquid film 4 is formed and covers the exposure area 4a.
- the liquid film part uses the degassed liquid to dissolve the air in the gas bubbles in the liquid and to eliminate the gas bubbles before they reach the exposure area.
- this embodiment controls the area of the liquid film so that the following equation is met: L / V > ⁇ (2) or the time L / V when the predetermined time of the wafer moves from the gas-liquid interface B to the boundary A between the exposure area and the non- exposure area, is longer than a life ⁇ of a gas bubble, preventing the gas bubbles 19 from entering the exposure area 4a.
- the exposure should be repeated by changing a wafer's moving direction and speed.
- Equation (2) is effective where L is a distance along the wafer's moving direction, and V is an average speed of the wafer's predetermined part until it reaches the exposure area from the gas-liquid interface.
- the gas bubble is sphere that contains only one type of inner gas.
- the concentration C ⁇ of dissolved gas distant from the gas bubble is smaller than the saturated concentration C s . Since the gas's molecules diffuse into the water from the surface of the gas bubble, the gas bubble reduces and finally fades away.
- a period within which the gas bubble vanishes or the life of the bubble is approximated by the following equation (see Epstein and M.S. Plesset, "On the stability of gas bubble in liquid-gas solutions," Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 18 (1950), pp.
- ⁇ rf (3) 82>(c,- where p is the density of the gas in the gas bubble, do is an initial diameter of the gas bubble, and D is a diffusion coefficient.
- Nitrogen and oxygen have the gas densities of 1150 g / m 3 and 1310 g / m 3 , respectively, at 1 atmospheric pressure and 298 K.
- the diffusion coefficient D of the gas to the water is disclosed, for example, in Incropera and Dewitt, Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer, 5 th edition, John Wiley & Sons (2002), p. 927. Nitrogen has 0.26 x 10 "8 m 2 / s and oxygen has 0.24 x 10 "8 m 2 / s, respectively.
- the saturated concentration C s of gas to the water is calculated from solubility of gas to the water as described, for example, in E. Wi ' lhelm, R. Battino, R. J. Wilcock, "Low-pressure solubility of gases in liquid water,” Chemical Reviews Volume 77 (1977), pp. 219-162.
- Nitrogen and oxygen have the gas densities of 18 ppm and 42 pp , respectively, at 1 atmospheric pressure and 298 K. When the atmosphere is the ai-r, the life of the gas bubble is almost dominated by nitrogen that occupies 78 % of volume ratio.
- a size of the gas bubble is 1 ⁇ m at maximum as a result of that the atmosphere is confined in a convex / concave pattern on a surface.
- the life of the gas bubble is about 3 ms.
- the diffusion of the gas molecule delays at part that contacts the wafer in the gas bubbles on the wafer surface.
- FIG. 4 shows a section of the liquid film and an exposure area, where x is a wafer's moving direction during scanning, y is a wafer's moving direction during stepping, and distances Lx and Ly are distances from the interface of the liquid film to the exposure area in respective directions.
- the wafer's moving speed is mainly determined by the throughput of the exposure apparatus .
- Lx is made between 10 mm and 100 mm and Ly is made between 20 mm and 70 mm. More preferably, Lx is made between 20 mm and 70 mm and Ly is made between 10 mm and 50 mm. A description will now be given of influence of the concentration of dissolved gas.
- the life of a gas bubble is in inverse proportion to a difference between the concentration C ⁇ of actually dissolved gas and the saturated concentration C s of the gas.
- the life of gas bubble is preferably as short as possible. Therefore, the concentration of gas dissolved in the water is made sufficiently smaller than the saturated concentration.
- the concentration of gas dissolved in the water is preferably 50 % or smaller of the saturated concentration, and more preferably 20 % or smaller of the saturated concentration.
- the nitrogen concentration that occupies about 78 % and the oxygen concentration that occupies about 21 % with respect to the partial pressure in the air are important.
- the saturated concentrations of nitrogen and oxygen to water are respectively about 14 ppm and 9 ppm at the room temperature (or 298 K) . Therefore, it is preferable to maintain the concentrations of nitrogen and oxygen dissolved in the water within 7 ppm and 4.5 ppm, respectively, more preferably, within 2.8 ppm and 1.8 ppm, respectively.
- the exposure apparatus can omit the degassing system if an external apparatus has a degassing function for liquid to be supplied to the exposure apparatus.
- the water purifier used for the .semiconductor manufacturing process usually has a degassing function, which can reduce the concentrations of nitrogen and oxygen down to 1 / 1000 or smaller times the saturated concentration in the air.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a principal part of a variation of this instant embodiment. This variation differs from the exposure apparatus of the first embodiment in FIG. 1 in that there is no degassing system 18. The remaining structure is the same. According to the above embodiment, for example, fine gas bubbles generated on the substrate surface as the substrate moves are prevented from entering the exposure area. Gas bubbles can be generated at part other than the substrate surface, for example, at the top part of the liquid supply port 10, be attracted by the substrate, and move to the exposure area.
- the above embodiment can prevent gas bubbles from entering the exposure area, since the top of the liquid supply port 10 is located at approximately the same position as that of the gas-liquid interface B of the liquid film 4.
- this embodiment enables the exposure apparatus of a local fill immersion method to prevent entries of gas bubbles into the exposure area.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a fabrication of devices (i.e., semiconductor chips such as IC and LSI, liquid crystal panels, and CCDs) .
- Step 1 circuit design
- Step 2 reticle production
- Step 3 wafer process
- Step 4 assembly process
- FIG. 8 is a detailed flowchart of the wafer process.
- Step 11 forms various coatings using the thermal oxidation, chemical vapor deposition, and physical gas phase growth.
- Step 12 resist application
- Step 13 exposure
- Step 14 develops the wafer.
- Step 15 etching
- Step 16 ion implantation
- Step 17 resist release
- the present invention is applied to an exposure process that uses a wafer as a processed material.
- the applicability of the present invention is not limited to a wafer process. It can be generally applied to pattern-forming exposure processes that include, for example, an exposure process in reticle manufacturing where an electronically-controlled spatial light modulator may be used as a mask.
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