WO2007119475A1 - ディスク原盤露光装置及びその調整方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a disc master exposure apparatus in which the irradiation position of a recording beam applied to a disc master is adjusted and an adjustment method thereof.
- Optical discs and magnetic discs which are so-called hard discs, are widely used as large-capacity information recording media, and an electron beam disc master exposure apparatus having high recording resolution is used in the manufacturing process.
- Such a disk master exposure apparatus generally includes an electron beam generating system for irradiating the disk master with an electron beam, and an X- ⁇ stage system for rotating ( ⁇ ) and horizontally moving (X) the disk master.
- an electron beam generating system for irradiating the disk master with an electron beam
- an X- ⁇ stage system for rotating ( ⁇ ) and horizontally moving (X) the disk master.
- the master disk D when recording four radial patterns in the radial direction from the rotation center O of the master disk D, the master disk D is rotated 90 degrees at a time.
- the first track is recorded as shown in Fig. 1 (B), and then the disc master D is moved horizontally by a predetermined distance, and then the disc master D is rotated 90 degrees again to create the disc master. Irradiate the electron beam and record the second track as shown in Fig. 1 (C).
- the radial pattern shown in FIG. 1 (A) is formed by rotating and horizontally moving the disc master D and irradiating it with an electron beam.
- the alignment between the components in the apparatus does not exceed the allowable amount due to vibration, temperature change, etc. This may occur.
- the origin of the beam spot of the recording beam irradiated on the disc master (that is, the position of the beam spot irradiated on the disc master when the electron beam is not deflected) is at the center of rotation of the disc master.
- the distance ⁇ ⁇ between the origin OB of the beam spot of the recording beam and the rotation center 0 of the disk master D is shown.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-131706
- a disc master exposure apparatus is directed to a turntable that rotates the disc master, a moving means that horizontally moves the turntable in at least one direction, and a turntable.
- Beam irradiating means for irradiating an electron beam to form a beam spot on a turntable or disk master
- beam deflecting means for deflecting the beam
- control for controlling the moving means, beam irradiating means and beam deflecting means
- the control means performs an initial operation for driving at least one of the moving means and the beam deflecting means to make the origin of the beam spot coincide with the center of rotation of the turntable at the time of activation. It is characterized by including initialization means.
- the irradiation position adjusting method includes a turntable nore that rotates a disk master, a moving means that horizontally moves the turntable in at least one direction, and an electron beam that is irradiated toward the turntable to turn the turntable.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a disc master showing a pattern formed when the disc master is irradiated with an electron beam when the beam spot origin coincides with the rotation center of the turntable.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the disc master showing a pattern formed when the disc master is irradiated with an electron beam when the origin of the beam spot is deviated from the rotation center of the turntable.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a disc master exposure apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a master disc marked with a mark.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an irradiation position adjustment routine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart of an irradiation position adjustment routine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing time variations of applied voltages in the X and y directions applied to the beam deflector during scanning.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing on the scanning coordinate system the trajectory of the scanning beam obtained by the applied voltage in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing mark positions on the scanning coordinate system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a detailed flowchart of an irradiation position adjustment routine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing mark positions on a scanning coordinate system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an irradiation position adjustment routine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a detailed flowchart of a marking routine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic plan view of a hard disk.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a nanoimprint apparatus.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a process of manufacturing a hard disk using a mold created using the disk master exposure apparatus of the present invention.
- a disc master exposure apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
- FIG. 3 shows a disc master exposure apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the disc master exposure apparatus 100 is powered by an electron beam generation system 200 and a vacuum chamber system 300.
- the electron beam generation system 200 the electron beam emitted from the electron beam source 202 is focused by the condenser lens 203 and sent to the beam modulator 204.
- the beam modulator 204 controls whether or not the electron beam travels downstream from the aperture 205 in accordance with the recording signal sent from the recording signal generation circuit 440.
- the electron beam that has passed through the aperture 205 is sent to a beam deflector 206 composed of an X deflection coil (not shown) and a y deflection coil (not shown), where it is sent from an irradiation position adjustment circuit 430.
- the irradiation position is corrected based on the adjustment signal.
- a scanning signal for two-dimensional scanning in the x_y direction is also sent from the irradiation position adjusting circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206.
- the electron beam exiting the beam deflector 206 is focused by the objective lens 207 to form a beam spot on the disc master D.
- These components of the electron beam generating system 200 are housed in an electron beam column 201 and installed on a vacuum chamber 301.
- the electron beam source 202, the condenser lens 203, the beam modulator 204, the aperture 205, the objective lens 207, and the recording signal generation circuit 440 correspond to the beam irradiation means of the present invention, and the beam deflector 206 and the irradiation position adjustment circuit 430 are provided. This corresponds to the beam deflection means of the present invention.
- the rotation center of the disk master D coincides with the rotation center of the turntable 302 by a chucking device (not shown) on the turntable 302.
- the turntable 302 is rotationally driven by a spindle motor 303.
- the spindle motor 303 is provided with a rotary encoder (not shown) for controlling the rotation thereof with high accuracy.
- rotary The rotation angle signal output from the encoder is processed by the spindle motor control circuit 410.
- the spindle motor 303 is provided on the moving stage 304.
- the moving stage 304 is slidably mounted on the surface plate 309, and is further connected to the feed motor 305 via a screw mechanism 306.
- the moving stage 304 reciprocates in the horizontal direction (X direction) as the feed motor 305 rotates.
- the moving stage 304, the feed motor 305, and the screw mechanism 306 correspond to the moving means of the present invention.
- a reflecting mirror 307 is fixed to the end of the moving stage 304.
- a laser length measuring device 308 is installed at a position facing the reflecting mirror 307. The laser beam for length measurement emitted from the laser length measuring device 308 is reflected by the reflecting mirror 307 and detected by a detection unit (not shown) of the laser length measuring device 308. As a result, the distance between the reflecting mirror 307 and the detector of the laser length measuring device 308 is measured.
- the feed motor control circuit 420 controls the rotation of the feed motor 305 based on the detection signal sent from the laser side lengther 308.
- the moving stage 304 can be moved in two directions, the X direction and the y direction. In this case, a mechanism for horizontally moving the moving stage 304 in the y direction and its control system are separately required.
- the exposure apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a mark detector 310 for detecting secondary electrons or reflected electrons generated during two-dimensional scanning of an electron beam, which will be described later.
- a detection signal detected by the mark detector 310 is processed by a detection signal processing circuit 450.
- the mark detector 310 and the detection signal processing circuit 450 correspond to the mark position detecting means of the present invention.
- the components of the vacuum chamber system 300 are installed in the vacuum chamber 301 except for a part, and the vacuum chamber 301 is kept in a vacuum.
- the various circuits described above are connected to the CPU 501 together with the RAM 502, ROM 503, etc. via the bus to perform various controls.
- the CPU 501, RAM 502 and ROM 503 correspond to the control means of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 shows a method for adjusting the deviation between the origin of the beam spot of the electron beam and the rotation center of the disc master, that is, the rotation center of the turntable, according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It explains along.
- the rotation center is previously set on the disk master D or on the turntable and at a position excluding the rotation center. It must be marked for calculation.
- mark M is attached to the central area (indicated by the shaded area in Fig. 4) where the recorded information is not written on the master disc D, and at a place other than the rotation center O. It is shown.
- the mark is placed on the turntable, it is an area that coincides with the central area of the disc master when viewed from directly above when the disc master is placed on the turntable and on the turntable other than the center of rotation. It is preferable to mark the area.
- the shape, size, color, material, etc. of the mark may be any as long as the mark can be detected with a desired accuracy by scanning with an electron beam described later.
- an initial operation that is, an irradiation position adjustment routine is started (step S100).
- S100 step for example, check the measured values such as the accumulated operating time of the disc master exposure apparatus, the elapsed time since the delivery of the equipment, or the temperature that may affect the equipment alignment, and the value. It is also possible to shift to the irradiation position adjustment routine only when the value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and to skip the irradiation position adjustment routine when the value does not exceed the threshold value.
- FIG. 6 shows a detailed flowchart of the irradiation position adjustment routine (S300 step).
- S301 1 is set as an initial value for the value of n indicating the number of scans.
- S 302 an electron beam is emitted from the electron beam source 202, and at the same time, a scanning signal is sent from the irradiation position adjustment circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206, so that the central region of the disc master is centered on the beam origin.
- Two-dimensionally scanned in the direction. 7A and 7B show the state of the scanning signal sent to the beam deflector 206.
- FIG. 7 (A) shows the change in the applied voltage applied to the X deflection coil of the beam deflector 206 in the two-dimensional scanning, with the applied voltage on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis.
- FIG. 7B shows the change in the applied voltage applied to the y-deflection coil of the beam deflector 206 in the two-dimensional axis, with the applied voltage on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis.
- the X deflection coil gives the electron beam X-direction deflection
- the y deflection coil gives the electron beam y-direction deflection.
- Fig. 8 shows the trajectory of the scanning beam when two-dimensionally scanned with the applied voltages in Figs. 7 (A) and 7 (B).
- the X-axis value is the beam deflector 20 6 corresponds to the value of the applied voltage applied to the x-deflection coil
- the y-axis value corresponds to the value of the applied voltage applied to the y-deflection coil of the beam deflector 206. That is, the region indicated by the XY coordinate system shown in FIG. 8 is the region that is two-dimensionally scanned by the electron beam.
- the applied voltage applied to the X deflection coil of the beam deflector 206 (the minimum applied voltage is xLvolt, the maximum applied voltage is XHvolt) and the applied voltage applied to the y deflection coil (minimum applied voltage is yLvolt and maximum applied voltage is yHvolt).
- the area to be applied is referred to as an applied voltage reference skewing area
- the coordinate system used for the area is referred to as an applied voltage reference skewing coordinate system.
- the origin OB (xB, yB) corresponds to the origin of the irradiation position of the electron beam that is not deflected in the X direction and the y direction in the beam deflector 206.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B and FIG. 8 show a small number of scanning lines for the sake of explanation.
- Secondary electrons and reflected electrons generated by beam irradiation during intense scanning are detected by the mark detector 310 in synchronization with the scanning.
- the detection signal detected by the mark detector 310 is amplified and A / D converted by the detection signal processing circuit 450 and sent to the CPU.
- the detection result by two-dimensional scanning is shown in the applied voltage reference scanning region, where the position of the mark M is shown as a point Pl (xl, yl). . That is, a beam formed by applying an applied voltage of xl to the X deflection coil of the beam deflector 206 and applying an applied voltage of y l to the y deflection coil forms on the disk master D or the turntable. Show that the mark M exists at the spot position.
- the coordinate values (xl, yl) to be applied are stored in the memory.
- step S306 a signal is sent to the spindle motor control circuit 410 force spindle motor 303, and the turntable 302 rotates by a predetermined rotation angle greater than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees.
- step S302 is performed again, and the second scan is performed. That is, as in the first run, an electron beam is emitted from the electron beam source 302, a scanning signal is sent from the irradiation position adjusting circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206, and the central area of the disk master is centered on the beam origin. Is scanned two-dimensionally in the x_y direction. Same as scan Secondary electrons and backscattered electrons that are generated are detected by the mark detector 310. The detection signal force detected by the mark detector 310 is sent to the CPU 501 through the detection signal processing circuit 450.
- FIG. 9 (B) shows the results of the second running in the applied voltage reference running region.
- the same strike signal as in the first scan is sent to the beam deflector 206, so that the applied voltage reference scan coordinate system shown in FIG. 9 (B) and the applied voltage shown in FIG.
- the reference scanning coordinate system is substantially the same.
- Point P2 shown in Fig. 9 (B) is the position of the mark M on the scissor coordinate system after rotating by a predetermined rotation angle from the point P1 force at the first scoring and the value of that coordinate ( x2, y2) are stored in the memory.
- step S306 a signal is transmitted to the spindle motor control circuit 410 and the spindle motor 303, and the turntable 302 rotates again by a predetermined rotation angle.
- step S302 the third scan and inspection are performed in the same manner as the first and second times, and the detection signals are sent to the detection signal processing circuit 450.
- FIG. 9C shows the third scanning result in the applied voltage reference scanning region.
- the same scanning signal as in the first and second scans is sent to the beam deflector 206, so that the applied voltage reference scan coordinate system shown in FIG.
- the applied voltage reference scanning coordinate system shown in (B) is substantially the same.
- Point P3 shown in Fig. 9 (C) is the position of the applied voltage reference scanning coordinate system of mark M after rotating by a predetermined rotation angle from point P2 at the time of the second scanning, and the value of that coordinate (x3, y3) is stored in the memory.
- step S307 based on the coordinate values (xl, yl), (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) read from the memory, the position of the rotation center of the turntable on the running coordinate system Is required.
- Fig. 9 (D) the coordinates PI (xl, yl), P2 (x2, y2) and P2 (x3, y3) forces are shown in the S-calo voltage reference strut region.
- the coordinates Pl (xl, yl), P2 (x2, y2) and P2 (x3, y3) are based on the voltage applied to mark M when mark M moves with the turntable rotation.
- the center of the turntable in the applied voltage reference scanning coordinate system represents the rotation center position of the turntable.
- the rotation center of the turntable is obtained by calculating the intersection of the perpendicular bisector of the line connecting points P1 and P2 and the perpendicular bisector of the line connecting points P2 and P3.
- the coordinates (x0, yO) on the applied voltage reference running coordinate system are obtained.
- y - ⁇ (x2-xl) / (y2-yl) ⁇ -x + (yl + y2) / 2 + ⁇ (x2-xl) / (y2-yl) ⁇ - ⁇ (xl + x2) / 2 ⁇
- y - ⁇ (x3-x2) / (y3-y2) ⁇ -x + (y2 + y3) / 2 + ⁇ (x3— x2) / (y3— y2) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ (x2 + x3) / 2 ⁇
- the value of the rotation center coordinates (x0, yO) of the turntable is determined as follows (step S307).
- x0 (y3-yl) / 2 + (x3— x2) / (y3— y2) — ⁇ (x2— xl) / (y2— yl) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ (xl + x2) / 2 ⁇
- y0 - ⁇ (x2-xl) / (y2-yl) ⁇ -[(y3-yl) / 2 + (x3— x2) / (y3— y2) — ⁇ (x2 -xl) / (y2-yl) ⁇ - ⁇ (xl + x2) / 2 ⁇ ] + ⁇ (x2-xl) / (y2-yl) ⁇ - ⁇ (xl + x2) /
- the part that executes steps S301 to S307 corresponds to the rotation center deviation amount detecting means of the present invention.
- the X axis in the applied voltage reference scanning coordinate system corresponds to the scanning position signal in the X direction sent to the beam deflector 206 from the irradiation position adjustment circuit 430.
- ⁇ It is possible to adjust the amount of deviation in the X direction, that is, the deviation between the origin of the irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable, by sending the applied signal expressed by as a correction value to the beam deflector during the exposure step. Become.
- the deviation in the y direction between the origin of the irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable can be adjusted by sending the applied signal represented by yO in Equation 4 as a correction value to the beam deflector in the exposure step. (Step S308). That is, the portion for executing step S308, the irradiation position adjusting circuit 430, and the beam deflector 206 correspond to the first beam position adjusting means of the present invention.
- both the X-direction shift and the y-direction shift are adjusted by the beam deflector.
- the present invention is not limited to force.
- the origin of the irradiation position and the turntable The shift in the X direction with respect to the rotation center may be adjusted as the movement of the moving stage 304 by a signal to the feed motor 305 supplied with the feed motor control circuit 420 instead of the beam deflector.
- the part for executing step S308, the motor control circuit 420, the feed motor 305, and the moving stage 304 correspond to the second beam position adjusting means of the present invention.
- the moving stage 304 moves in two directions, the X direction and the y direction, the correlation between the value of the y axis in the applied voltage reference scanning coordinate system and the moving distance of the moving stage 304 in the Y direction. If it is known in advance, the Y-direction deviation between the origin of the irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable is adjusted as the movement of the moving stage in the y-direction instead of the beam deflector, as in the X-direction adjustment described above. May be. Further, by combining the adjustment at the moving stage 304 and the adjustment at the beam deflector, for example, a rough adjustment is performed by moving the moving stage 304, and a fine adjustment is performed by the deflection of the beam deflector.
- a rough adjustment is performed by moving the moving stage 304, and a fine adjustment is performed
- the region where the mark attached to the disc master or the turntable is located is moved by the electron beam used during the exposure of the exposure apparatus. Since it is possible to automatically adjust the deviation between the origin of the electron beam irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable, it is possible to easily adjust the deviation without bothering the operator. Also, using an electron beam generated by the exposure apparatus itself Therefore, it is possible to adjust with high accuracy. Furthermore, since the adjustment of the deviation can be selected from either a beam deflector or a moving stage, it is possible to cope with various types of exposure apparatuses.
- FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of an irradiation position adjustment routine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- step S312 Secondary and reflected electrons generated by scanning are detected by the mark detector 310 (step S312), and the detection signal detected by the mark detector 310 is sent to the CPU 501 via the detection signal processing circuit 450 and sent to the point P1
- step S316 the spindle motor control circuit 410 drives the turntable 302 to rotate.
- the rotation angle of the turntable is controlled to 180 degrees by a rotary encoder (not shown) provided in the spindle motor 303.
- the second scan is performed again in the same manner as the first scan.
- a strike signal is sent from the irradiation position adjustment circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206, and the central region of the disc master is scanned two-dimensionally in the x_y direction around the beam origin to generate secondary electrons and reflected electrons.
- step S315 the discriminant of step S315 is different from the first embodiment. Therefore, if the two scans are completed, the discriminant is satisfied and the process proceeds to step S317. That is, in the second embodiment, the third scan is not performed.
- step S317 the position of the rotation center of the turntable on the applied voltage reference running coordinate system is obtained based on the coordinate values (xl, yl) and (x2, y2) read from the memory. It is done.
- the coordinates PI (xl, yl) and P2 (x2, y2) are shown in the applied voltage reference scanning region.
- the coordinates Pl (xl, yl) and P2 (x2, y2) indicate the position of the mark M in the applied voltage reference running coordinate system when the mark M moves as the disc master rotates 180 degrees.
- the center of the line segment connecting points P1 and P2 represents the rotation center position of the turntable in the applied voltage reference frame coordinate system.
- the center point of the line segment (1) connecting the points P1 and P2, that is, the coordinates (x0, yO) of the rotation center 0 of the turntable is
- Step S317) That is, the part that executes steps S311 to S317 corresponds to the rotation center deviation amount detecting means of the present invention.
- the applied signal represented by ⁇ is sent as a correction value to the beam deflector during the exposure step, so that the deviation in the X direction between the origin of the irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable is reduced.
- the deviation in the y direction between the origin of the irradiation position and the rotation center of the turntable is adjusted by sending the applied signal represented by yO as a correction value to the beam deflector in the exposure step (step S318).
- adjustment may be made by moving the moving stage instead of the beam deflector. Further, it may be adjusted as a combination of deflection of the beam deflector and movement of the moving stage.
- the third embodiment is an irradiation position adjustment method that assumes that neither the master disk nor the turntable is marked. Marking is performed on the running area using an electron beam prior to adjustment of the irradiation position. It is. Since marking is performed with an electron beam, the area to be marked must be made of a material that can be marked with an electron beam.
- the marking routine starts when the disc master exposure apparatus is started (step S100).
- FIG. 13 shows a detailed flowchart of the marking routine (step S200).
- a signal that is, an applied voltage is sent from the irradiation position adjusting circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206, so that the electron beam can be deflected (step S211).
- the signal sent to the beam deflector 206 may be sent only to either the X deflection coil or the y deflection coil, or may be sent to both the X deflection coil and the y deflection coil.
- the applied voltage sent to the X deflection coil and y deflection coil must be set between xL to xHvolt and yL to yHvolt so that marking is performed in the region shown in FIG.
- the signals sent to the X deflection coil and y deflection coil of the beam deflector 206 are stored in the memory as (xl, yl) (step S212).
- the disc master is irradiated with an electron beam to mark the disc master (step S213).
- the process proceeds to the irradiation position adjustment step (S300 step), and thereafter, the irradiation position adjustment similar to that in the first or second embodiment can be performed.
- the deflection signal sent from the irradiation position adjusting circuit 430 to the beam deflector 206 in step S212 is stored in the memory as (xl, yl)
- the irradiation position can be adjusted even if the disc master or the turntable is not preliminarily marked. This saves you the trouble of attaching a hook.
- it is possible to omit one scan as compared with the first and second embodiments it is possible to easily and quickly adjust the deviation.
- FIGS. 14, 15, and 16 for a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk as an example of a patterned medium using the disk master exposure apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. While explaining.
- a so-called hard disk is a magnetic recording medium in which magnetic particles are artificially arranged regularly, and logically one bit can be recorded per magnetic particle. For example, a bit interval of about 25 nm is possible. In the case of a pattern, an extremely high recording density of about lTbpsi (Tbit / inch 2 ) can be realized.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of a pattern shape formed on the hard disk.
- the pattern shape formed on the hard disk 720 generally includes a data track portion 721 and a servo pattern portion 722.
- the data track portion 721 recording patterns of dot rows 723 are arranged concentrically.
- the servo pattern portion 722 a rectangular pattern indicating address information and track detection information, a line pattern extending in a direction crossing a track from which clock timing is extracted, and the like are formed.
- a thermal nanoimprint as shown in Fig. 15 is generally used. Is used. That is, the thermal nanoimprint apparatus 800 is provided in a chamber 801 to which a vacuum pump 804 is connected in order to remove a solvent or the like generated from the resist during imprinting. A mold support portion 802 that supports the mold 600 is fixed to the upper portion of the chamber 801. A stage 803 that supports the transfer object 710 is provided so as to face the mold support portion 802. The stage 803 is mounted on a lifting / lowering device 805 driven by hydraulic pressure or the like, whereby the transfer object 710 is lifted and pressed against the mold 600 to perform transfer. Note that a load cell 806 is installed between the stage 803 and the lifting device 805, and the pressing force at the time of transfer is measured. The stage 803 is provided with a heater 807 and a cooler 808 for heating and cooling the transfer object 710.
- the disk master of the present invention capable of forming a high-definition pattern with high accuracy It is desirable to use an exposure device.
- a resist for electron beam exposure is applied to a base portion made of a heat-resistant material such as Si, which can be finely processed, using a spin coater or the like, and then an electron beam beam is applied to the resist using the disc master exposure apparatus of the present invention. Directly draw the pattern.
- the resist is developed to form a mask pattern on the resist.
- dry etching is performed to form a pattern on the base portion, and then the etching mask is removed by ashing or the like.
- the mold is complete.
- a recording medium base substrate 700 made of a material such as specially processed chemically strengthened glass, a Si wafer, or an aluminum plate is prepared.
- a recording film layer 701 is formed on the base substrate 700 by sputtering or the like.
- the recording film layer has a laminated structure including a soft magnetic underlayer, an intermediate layer, and a ferromagnetic recording layer.
- a metal mask layer 702 made of a metal such as Ta or Ti is formed on the recording film layer 701 by sputtering or the like, and finally a transfer material 703 is formed on the metal mask layer 702 by spin coating or the like.
- the transfer object 710 is formed.
- a thermoplastic resin such as polymethyl methacrylate resin (PMMA) is used.
- FIG. 16 (b) shows a transfer object 710 formed as described above. Note that a photo-curing resin may be used for the transfer material 703. At this time, a photo-curing nanoimprint apparatus is used as the nanoimprint apparatus.
- a mold 600 produced using the above-mentioned transferred object 710 and the disc master exposure apparatus of the present invention is transferred to the uneven surface of the transferred material 703 and the mold 600.
- the nanoimprint apparatus 800 is started by setting the thermal imprint apparatus so that and face each other.
- the stage 803 is raised, and imprinting is performed according to a predetermined sequence.
- the stage 803 is lowered as shown in FIG. 16 (e) to complete the transfer.
- the transferred transfer object 710 is taken out from the nanoimprint apparatus 800 and transferred.
- the remaining film part of 703 is removed as shown in Fig. 16 (f) by ashing using 0 gas etc.
- the remaining pattern force of the transfer material 703 becomes an etching mask for etching the metal mask layer 702.
- CHF gas or the like is used with the transfer material 703 as an etching mask.
- the recording film layer 701 is etched by dry etching using Ar gas or the like using the metal mask layer 702 as an etching mask. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 16 (j), the metal mask layer 702 is removed by a wet process or dry etching.
- a nonmagnetic material 705 (Si02 or the like in the case of a magnetic recording medium) is formed in a groove portion of a pattern formed on the surface of the recording film layer 701 by sputtering or a coating process. Nonmagnetic material).
- the surface is polished and flattened by etch back, chemical polishing, or the like. This creates a structure in which the recording material is separated by the non-recording material.
- the hard disk 720 is completed by, for example, forming a protective film 706 and a lubricating film 707 of the recording film layer on the surface by a coating method or a dipping method.
- a patterned media having a highly accurate pattern structure can be manufactured by creating a master using the disc master exposure apparatus according to the present invention.
- the patterned medium has been described as an example.
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can be applied to, for example, a discrete track medium.
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