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Definitions

• compositions for anti pattern collapse treatment comprising gemini additives
• the present invention is directed to a composition useful in processes for manufacturing integrated circuits devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices, in particular for developing photoresists and post etch residue removal to avoid anti pattern collapse.
• patterned material layers like patterned photoresist layers, patterned barrier material layers containing or consisting of titanium nitride, tantalum or tantalum nitride, patterned multi-stack material layers containing or consisting of stacks e.g. of alternating polysilicon and silicon dioxide layers, and patterned dielectric material layers containing or consisting of silicon dioxide or low-k or ultra-low-k dielectric materials are produced by photolithographic techniques.
• patterned material layers comprise structures of dimensions even below 22 nm with high aspect ratios.
• Photolithography is a method in which a pattern on a mask is projected onto a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer.
• Semiconductor photolithography typically includes the step of applying a layer of a photoresist on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and exposing the photoresist to actinic radiation, in particular UV radiation of a wavelength of, for example, 193 nm, through the mask.
• actinic radiation in particular UV radiation of a wavelength of, for example, 193 nm
• immersion photolithography has been developed as a resolution enhancement technique.
• the air gap between the final lens of the optical system and the photoresist surface is replaced by a liquid medium that has a refractive index greater than one, e.g., ultra pure water with a refractive index of 1.44 for the wavelength of 193 nm.
• a barrier coating or a water resistant photoresist must be used.
• Beside the 193nm-immersion lithography other illumination techniques with significant shorter wavelength are considered to be solutions to fulfil the needs of further downscaling of the to be printed feature sizes of 20nm node and below.
• EUV Extreme Ultraviolet
• PEB post-exposure bake
• the substrate including the cleaved polymer photoresist is then transferred to a developing chamber to remove the exposed photoresist, which is soluble in aqueous developing compositions.
• developing compositions comprise
• tetraalkylammonium hydroxides such as but not limited to tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) are applied to the resist surface in the form of a puddle to develop the exposed photoresist.
• TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• a deionized water rinse is then applied to the substrate to remove the dissolved polymers of the photoresists.
• the substrate is then sent to a spin drying process. Thereafter, the substrate can be transferred to the next process step, which may include a hard bake process to remove any moisture from the photoresist surface.
• photoresist patterns are required to include relatively thin and tall structures or features of photoresists, i.e., features having a high aspect ratio, on the substrate. These structures may suffer from bending and/or collapsing (so called pattern collapse), in particular, during the spin dry process, due to excessive capillary forces of the liquid or solution of the rinsing liquid deionized water remaining from the chemical rinse and spin dry processes and being disposed between adjacent photoresist features.
• pattern collapse bending and/or collapsing
• the calculated maximum stress ⁇ between small features caused by the capillary forces can be described according to Namatsu et al. Appl. Phys.
• ⁇ is the surface tension of the fluid
• ⁇ is the contact angle of the fluid on the feature material surface
• D is the distance between the features
• H is the height of the features
• W is the width of the features.
• LER line edge roughness
• LWR line width roughness
• Watermarks may form on the photoresist as the deionized water or rinse liquid cannot be spun off from the hydrophobic surface of the photoresist.
• the photoresist may be hydrophobic particularly in areas of isolated, or non-dense, patterning. The watermarks have a harmful effect on yield and IC device performance.
• EP 1 553 454 A2 discloses the use of cetylmethylammonium, stearylmethylammonium, cetyltrimethylammonium, stearyltrimethylammonium, distearyldimethylammonium,
• stearyldimethylbenzylammoium dodecylmethylammonium, dodecyltrimethylammonium, benzylmethylammonium, benzyltrimethylammonium, and benzalkonium chloride as cationic surfactants in rinsing compositions for patterns having line-space dimensions of 90 nm.
• US 6670107 B2 discloses a method for the reduction of defects in an electronic device comprising of cationic and non-ionic surfactants in concentration less than or equal to the critical micelle concentration.
• US 2010/0248164 A1 discloses a rinse solution for preventing pattern collapse consisting of an anionic surfactant, an amine and water.
• Patent application US 2000/53172 A1 discloses that the acetylenic diol-type of surfactant solutions prevent pattern collapse by making the surface of a photoresist hydrophilic thus improving the wettability of the rinse or solution.
• pattern collapse may generally be caused by:
• the present invention mainly addresses the problems under Lit. A and B, i.e. to prevent swelling of the photoresist and to prevent pattern collapse by using a defect reduction rinse after the development of the photoresist.
• the components according to the present invention should allow for a significant reduction of LER and LWR by smoothing the roughness of the surfaces of the developed photoresist patterns. It should also allow for the efficient prevention and/or the removal of watermark defects on patterned material layers, in particular, but not limited to photoresist patterns.
• the components according to the present invention should also allow for a significant reduction of photoresist swelling.
• X is a divalent group, for each repeating unit 1 to n independently selected from
• R 5 is selected from H and a linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl group
• R 1 and R 2 are monovalent groups independently selected from H, linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl, C5 to C20 cycloalkyl, C5 to C20 aryl, Ce to C20 alkylaryl, Ce to C20 arylalkyl, Ci to C2o hydroxyalkyl, or C2 to C 4 oxyalkylene homo or copolymers, all of which may optionally be further substituted
• R 3 and R 4 are monovalent groups independently selected from a linear or branched C5 to C30 alkyl group, a C5 to C30 cycloalkyl, a Ci to C2o hydroxyalkyl, and a C2 to C 4 oxyalkylene homo or copolymers , all of which may optionally be substituted, and wherein pair-wise R 3 - R 4
• z is an integer, which is chosen so that the overall surfactant is electrically uncharged
• Z is a counter-ion.
• a method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices comprising the steps of (a) providing a substrate,
• step (e) contacting the substrate at least once with an aqueous cleaning composition, wherein at least one of the developing composition of step (d) and the cleaning composition of step (e) comprises a gemini additive.
• Gemini additives according to the invention allowed for the immersion photolithography of photoresist layers, the developing of photoresist layers exposed to actinic radiation through a mask, the cleaning of patterned material layers, or combinations thereof.
• the surfactants according to the invention are particularly useful for pattern developing or cleaning developed photoresist layers comprising patterns having line-space dimensions of 50 nm or less, particularly of 32 nm or less and, most particularly 22 nm or less.
• gemini additives according to the invention are particularly useful for aspect ratios greater or equal 2 in the case of photoresist structures, and, in particular, greater or equal 10 in the case of non-photoresist structures, without causing pattern collapse, line edge roughness (LER), line width roughness (LWR) and watermark defects in the photoresist case and anti pattern collapse, defect reduction and cleaning in the high aspect ratio case.
• LER line edge roughness
• LWR line width roughness
• compositions comprising the gemini additives according to the present invention are generally useful for avoiding anti pattern collapse of photoresist structures as well as of non-photoresist patterns with high aspect ratios (HARS, typical aspect ratios are greater or equal 10).
• the method of the invention allowed for a significant reduction of LER and LWR by smoothing the roughness of the surfaces of the developed photoresist patterns, for the efficient prevention and/or the removal of watermark defects not only on photoresist patterns, but also on other patterned material layers, and the efficient removal of particles whereby a significant defect reduction not only on photoresist patterns but also on other patterned material layers could be achieved.
• the gemini additives in the developer compositions could prevent swelling of the photoresist layer due to reduced diffusion. This also reduces the risk of pattern collapse of the photoresist during the subsequent steps.
• the use of the gemini additives in the developer solutions enables tuning surface tension and the interaction of the developer solution with the photo resist.
• gemini additives may particularly be used in photoresist developing compositions as well as in cleaning or rinsing compositions during the photolithographic process in order to pattern semiconductor substrates.
• rinsing and cleaning are use synonymously for the defect reduction rinsing step after the photoresist developing step.
• the substrate is a semiconductor substrate, more preferably a silicon wafer including a silicon-gallium wafer, which wafers are customarily used for manufacturing IC devices, in particular IC devices comprising ICs having LSI, VLSI and ULSI.
• the composition is particularly suitable for treating substrates having patterned material layers having line-space dimensions of 50 nm and less, in particular, 32 nm and less and, especially, 22 nm and less, i.e. patterned material layers for the sub-22 nm technology nodes.
• the patterned material layers preferably have ratios above 2, preferably above 10, even more preferably above 50.
• the ratios are above 2 and when they comprise or consist of non- photoresist structures the ratios are above 10.
• the aspect ratio is in the range of up to 75, as for example, for 15 nm flash devices.
• composition according to the present invention may be applied to substrates of any patterned material as long as structures tend to collapse due to their geometry.
• the patterned material layers may be any suitable material layers.
• the patterned material layers may be any suitable material layers.
• patterned dielectric material layers containing or consisting of silicon dioxide or low-k or ultra-low-k dielectric materials.
• the cleaning/rinsing compositions as well as the developer compositions comprising the gemini additives are preferably aqueous solutions.
• the cleaning/rinsing compositions are used at a pH of about 6 to about 8.
• the developing compositions are used at a pH of 8 or more, preferably at a pH of from 9 to 14.
• Aqueous means that the solvent comprises water, preferably deionized water and, most preferably ultrapure water as the main solvent.
• the aqueous composition may contain water- miscible polar organic solvents, albeit only in such minor amounts that do not jeopardize the aqueous nature of the composition.
• the solvent essentially consists of water, preferably deionized water and, most preferably ultrapure water.
• ultrapure water with concentration of 5 ppt (ng/kg), or better, anion concentration 5 ppb (ng/g), or better, total organic content (TOC) 50 ppb (ng/g), or better and contains particles of >0,2 mm under 10000 per ml.
• the essential part of the additives according to the present invention is the gemini ammonium compound of the general formula la:
• ammonium compounds according to formula la are also referred to as "gemini additives" or “gemini surfactants”.
• n may be an integer from 1 to 5.
• n is an integer from 1 to 3, most preferably n is 1 .
• n may be an integer from 1 up to 10000, In this case, preferably n may be an integer from 1 to 1000, more preferably from 1 to 100, even more preferably from 1 to 20, even more preferably from 1 to 3, and most preferably 1 , provided that, if at least one Q is present, n includes all repeating units of branches Q.
• X may be a divalent group, for each repeating unit 1 to n independently selected from a linear or branched Ci to C20 alkanediyl, which may optionally be substituted and which may optionally be interrupted by up to 5 heteroatoms selected from O and N.
• the linear or branched Ci to C20 alkanediyl may be selected from an unsubstituted linear or branched Ci to C20 alkanediyl.
• X is selected from a C2 to C16 alkanediyi, more preferably a C3-C12 alkanediyi, most preferably a C 4 - C10 alkanediyi.
• X is a linear alkanediyi.
• X is selected from alkanediyi groups having the general formula III: wherein the index q is an integer of from 1 to 20, preferably 2 to 16 and most preferably 4 to 10 Most preferably, butane-1 ,4-diyl, hexane-1 ,6-diyl, or octane-1 ,8-diyl is used.
• X is X 3 -0-X 4 , with X 3 and X 4 being a linear or branched Ci C9 alkanediyi. Most preferably, X is selected from alkanediyi groups being interrupted by an oxygen atom of formula IV:
• X may be selected from a C5 to C20 cycloalkanediyl, which may optionally be substituted and which may optionally be interrupted by up to 5 heteroatoms selected from O and N.
• cycloalkanediyl may be selected from single-ring cycloalkanes, such as but not limited to hexadecane, multi-ring cycloalkanes such as but not limited to bicyclohexyl, or poly-cyclic cycloalkanes like spiro alkanes, such as but not limited to spiro [4.4]nonane, orbridged-ring alkanes.
• X may be selected from a Ce to C20 organic group of formula -X 1 -A-X 2 -, wherein X 1 and X 2 are independently selected from a Ci to C7 linear or branched alkanediyi and A is selected from a C5 to C12 aromatic moiety or a C5 to C30 cycloalkanediyl, which H atoms may optionally be substituted and which C atoms may optionally be interrupted by up to 5 heteroatoms selected from O and N.
• arylalkanediyi X 1 and X 2 may independently be selected from methanediyl, ethanediyl, propanediyl and butanediyl.
• arylalkanediyi A is selected from benzene, anthracene, biphenyl, and naphthalene. Most preferably the arylalkanediyi is 1 ,4-xylenediyl.
• X may be selected from a polyoxyalkylene diradical of formula II:
• R 5 is selected from H and a linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl group.
• r is an integer of from 1 to 50, more preferably of from 1 to 20, most preferably of from 1 to 10.
• R 5 is selected from H and a linear or branched Ci to Ce alkyl group, more preferably R 5 is H, methyl, ethyl or propyl.
• R 1 and R 2 are monovalent groups independently selected from H, linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl, C5 to C20 cycloalkyl, C5 to C20 aryl, Ce to C20 alkylaryl, Ce to C20 arylalkyl, Ci to C2o hydroxyalkyl, which may optionally be further substituted. Such further substituents may preferably be hydroxyl, carboxy, carbonyl, amino, amido, sulphonamide, sulphonate, and phosphate. Most preferably R 1 and R 2 are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more hydroxy or amino groups. R 1 and R 2 may generally be identical or different.
• R 1 and R 2 are unsubstituted.
• R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from Ci to C16 alkyl, more preferably C1-C12 alkyl, more preferably C1-C10 alkyl, most preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl.
• R 1 and R 2 are linear alkyl.
• Such alkyl may optionally be substituted by hydroxy (- OH), carboxy (CO-OH or its salts), amine (NH 2 ), amide (-CO-NH2), sulphonamide (-SO2-NH2), sulphonate (-SO2OH or its salts), sulphate (-OSO2OH or its salts) , phosphonate (-PO(OH)2 or its salts) and phosphate (-0-PO(OH)2, or its salts).
• a substitution is particularly useful in the use in cleaning compositions.
• At least one of R 1 and R 2 is selected from C2 to C16 hydroxyalkyl, more preferable a C2-C12 hydroxyalkyl, and most preferably a C2-C3 hydroxyalkyl. In yet another preferred embodiment at least one of R 1 and R 2 is selected from formula V
• R 8 is, for each repeating unit u independently, selected from H and linear or branched Ci to C2 alkyl, and R 10 is selected from hydroxy (-OH), carboxy (- CO-OH or its salts), amine (-NH2), amide (-CO-NH2), sulphonamide (-SO2-NH2), sulphonate (- SO2OH or its salts), sulphate (-OSO2OH or its salts) , phosphonate (-PO(OH) 2 or its salts) and phosphate (-0-PO(OH)2, or its salts).
• u is an integer of from 4 to 50, more preferably of from 9 to 40, most preferably of from 19 to 30.
• R 8 is selected from H and methyl.
• R 10 is preferably selected from hydroxy, sulphonate, sulphate and phosphate.
• at least one of R 1 and R 2 is selected from oxyethylene or oxypropylene homo or copolymers, which are terminated by groups R 8 .
• Such copolymers may have random, block, alternating or gradient structure.
• R 1 is H and R 2 is selected from linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl, C5 to C20 cycloalkyl, C5 to C20 aryl, Ce to C20 alkylaryl, Ce to C20 arylalkyl, Ci to C20 hydroxyalkyl, which may optionally be further substituted.
• R 2 is independently selected from a Ci to C16 alkyl, more preferably a C1-C12 alkyl, more preferably a C1-C10 alkyl, most preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl.
• R 1 and R 2 are linear alkyl.
• R 3 and R 4 are monovalent groups independently selected from a linear or branched C5 to C30 alkyl group, a C5 to C30 cycloalkyl, a Ci to C20 hydroxyalkyl, and a C2 to C 4
• polyoxyalkylene Such polyoxyalkylene may be a homopolymer or a copolymer. Copolymers may be random, bock, alternating or gradient copolymers.
• the polyoxyalkylene group are chosen from compounds of formula V above, all of which may optionally be substituted, and wherein pair-wise R 3 - R 4 and adjacent R 4 - R 4 and R 3 - R 3 may optionally together form a bivalent group X as defined above, and may also be a continuation Q of the molecule by branching, and, if n is equal to or greater than 2, R 3 , R 4 or R 3 and R 4 may also be hydrogen atoms.
• R 3 and R 4 are selected from formula VI
• X 3 is selected from a chemical bond and a linear or branched, preferably linear, Ci to C 4 alkanediyl, most preferably methanediyl.
• R 5 is selected from OH, H and a linear or branched C1-C5 alkyl, preferably methyl or OH
• R 6 is selected from H and a linear or branched Ci to C20 alkyl, a Ci to C20 cycloalkyl, a Ci to C20 aryl, Ci to C20 alkylaryl and Ci to C20 arylalkyl.
• R 7 is selected from H and linear or branched Ci to C10 alkyl, preferably methyl or tert. butyl.
• R 6 is -(CH2) m -R 7 , wherein
• R 7 is selected from a Ci to C20 alkyl
• n is an integer of from 1 to 10, preferably from 2 to 6, most preferably from 2 to 4
• R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from formula VII
• R 20 is selected from OH and H
• R 21 is selected from H or Ci to C10 alkyl
• v is an integer of from 1 to 10, preferably from 1 to 6, most preferably from 2 to 4.
• the C2-C 4 polyoxyalkylene groups are preferably selected from the group consisting of homopolymers and copolymers of ethyleneoxide, propyleneoxide, butyleneoxide and styrene oxide, most preferably homopolymers and copolymers of ethyleneoxide and propyleneoxide.
• the groups R 3 and R 4 consisting of polyoxyalkylene groups may have hydroxy groups as the terminal group. However, the terminal hydroxy groups or a part of the terminal hydroxy groups may be esterified by polybasic acids, preferably sulfuric acid and/or phosphoric acid, thereby obtaining anionic and/or potentially anionic groups, preferably sulphate and/or phosphate ester groups.
• the aforementioned cations may be used as the counterions for such anionic groups.
• R 3 and R 4 each belonging to the same N center may pair-wise together form a bivalent group X selected from butanediyl, pentanediyl, and hexanediyl. Furthermore, adjacent R 4 - R 4 and R 3 - R 3 may optionally together form a bivalent group X as defined above. Structures like
• R 3 and R 4 may individually form a continuation Q of the molecule by branching.
• n is equal to or greater than 2
• R 3 , R 4 or R 3 and R 4 may be hydrogen atoms.
• any type of organic or inorganic anion Z customary and known in the field of quaternary ammonium salts may be used as counter-ion for the cation of the general formula I.
• Z is an anion ⁇ ⁇ - with x being selected from 1 , 2, 3 or 4, preferably 1 or 2.
• suitable counter-ions are selected from hydroxide, chloride, bromide, nitrate, sulphate, monomethyl sulphate, formate, acetate and propionate ions without limiting the invention thereto.
• monomethyl sulphate, sulphate or chloride is used as counter-ion.
• they can contain the aforementioned anionic counter-ions.
• hydroxide is the preferred counter-anion.
• the preferred counter-anions are selected from chloride, bromide, nitrate, sulphate, monomethyl sulphate, formate, acetate and propionate .
• Z may also be a cation. In this case non-metal cations are preferred.
• R 1 , R 2 are methyl, R 3 and R 4 together form a pentanediyl diradical in order to form a Ce cyclic moiety with the N atom;
• X is 1 ,4-xylenediyl:
• chloride counter-ion may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• R 1 , R 2 are methyl, R 3 and R 4 together form a butanediyl diradical in order to form a Ce cyclic moiety with the N atom;
• X is butanediyl:
• the sulphate counter-ion may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• chloride counter-ion may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• R 1 is methyl
• R 2 is benzyl
• two pairs of R 3 and R 4 together form a group X
• X is ethanediyl
• the monomethyl sulphate and chloride counter-ions may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• R 1 is H
• R 2 is methyl
• two pairs of R 3 and R 4 together form a group X
• X is ethanediyl
• hydroxide counter-ions may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• R 1 R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are methyl and X is propanediyl:
• sulphate counter-ions may be exchange by any other counter-ion described above.
• gemini additives are those of formula I, wherein:
• X is linear or branched Ci to C10 alkyl, preferably n-pentyl or n-hexyl,
• R 1 and R 2 are selected from Ci to Ce alkyl, preferably methyl or ethyl,
• R 3 is selected from formula IV or -(C2H4-0) X -H,
• R 4 is selected from formula IV or -(C2H 4 -0) X -S0 3 - x is an integer from 10 to 40, preferably from 20 to 30.
• the concentration of the gemini additives in the aqueous rinse solution primarily depends on the critical micelle concentration value (CMC value). Therefore, the concentration can vary broadly and, therefore, can be adapted most advantageously to the particular requirements of a given method of the invention.
• the concentration is in the range of about 0.00005 to about 5% by weight, preferably about 0.0002 to about 2% by weight and, more preferably about 0.0005 to about 0.05, most preferably about 0.001 to about 0.01 % by weight, the weight percentages being based on the complete weight of the solution.
• the concentration of the gemini additives in the developer solution are typically in the range of about 1.0 ⁇ 10 -5 to about 1.5 N (based on ammonium groups or corresponding hydroxide), preferably about 1.0 - 10 "4 to about 1.0 N, more preferably about 1 .0 - 10 "3 to about 0.8 N, most preferably about 0.05 to about 0.7 N.
• the aqueous solution may contain water-miscible polar organic solvents. Examples of suitable solvents are described in US 2008/0280230 A, page 2, paragraph [0016]. Most preferably, the aqueous solution does not contain any organic solvents.
• additives may be present in the cleaning solution according to the present invention. Such additives may be
• buffers tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane, most preferable sodium free buffer systems.
• One or more further surfactants either non-ionic or cationic to improve surface tension and wetting capabilities.
• the aqueous solution comprising the gemini additives may be used for different purposes and objects.
• it may be used as an immersion liquid for immersing photoresists during irradiation with actinic light through a mask, as a developer solution for photoresist layers exposed to actinic radiation through a mask and as a chemical rinse solution for rinsing the patterned material layers.
• the method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices has been found, the said method comprising the steps of
• the aqueous solution is removed from the contact with the substrate.
• Any known methods customarily used for removing liquids from solid surfaces can be employed.
• the solution S is removed by spin drying or drying processes making use of the Marangoni effect.
• the substrate is provided by photolithographic process comprising the steps of providing the substrate with an immersion photoresist, EUV photoresist or eBeam photoresist layer; exposing the photoresist layer to actinic radiation through a mask with or without an immersion liquid; developing the exposed photoresist layer with a developer solution to obtain a pattern having line-space dimensions of 50 nm and less, in particular, of 32 nm and less and, most especially, of 22 nm and less and an aspect ratio above 2, preferably above 10, even more preferably 50 and, most preferably, up to 75; applying a chemical rinse solution to the developed patterned photoresist layer; and (v) drying the semiconductor substrate after the application of the chemical rinse, solution preferably by spin drying or drying processes making use of the Marangoni effect.
• any customary and known positive or negative immersion photoresist, EUV photoresist or eBeam photoresist can be used.
• the immersion photoresist may already contain at least one fluorine-free cationic, anionic or amphoteric surfactant A.
• the immersion photoresist can contain nonionic surfactants. Suitable nonionic surfactants are described, for example, in US 2008/0299487 A1 , page 6, paragraph [0078].
• the immersion photoresist is a positive resist.
• UV radiation of the wavelength of 193 nm is used as the actinic radiation.
• the immersion liquid contains at least one fluorine-free cationic, amphoteric or zwitterionic gemini additive.
• any customary and known developing composition can be used for developing the exposed photoresist layer.
• developing compositions may comprise further additives.
• aqueous developer solutions containing tetraalkylammonium hydroxides, such as but not limited to tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) are used.
• the aqueous developer solutions contain at least one cationic, anionic, amphoteric or zwitterionic gemini additive.
• the chemical rinse solutions are aqueous solutions.
• the chemical rinse solutions are applied to the exposed and developed photoresist layers as puddles.
• the immersion solution, the developer solution or the chemical rinse solution contains at least one ionic gemini additive.
• the at least one cationic, anionic or amphoteric or zwitterionic gemini additive is contained in the chemical rinse solution.
• Customary and known equipment customarily used in the semiconductor industry can be used for carrying out the photolithographic process in accordance with the method of the invention. Without wishing to be bound by any theory, it is believed that the positive or negative electrical charge of the surface of the patterned layered materials causes a mutual electrostatic repulsion of neighbouring surfaces which prevents pattern collapse, as illustrated by Figure 1.
• Fig. 1 illustrates how the photoresist structures or a high aspect ratio stacks 2 are drawn
• Fig. 2 shows the result of a rinse treatment of photoresist Line-Space structures by using gemini surfactant A1 according to example 1.
• Fig. 3 shows the result of a rinse treatment of photoresist Line-Space structures by using gemini surfactant A2 according to example 2.
• Fig. 4 shows the result of a photoresist development treatment by using utra pure water
• the space between the photoresist lines was 80 nm.
• Silicon wafers were provided with 100 nm thick layers of an immersion photoresist.
• the photoresist layers were exposed to UV radiation of a wavelength of 193 through a mask using ultrapure water as the immersion liquid. Thereafter, the exposed photoresist layers were baked and developed with an aqueous developer solution containing tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH).
• TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• the baked and developed photoresist layers were subjected to a chemical rinse treatment using a chemical rinse solution containing 0.002% by weight of surfactant (A1 ).
• the chemical rinse solution was applied on the wafer as a puddle. Thereafter, the silicon wafers were spun dry.
• Fig. 2 shows the respective height profile measured by AFM after the rinse treatment by using gemini surfactant A1.
• the dried patterned photoresist layers having patterns with line-space dimensions of 40 nm and an aspect ratio of about 2.5 did not show any pattern collapse.
• Example 1 was repeated except that gemini surfactant A2 was used instead of gemini surfactant A1 in the chemical rinse solution.
• Fig. 3 shows the respective height profile measured by AFM after the rinse treatment by using gemini surfactant A2.
• the dried patterned photoresist layers having photoresist line-width dimensions of 40 nm and an aspect ratio of about 2.5 did not show any pattern collapse.
• Example 1 was repeated except that ultra pure water without any additive was used in the chemical rinse solution.
• Fig. 4 shows the result of a photoresist development treatment by using ultra pure water without any additive.
• the dried patterned photoresist layers having photoresist line-width dimensions of 40 nm and an aspect ratio of about 2.5 showed significantly increased pattern collapse compared to the rinse according to examples 1 and 2.

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