WO2014010408A1 - マスクブランク及び位相シフトマスクの製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a mask blank used for manufacturing a phase shift mask (particularly, a substrate digging type phase shift mask) used in manufacturing an electronic device such as a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the phase shift mask.
- a fine pattern is formed using a photolithography method.
- a number of substrates called transfer masks are used.
- This transfer mask is generally provided with a fine thin film pattern made of a metal thin film or the like on a translucent glass substrate.
- a photolithography method is also used in manufacturing the transfer mask.
- the binary mask is a mask having a light shielding film pattern made of, for example, a chromium-based material on a translucent substrate.
- the phase shift mask is a mask in which a phase shifter portion that generates a predetermined phase difference with respect to exposure light is formed on a translucent substrate.
- the phase shift mask is a mask that can improve the contrast of the boundary portion between the phase shifter portion and the light transmission portion, that is, the resolution.
- phase shift mask As this phase shift mask, a halftone phase shift mask having a light semi-transmissive film pattern made of, for example, a MoSi-based material on a translucent substrate is known.
- the light semi-transmissive film pattern transmits light of an intensity that does not substantially contribute to exposure (for example, 1% to 30% with respect to the exposure wavelength) and has a predetermined phase difference (for example, 180 degrees) with respect to the exposure light. Can be generated.
- a phase shift mask a Levenson type phase shift mask as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known.
- the Levenson type phase shift mask is a substrate digging type mask in which a phase shifter portion can be provided by digging a translucent substrate by etching using a fluorine-based gas.
- the translucent laminated film of this mask blank is obtained by laminating a phase advance film and a phase retardation film.
- the phase-advancing film has a characteristic that the phase of the exposure light transmitted through the film advances more than the phase of the exposure light that has passed through the air by the same distance.
- the phase retardation film has a characteristic that the phase of the exposure light transmitted through the film is delayed.
- the substrate digging portion (phase shift portion) is not Control of the phase difference between the digging portions (that is, control of the difference in substrate thickness between the digging portion and the non-digging portion) becomes important.
- the above-described process prior to the process of digging the translucent substrate to a predetermined depth that is, the dry etching process of forming a transfer pattern (light-shielding pattern) on the light-shielding film of the mask blank.
- a substrate digging type Levenson-type phase shift mask is manufactured using a conventional mask blank provided with a light shielding film of a chromium-based material
- the following procedure is generally performed.
- a first resist pattern having a light shielding pattern to be formed on the light shielding film is formed on the light shielding film.
- the light shielding film is dry etched to form a light shielding pattern.
- the first resist pattern is removed, and a second resist pattern having a substrate digging pattern is formed on the light shielding film.
- dry etching for digging a translucent substrate is performed to form a substrate digging portion. Then, the second resist pattern is removed.
- the pattern of the substrate digging portion is drawn and exposed on the resist film with an electron beam or the like.
- the pattern of the substrate digging portion that is drawn and exposed on the resist film is slightly wider than the width of the substrate digging portion that is actually formed on the translucent substrate. Therefore, a portion where the surface of the light shielding film not covered with the second resist pattern is exposed is formed near the pattern edge of the light shielding film.
- the light-shielding film made of a chromium-based material has a high resistance to dry etching with a fluorine-based gas that is performed when a light-transmitting substrate is dug, and thus has no practical problem.
- a Levenson type phase shift mask of a substrate digging type is produced using a mask blank having a light shielding film made of a transition metal silicon compound as described in Patent Document 1, the second is in contact with the light shielding film. If dry etching is performed to dig a translucent substrate with the resist pattern provided, the vicinity of the pattern edge of the light shielding film that is not covered by the second resist pattern may be etched.
- the exposure light to be applied is an ArF excimer laser, it is necessary to dig a substrate at a depth of about 173 nm in order to produce a phase shift effect. Since it takes an etching time to dig such a depth, it is difficult to avoid etching near the pattern edge of the light shielding film. For this reason, in the mask blank of patent document 1, the etching mask film
- a substrate digging type Levenson type phase shift mask is manufactured by the following procedure using a mask blank. First, a first resist pattern having a light shielding pattern to be formed on the light shielding film is formed on the etching mask film. Next, using the first resist pattern as a mask, the etching mask film is dry-etched with a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas to form a light shielding pattern. Subsequently, using the first resist pattern as a mask, the light shielding film is dry-etched with a fluorine-based gas to form a light shielding pattern.
- the etching stopper film is dry-etched with a mixed gas of chlorine gas and oxygen gas to form a light shielding pattern.
- the first resist pattern is removed, and a second resist pattern having a substrate digging pattern is formed on the etching mask film.
- dry etching for digging a translucent substrate is performed to form a substrate digging portion.
- the second resist pattern is removed, and the etching mask film is removed by dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas.
- the first resist pattern must remain until the light shielding pattern is formed on the etching stopper film.
- dry etching is performed using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas.
- the etching mask film of the chromium-based material whose surface is exposed is also etched by the mixed gas.
- the vicinity of the pattern edge of the light shielding film is exposed.
- the second resist pattern is used as a mask and dry etching using a fluorine-based gas is performed to dig a translucent substrate, the vicinity of the pattern edge of the light shielding film is also etched, and an etching mask film is provided.
- the thickness of the first resist pattern is set to 250 nm in the manufacturing process of the substrate digging type Levenson type phase shift mask disclosed in Patent Document 1.
- the first resist pattern is sufficiently left until the pattern is completely formed on the etching stopper film by dry etching.
- the thickness of the resist film needs to be less than three times the minimum pattern width (that is, the resist film thickness needs to be less than 150 nm. ). If the ratio of the film thickness to the line width (cross-sectional aspect ratio) in the cross section of the resist pattern is too high, the pattern collapses or detaches, and the pattern is formed with high accuracy by dry etching on the etching mask film or the light shielding film. It is difficult.
- a mask blank that can accurately form a pattern of 50 nm or less is required even in a Levenson type phase shift mask of a substrate digging type using a material that can be dry-etched with a fluorine-based gas for a light shielding film. It is said that.
- the present invention solves various conventional problems as described above, and is a mask suitable for manufacturing a substrate digging type phase shift mask having a light shielding pattern using a material capable of dry etching with a fluorine-based gas.
- the purpose is to provide a blank. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a substrate digging type phase shift mask using such a mask blank.
- the present invention has completed the present invention as a result of diligent research to solve the above problems. That is, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
- (Configuration 1) A mask blank used for manufacturing a phase shift mask having a thin film pattern and a substrate digging pattern, wherein an etching stopper film, a pattern forming thin film, and an etching mask film are formed on a translucent substrate.
- the etching stopper film contains chromium and oxygen, and the oxygen content exceeds 50 at%, and the pattern forming thin film can be dry-etched with a fluorine-based gas.
- the etching mask film is made of a material containing chromium, a chromium content of 45 at% or more, and an oxygen content of 30 at% or less. .
- the pattern forming thin film has an oxide layer having a transition metal content of 4 at% or less and an oxygen content of 30 at% or more on the surface layer opposite to the translucent substrate side.
- This is a mask blank according to Configuration 3.
- the thin film for pattern formation has a laminated structure of a lower layer and an upper layer, and the total content of nitrogen and oxygen in the upper layer is larger than the total content of nitrogen and oxygen in the lower layer.
- the upper layer has an oxide layer having a transition metal content of 4 at% or less and an oxygen content of 30 at% or more on a surface layer opposite to the lower layer side.
- This is a mask blank according to Configuration 5.
- (Structure 7) The mask blank according to Structure 1 or 2, wherein the pattern forming thin film is made of a material containing tantalum.
- (Structure 14) A method of manufacturing a phase shift mask using the mask blank according to any one of Structures 1 to 13, wherein a step of forming a first resist pattern on the etching mask film; Using the resist pattern of 1 as a mask, dry etching the etching mask film using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas, and forming an etching mask pattern; and removing the first resist pattern; , Using the etching mask pattern as a mask, dry etching the thin film for pattern formation using a fluorine-based gas to form a thin film pattern, and using the etching mask pattern as a mask, a chlorine-based gas containing no oxygen The etching stopper film is dry etched using A step of forming a mask stopper pattern, a step of forming a second resist pattern on the etching mask pattern, and using the second resist pattern as a mask to dry the translucent substrate using a fluorine-based gas.
- a method of manufacturing a phase shift mask comprising: a
- an etching stopper film, a pattern forming thin film, and an etching mask film are sequentially laminated on a translucent substrate, and the pattern forming thin film is made of a material that can be dry etched by a fluorine-based gas. Even in the case of manufacturing a substrate digging type phase shift mask using this mask blank, the pattern accuracy of the thin film for pattern formation is high, and between the digging portion and the non-digging portion. A mask blank capable of increasing the accuracy of the phase difference can be provided.
- the present invention relates to a mask blank used for manufacturing a phase shift mask having a thin film pattern and a substrate digging pattern.
- the present invention has a structure in which an etching stopper film, a pattern forming thin film, and an etching mask film are laminated in this order on a translucent substrate, and the etching stopper film contains chromium and oxygen.
- the pattern forming thin film is made of a material that can be dry-etched with a fluorine-based gas
- the etching mask film contains chromium
- the chromium content is made of a material having an oxygen content exceeding 50 at%. It is related with the mask blank characterized by consisting of the material whose oxygen is 45 at% or more and whose oxygen content is 30 at% or less.
- the inventor of the present invention provides a mask blank having a structure in which an etching stopper film, a pattern forming thin film, and an etching mask film are sequentially laminated on a translucent substrate.
- the pattern forming thin film is dried by a fluorine-based gas. It is formed of a material that can be patterned by etching.
- Predetermined digging in a translucent substrate We have earnestly studied the configuration necessary to satisfy all three conditions that it is possible to form a digging pattern having a depth of penetration.
- the etching stopper film needs to have a characteristic that it is difficult to be etched when the pattern forming thin film immediately above is patterned by dry etching with a fluorine-based gas. In the next process, it is necessary to pattern the etching stopper film. At that time, it is necessary to avoid digging the surface of the translucent substrate immediately below the etching stopper film. Therefore, the etching stopper film must be patterned with an etching gas other than the fluorine-based gas. Materials having such characteristics are limited, and a material containing chromium can satisfy the above two requirements.
- the film thickness of the resist film must be at least less than 150 nm. Since the thin film for pattern formation is required to have a light shielding performance exceeding a predetermined level, a film thickness of a certain level or more is required. For these reasons, it is necessary to interpose an etching mask film between the pattern forming thin film and the resist film. This etching mask film needs to have a characteristic that it is difficult to be etched when the pattern forming thin film immediately below is patterned by dry etching with a fluorine-based gas. Materials having such properties are limited, and materials containing chromium can meet this requirement.
- the material for forming the etching mask film and the etching stopper film is a material containing chromium
- the film thickness of the resist film (resist pattern) having a fine pattern to be formed on the pattern forming thin film is limited. For this reason, even if the patterning thin film and the etching stopper film are patterned with the resist pattern remaining after the etching mask film is patterned, the resist pattern disappears when the etching stopper film is patterned. There is a fear. As in the past, when patterning by dry etching with a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas on the etching stopper film, the resist pattern has disappeared, so that the surface is not protected The mask film is also etched.
- the resist pattern when the resist pattern is thin in this way, when the etching film is patterned and the resist pattern is left, the pattern forming thin film is subjected to dry etching with a fluorine-based gas. There is a risk that the resist pattern disappears during the etching of the thin film.
- dry etching if an organic material resist pattern exists, carbon and oxygen are generated when the resist pattern is etched, which affects the etching environment when the pattern forming thin film is dry etched. give. If the resist pattern containing carbon or oxygen disappears during the dry etching of the pattern forming thin film, the etching environment changes during the process, resulting in pattern accuracy (pattern sidewall shape accuracy, in-plane CD accuracy, etc.) May be adversely affected.
- the etching gas for dry etching the etching mask film is different from the etching gas for dry etching the pattern forming thin film, the etching is often performed in separate etching chambers.
- the generation of carbon and oxygen due to the resist pattern can be a cause of defects during dry etching.
- the resist pattern having the substrate digging pattern cannot protect the pattern edge portion of the thin film pattern for the reason described above.
- a resist pattern having a substrate digging pattern is used as a mask, When dry etching is performed using a fluorine-based gas that is dug, the pattern edge portion of the thin film pattern may also be etched.
- the inventor considered dry etching the etching stopper film with a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen. Even when both the etching stopper film and the etching mask film are formed of a chromium-based material, the etching stopper film can be dry-etched with a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen, and the etching mask film is a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen.
- the etching mask film is a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen.
- FIG. 2 shows the etching rate of each sample film with respect to the chlorine-based gas (Cl 2 ).
- FIG. 3 shows the etching rate of each sample film with respect to the fluorine-based gas (CF 4 ).
- FIG. 2 the relationship between the oxygen content of each sample film and the etching rate with respect to the chlorine-based gas is shown by a plot of ⁇ . Further, the relationship between the chromium content of each sample film and the etching rate with respect to the chlorine-based gas is shown by a plot of ⁇ . Note that the symbols assigned to the plots ⁇ and ⁇ in FIG. 2 correspond to the symbols of the sample film. From this result, it can be seen that there is a correlation between the oxygen content in the film and the etching rate for the chlorine-based gas. It can also be seen that the influence of containing nitrogen or carbon in the sample film is low. On the other hand, it can be seen that the correlation between the chromium content and the etching rate with respect to the chlorine-based gas is also low.
- the etching rate for chlorine-based gas is significantly higher than 12.0 nm / min. It can also be seen that when the oxygen content in the chromium-based material film is 60 at% or more, the etching rate for chlorine-based gas is further increased to 14.0 nm / min or more. As a result of examining the experimental results of FIG. 2 and the like, it was concluded that the oxygen content in the chromium-based material forming the etching stopper film needs to be greater than 50 at%.
- the etching rate for the chlorine-based gas is less than 6.0 nm / min and the oxygen-containing content is higher than 50 at%. It can be seen that the etching rate is smaller than 1/2 of the etching rate for chlorine-based gas. Further, when the oxygen content in the chromium-based material film is 15 at% or less, the etching rate with respect to the chlorine-based gas is 4.0 nm / min or less, and the chlorine in the chromium-based material film having an oxygen content higher than 50 at%. It can be seen that it is 1/3 or less of the etching rate for the system gas.
- FIG. 3 the relationship between the oxygen content of each sample film and the etching rate with respect to the fluorine-based gas is shown by a plot of ⁇ . Further, the relationship between the chromium content of each sample film and the etching rate with respect to the fluorine-based gas is shown by a plot ⁇ . Note that the symbols assigned to the plots ⁇ and ⁇ in FIG. 3 correspond to the symbols of the sample film. When this result is seen, it turns out that correlation is seen between chromium content and the etching rate with respect to fluorine-type gas. It can also be seen that the influence of containing nitrogen or carbon in the sample film is low. On the other hand, it can be seen that the correlation between the oxygen content and the etching rate for the fluorine-based gas is low.
- the result of FIG. 3 shows that when the chromium content in the chromium-based material film is less than 45 at%, the degree of increase in the etching rate with respect to the fluorine-based gas is increased.
- the resistance to dry etching of fluorine-based gas is low, the surface of the etching mask film is exposed when a transparent substrate is dug by performing dry etching with fluorine-based gas using a resist film having a substrate dug pattern as a mask.
- the etched portion disappears by etching, the pattern edge portion of the pattern forming thin film is exposed, and the pattern edge portion may be etched.
- the chromium content of the chromium-based material forming the etching mask film must be 45 at% or more and the oxygen content must be 30 at% or less. It came.
- the etching stopper film can secure a sufficiently high etching rate with respect to a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen. Etching time can be shortened. Furthermore, the etching mask film has a sufficient etching rate even after the pattern is formed on the etching stopper film because the etching rate for the chlorine-based gas containing no oxygen is at least half that of the etching stopper film. Thickness can be ensured.
- the etching mask film also has a sufficiently high resistance to the etching rate against the fluorine gas, so the pattern edge portion of the pattern forming thin film until the dry etching with the fluorine-based gas for digging the translucent substrate is completed. Can be protected.
- the chromium-based material that can be used for the etching stopper film and the chromium-based material that can be used for the etching mask film are greatly different from each other, the characteristics of the etching stopper film and the etching mask film are different. When the chromium-based material is replaced, it is difficult to obtain the effect of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a mask blank according to the present invention.
- a mask blank 100 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a structure in which an etching stopper film 2, a pattern forming thin film 3, and an etching mask film 4 are sequentially laminated on a translucent substrate 1.
- the translucent substrate 1 is not particularly limited as long as it has transparency with respect to the exposure wavelength to be used.
- a synthetic quartz glass substrate and other various glass substrates for example, soda lime glass, aluminosilicate glass, etc.
- the wavelength of an exposure light source used in photolithography when manufacturing a semiconductor device in addition to miniaturization of a mask pattern formed on a phase shift mask.
- the wavelength has been shortened from an KrF excimer laser (wavelength 248 nm) to an ArF excimer laser (wavelength 193 nm).
- a synthetic quartz glass substrate in particular, is highly transparent in the ArF excimer laser or shorter wavelength region. Therefore, as a translucent substrate in the mask blank of the present invention used for forming a high-definition transfer pattern. Is preferred.
- the material applied to the etching stopper film 2 is a material containing chromium and oxygen and having an oxygen content larger than 50 at%.
- the material applied to the etching stopper film 2 may be a chromium-based material that satisfies this condition, and may contain other elements as long as the etching characteristics do not change greatly.
- As a preferable material used for the etching stopper film for example, chromium oxide or a chromium compound in which one or more elements selected from elements such as nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and boron are added to chromium and oxygen can be used. From the results of FIG.
- the chromium content in the material applied to the etching stopper film 2 is 40 at% or more because resistance to dry etching of fluorine-based gas is further improved, and is 45 at% or more. More preferred.
- the thickness of the etching stopper film 2 is preferably 3 nm or more and 10 nm or less from the viewpoint of sufficiently exhibiting the above-described function. When the film thickness is less than 3 nm, a sufficient function of preventing the surface of the translucent substrate 1 from being etched when the pattern forming thin film 3 is patterned by dry etching with a fluorine-based gas is sufficiently obtained. Becomes difficult. More preferably, the thickness of the etching stopper film 2 is 4 nm or more.
- the thickness of the etching stopper film 2 is larger than 10 nm, when the etching stopper film 2 is patterned by dry etching using a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen, the etching time becomes long and the surface of the etching mask film 4 is etched. This is not preferable because the amount to be increased increases. More preferably, the thickness of the etching stopper film 2 is 7 nm or less.
- the etching rate of the etching stopper film 2 with respect to the chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen is greatly influenced by the oxygen content in the film, but is also somewhat affected by the chromium content.
- the dry etching of the chromium-based material is performed by generating chromium chloride oxide (chromyl hydrochloride) having a low boiling point and volatilizing it from the translucent substrate 2 in a low-pressure chamber. Therefore, when the chromium content in the etching stopper film 2 is low, the amount of oxygen necessary to produce chromyl hydrochloride is also reduced.
- the chromium content in the film has a great influence on the etching rate. From these facts, when the chromium content of the material forming the etching stopper film 2 is as low as 40 at% or less, the effect of the present invention can only be obtained if the oxygen content in the material is in the range of 45 at% or more. It can be said that an etching rate can be obtained.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 is made of a material capable of forming a fine pattern by dry etching with a fluorine-based gas.
- the material having such characteristics include a material containing silicon, a material containing a transition metal and silicon, and a material containing tantalum.
- Preferable materials containing silicon include silicon alone and compounds containing one or more elements selected from oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and boron.
- Preferred materials containing a transition metal and silicon include a material comprising a transition metal and silicon, and a compound containing one or more elements selected from oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and boron in the transition metal and silicon. .
- Suitable transition metals in this case include molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, titanium, chromium, hafnium, nickel, vanadium, zirconium, ruthenium, rhodium, niobium, palladium, iron, copper, zinc, silver, platinum and gold.
- One or more metals selected may be mentioned.
- Preferable materials containing tantalum include tantalum metal alone and compounds containing one or more elements selected from oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and boron in tantalum. Also, an alloy containing one or more metals selected from tantalum, hafnium, zirconium, molybdenum, and the like, or a compound in which one or more elements selected from oxygen, nitrogen, boron, and carbon are added to this alloy, etc. Also mentioned.
- the optical characteristics required for the pattern forming thin film 3 differ depending on the type of the phase shift mask manufactured using the mask blank 100.
- the laminated structure of the etching stopper film 2 and the pattern forming thin film 3 needs to have an optical density (OD) of a predetermined value or more.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 functions as a part of the light shielding film.
- the optical density with respect to the wavelength of the exposure light needs to be at least 2.5 or more, preferably 2.8 or more, and preferably 3.0 or more. And more preferred.
- the etching stopper film 2 Since the etching stopper film 2 has an oxygen content exceeding 50 at% and needs to be thin, the light shielding performance is not so high. For this reason, it is preferable to ensure most of the optical density equal to or higher than the predetermined value required for the laminated structure with the etching stopper film 2 with only the pattern forming thin film 3, and more preferable to ensure all.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 can take any form of a single layer structure and a laminated structure of two or more layers.
- the pattern formed on the translucent substrate is formed by a laminated structure of the etching stopper film 2 and the pattern forming thin film 3.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 preferably has a single layer structure.
- a material having a high optical density tends to have a high reflectance with respect to exposure light.
- the surface reflectance of the thin film pattern is desirably suppressed to a certain level (for example, the surface reflectance with respect to ArF exposure light is 40% or less, more preferably 30% or less).
- the pattern forming thin film 3 preferably has a structure in which an upper layer 32 having a function of reducing surface reflection is laminated on a lower layer 31 having a high light shielding performance.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 preferably has a thickness of 60 nm or less, and more preferably 55 nm or less.
- the thin film for pattern formation 3 is formed in a single layer structure using the material containing the transition metal and silicon, in order to ensure optical density, the content of elements other than the transition metal and silicon in the film, In particular, it is preferable to reduce as much as possible the content of oxygen or nitrogen that tends to lower the optical density.
- such materials tend to have low chemical resistance and light resistance to ArF exposure light.
- Such a material is sufficiently resistant to dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas used when removing the etching mask film 4 laminated on the surface of the pattern forming thin film 3. It is not very expensive.
- the chemical resistance, ArF light resistance and etching resistance tend to decrease as the transition metal content in the film increases.
- the transition metal content in the surface layer is 4 at% or less. It is preferable to provide an oxide layer having an oxygen content of 30 at% or more.
- the lower layer 31 has a transition metal in the film in order to ensure optical density. It is preferable to reduce as much as possible the content of elements other than silicon and silicon, particularly the content of oxygen and nitrogen that tend to lower the optical density. Further, the upper layer 32 needs to contain oxygen or nitrogen in order to reduce surface reflection, increase the refractive index in the upper layer 32, and decrease the extinction coefficient. However, in order to secure as much optical density as possible in the upper layer 32, it is preferable to reduce the oxygen content that significantly reduces the extinction coefficient k.
- the pattern-forming thin film 3 having a laminated structure of the lower layer 31 and the upper layer 32, it cannot be said that the chemical resistance, ArF light resistance and etching resistance of the upper layer 32 are sufficiently high. Therefore, even when the pattern forming thin film 3 has a laminated structure of the lower layer 31 and the upper layer 32 and each layer is formed of a material containing a transition metal and silicon, the content of the transition metal is present in the surface layer of the upper layer 32. It is preferable to provide the oxide layer 33 which is 4 at% or less and the oxygen content is 30 at% or more.
- the content [at%] of the transition metal (M) in the material is preferably 9% or more and 35% or less, It is more preferable that it is 11% or more and 33% or less.
- the content of nitrogen in the material is preferably 21 at% or more.
- EB defect correction a correction technique for correcting a black defect portion by irradiating an electron beam while supplying a xenon difluoride gas to a black defect portion discovered after patterning of the pattern forming thin film 3 If the nitrogen content in the film is 21 at% or more, it is possible to suppress etching of the portion not irradiated with the electron beam with xenon difluoride gas.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 is formed with a single-layer structure using the above-described material containing tantalum, the content of elements other than tantalum in the film, particularly the optical density, is reduced in order to ensure the optical density. It is preferable to reduce the content of oxygen and nitrogen which is easy to reduce as much as possible. On the other hand, such materials tend to have low chemical resistance and light resistance to ArF exposure light. Such a material is sufficiently resistant to dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas used when removing the etching mask film 4 laminated on the surface of the pattern forming thin film 3. It is not very expensive. Therefore, when the pattern forming thin film 3 is formed with a single layer structure using the material containing tantalum, a high oxide layer having an oxygen content of 60 at% or more is formed on the surface layer. preferable.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 of the mask blank 100 preferably has a microcrystalline structure, and more preferably is amorphous.
- the crystal structure in the thin film is unlikely to be a single structure, and a plurality of crystal structures are likely to be mixed. Therefore, in the case of a highly oxidized layer having an oxygen content of 60 at% or more, the highly oxidized layer tends to be in a state where TaO bonds, Ta 2 O 3 bonds, TaO 2 bonds, and Ta 2 O 5 bonds are mixed.
- the abundance ratio of Ta 2 O 5 bonds in the high oxide layer increases, chemical resistance, ArF light resistance, and dry etching resistance by a mixed gas of oxygen and chlorine are improved.
- the bonding state between tantalum and oxygen in the layer tends to be mainly composed of Ta 2 O 3 bonds.
- the TaO bond which is the most unstable bond, is considered to be much less than when the oxygen content in the layer is less than 60 at%.
- the oxygen content in the highly oxidized layer is 66.7 at% or more, it is considered that the bonding state between tantalum and oxygen in the layer tends to be mainly composed of TaO 2. It is considered that the TaO bond that is the most unstable bond and the Ta 2 O 3 bond that is the next unstable bond are very few.
- the bonding state of tantalum and oxygen in the layer is not only mainly composed of TaO 2 bonds but also the ratio of Ta 2 O 5 bonds. It is thought to be higher. At such an oxygen content, Ta 2 O 3 bonds rarely exist and TaO bonds cannot exist. Furthermore, if the oxygen content in the highly oxidized layer is 71.4 at%, it is considered that the bonding state between tantalum and oxygen in the layer is substantially only Ta 2 O 5 bonds. Such a state is most preferable because chemical resistance, ArF light resistance, and dry etching resistance by a mixed gas of oxygen and chlorine are greatly enhanced.
- a method of forming a highly oxidized layer on the surface layer of the pattern forming thin film 3 made of a material containing tantalum for example, hot water treatment is performed on the substrate on which the pattern forming thin film 3 is formed on the translucent substrate 1.
- hot water treatment is performed on the substrate on which the pattern forming thin film 3 is formed on the translucent substrate 1.
- heat treatment in a gas containing oxygen ultraviolet irradiation treatment in a gas containing oxygen, O 2 plasma treatment, and the like
- a method by natural oxidation and the like can be mentioned.
- a method using each surface treatment other than the method using natural oxidation is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of being able to form a highly oxidized layer having a uniform film thickness and productivity.
- the high oxide layer preferably has a thickness of 1.5 nm or more and 4 nm or less. If the thickness is less than 1.5 nm, sufficient effects cannot be obtained, and if it exceeds 4 nm, the influence on the optical characteristics of the pattern forming thin film 3 becomes large.
- the thickness of the high oxide layer is 1. More preferably, it is 5 nm or more and 3 nm or less.
- the lower layer 31 is made of an element other than tantalum in the film in order to ensure optical density. It is preferable to reduce as much as possible the content of oxygen and nitrogen, which tends to lower the content, particularly the optical density. Further, the upper layer 32 needs to contain oxygen or nitrogen in order to reduce surface reflection, increase the refractive index in the upper layer 32, and decrease the extinction coefficient. However, in order to secure as much optical density as possible in the upper layer 32, the oxygen content that significantly reduces the extinction coefficient k is preferably less than 60 at%.
- the pattern-forming thin film 3 having a laminated structure of the lower layer 31 and the upper layer 32, it cannot be said that the chemical resistance, ArF light resistance and etching resistance of the upper layer 32 are sufficiently high. Therefore, even when the pattern forming thin film 3 has a laminated structure of the lower layer 31 and the upper layer 32 and each layer is formed of a material containing tantalum, the oxygen content is 60 atomic% or more in the surface layer of the upper layer 32.
- a high oxide layer 33 is preferably formed. The other matters relating to the high oxide layer 33 formed on the surface layer are the same as those of the high oxide layer formed on the single-layer pattern forming thin film using the material containing tantalum.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 in the case of a single layer structure and the lower layer 31 of the pattern forming thin film 3 in the case of a laminated structure are preferably formed of a material containing tantalum and nitrogen.
- the nitrogen content is less than 62 at% (preferably 51 at% or less, more preferably 30 at% or less)
- the surface roughness can be suppressed to 0.60 nm or less in terms of Rq.
- the material applied to the etching mask film 4 is a material containing chromium, having a chromium content of 45 at% or more and an oxygen content of 30 at% or less.
- the material applied to the etching mask film 4 may be a chromium-based material that satisfies this condition, and may contain other elements as long as the etching characteristics do not change greatly.
- Preferable materials used for the etching mask film 4 include, for example, chromium metal or chromium compounds obtained by adding one or more elements selected from elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and boron to chromium. .
- the chromium content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably 50 at% or more, and more preferably 60 at% or more.
- the etching mask film 4 is formed on the pattern forming thin film 3 under a film forming condition in which oxygen is not actively contained, and is then subjected to a heat treatment in a gas containing oxygen (in the atmosphere or the like). May be formed. Thereby, the etching mask film 4 having a chromium content of 45 at% or more and an oxygen content of 30 at% or less can be formed.
- a pattern is formed on the etching mask film 4 by dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas, using a resist pattern having a fine pattern having a line width of 50 nm or less and a film thickness of less than 150 nm as a mask.
- the chromium content in the etching mask film 4 increases, the etching rate for dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas tends to decrease.
- the chromium content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably at least less than 90 at%, more preferably 85 at% or less, and further preferably 80 at% or less.
- the etching mask film 4 preferably contains nitrogen, carbon or the like. This is because these elements are likely to volatilize during dry etching. However, if the contents of nitrogen and carbon in the etching mask film 4 are excessively increased, the resistance to dry etching by a fluorine-based gas may be reduced.
- the lower limit of the nitrogen content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably 10 at%, and more preferably 15 at%.
- the upper limit of the nitrogen content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably 30 at%, and more preferably 20 at%.
- the lower limit of the carbon content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably 5 at%, and more preferably 10 at%.
- the upper limit of the carbon content in the etching mask film 4 is preferably 20 at%, more preferably 15 at%.
- the thickness of the etching mask film 4 is preferably 3 nm or more and 15 nm or less from the viewpoint of sufficiently exerting the above function. It is inevitable that the etching mask film 4 is gradually etched when the pattern forming thin film 3 and the translucent substrate 1 are dry-etched with a fluorine-based gas. If the thickness of the etching mask film 4 is less than 3 nm, it is formed on the etching mask film 4 in the course of etching when a fine pattern is formed on the pattern forming thin film 3 by dry etching with a fluorine-based gas. There is a risk that the shape of the fine pattern cannot be maintained.
- the etching mask film 4 disappears during the etching, and the pattern edge of the pattern forming thin film 3 is removed. There is a risk that it cannot be protected. More preferably, the thickness of the etching mask film 4 is 4 nm or more.
- the thickness of the etching mask film 4 is larger than 15 nm, a fine pattern is formed on the etching mask film 4 by dry etching using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas using a resist pattern having a film thickness of less than 150 nm as a mask. In the middle of forming, the resist pattern shape may not be maintained, or the resist pattern may be lost, which is not preferable. More preferably, the thickness of the etching mask film 4 is 10 nm or less.
- the optical characteristics required for the pattern forming thin film 3 are greatly different from those of the Levenson type phase shift mask.
- the enhancer type phase shift mask as in the case of the Levenson type phase shift mask, there is a phase shift effect between the exposure light that passes through the substrate digging portion and the exposure light that passes through the light transmissive portion that does not dig the substrate. It is required to produce a predetermined phase difference that can be obtained.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 needs to be a semi-transmissive film that transmits exposure light at a predetermined transmittance, and further, exposure that transmits the pattern forming thin film (semi-transmissive film) 3.
- a characteristic that a phase difference is small between light and exposure light that passes through a light-transmitting portion that does not dig into the substrate.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 has a transmittance of 1 to 20% for exposure light, and the pattern forming thin film 3
- the optical characteristics of both the phase difference generated between the exposure light that passes through the exposure light and the exposure light that has passed through the air by the thickness of the pattern forming thin film 3 are in the range of ⁇ 30 degrees to +30 degrees. It is required to satisfy at the same time.
- the material that can easily obtain such characteristics include the above-mentioned silicon-containing materials and materials containing transition metals and silicon. In particular, a material containing a transition metal and silicon is preferable.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 has a laminated structure of a lower layer 31 and an upper layer 32. Preferably there is.
- the lower layer 31 is made of a material composed of a transition metal and silicon, or contains a transition metal and silicon in which the content of oxygen or nitrogen that easily works in the direction of increasing the phase difference is 10 at% or less.
- the upper layer 32 is a material containing a transition metal and silicon and containing oxygen and nitrogen in an amount of more than 10 at%, which tends to have a high transmittance with respect to exposure light but has a tendency to increase the phase difference.
- the optical characteristics (refractive index n, extinction coefficient k) and film thickness of the material of the lower layer 31 and the upper layer 32 are adjusted, and the transmittance and the phase difference of the pattern forming thin film 3 are adjusted within the above ranges. be able to.
- sputtering such as DC sputtering, RF sputtering, or ion beam sputtering is possible.
- examples include a film forming method.
- the mask blank of the present invention described above is an exposure apparatus that uses exposure light (ArF excimer laser or the like) having a short wavelength of 200 nm or less as an exposure light source, in which a fine pattern having a line width of 50 nm or less may be provided. And a mask blank particularly suitable for manufacturing a substrate dug type phase shift mask.
- the substrate digging type phase shift mask include a substrate digging type Levenson type phase shift mask and an enhancer type phase shift mask.
- the mask blank of the present invention is suitable for manufacturing a transfer mask having a substrate digging portion, a translucent portion not digging the substrate, and a thin film pattern formed by a pattern forming thin film.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a manufacturing process of a substrate excavation type phase shift mask according to the present invention.
- a method for manufacturing a substrate digging type phase shift mask according to the present invention will be described in accordance with the manufacturing process shown in FIG. The details of the configuration of the mask blank 100 used in the present invention are as described above.
- a resist film 5 is formed on the mask blank 100 (see FIG. 4A).
- the film thickness of the resist film 5 needs to be less than 150 nm, preferably 120 nm or less, and more preferably 100 nm or less.
- the resist film 5 formed on the mask blank 100 is subjected to exposure drawing of a fine pattern to be formed on the pattern forming thin film 3 and developed, thereby forming a resist pattern 5a.
- the etching mask film 4 is dry-etched using a mixed gas of chlorine-based gas and oxygen gas to form an etching mask pattern 4a (see FIG. 4B). .
- Examples of the chlorine-based gas used for the dry etching include Cl 2 , SiCl 4 , CHCl 3 , CH 2 Cl 2 , CCl 4 , and BCl 3 . Subsequently, the remaining resist pattern 5a is removed.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 (upper layer 32 and lower layer 31; the upper layer 32 includes an oxide layer 33 (not shown)) is fluorine-based. Dry etching using gas is performed to form the thin film pattern 3a (upper layer pattern 32a, lower layer pattern 31a).
- the etching stopper film 2 is hardly etched, the surface of the translucent substrate 1 can be protected. This is because the etching stopper film 2 is formed of a material containing chromium and oxygen that has etching resistance to a fluorine-based gas. Examples of the fluorine-based gas used for the dry etching include CHF 3 , CF 4 , C 2 F 6 , C 4 F 8 , and SF 6 . (See FIG. 4 (c)).
- the etching stopper film 2 is dry-etched using a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen to form the etching stopper pattern 2a (see FIG. 4D). .
- a fine pattern can be etched in the etching stopper film 2 even by dry etching using only chlorine-based gas, and a sufficient etching rate can be obtained.
- the etching stopper film 2 is made of a material containing chromium and oxygen and having an oxygen content exceeding 50 at%.
- the etching mask pattern 4a is formed of a material containing chromium, but the oxygen content is as low as 30 at%. For this reason, the etching rate in dry etching using only chlorine-based gas is significantly reduced, and sufficient etching selectivity with the etching stopper film 2 can be obtained.
- a resist film 6 is formed on the mask blank on which the etching mask pattern 4a, the thin film pattern 3a, and the etching stopper pattern 2a are formed. Then, the resist film 6 is exposed and drawn with a substrate digging pattern (phase shift pattern) for forming a substrate digging portion (phase shift portion), and development processing is performed, whereby the resist pattern 6a is formed. It forms (refer FIG.4 (e)). As described above, a wide space portion is formed in the resist pattern 6a in consideration of the drawing accuracy and the like, with a margin slightly larger than the original width of the digging portion. As a result, the surface in the vicinity of the edge of the etching mask pattern 4a is exposed.
- the translucent substrate 1 is dry-etched using a fluorine-based gas to dig the translucent substrate 1 to a predetermined depth. Thereby, the substrate digging portion 1a is formed in the translucent substrate 1 (see FIG. 4F).
- the etching mask pattern 4a is formed of a material containing chromium and containing 45 at% or more of chromium, the etching mask pattern 4a has sufficiently high resistance to dry etching of a fluorine-based gas. For this reason, even when the dry etching for digging the translucent substrate 1 is finished, the resist pattern 6a is not protected, and the exposed pattern edge vicinity of the etching mask pattern 4a remains. Therefore, the thin film pattern 3a can be protected from dry etching with a fluorine-based gas.
- the resist pattern 6a is removed (see FIG. 4G).
- the etching mask pattern 4a is removed by dry etching using, for example, a mixed gas of chlorine gas and oxygen gas. Thereafter, by performing a predetermined cleaning process or the like, a substrate digging type phase shift mask 200 is obtained (see FIG. 4H).
- the etching stopper film 2 of the mask blank 100 contains one or more elements selected from hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr) and tantalum (Ta), and You may form with the material which does not contain oxygen substantially. Since the etching stopper film 2 made of these materials has a high etching rate, a fine pattern can be formed by dry etching with a chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen. Moreover, the etching stopper film 2 made of these materials has high resistance to dry etching with a fluorine-based gas. Accordingly, when dry etching for forming a pattern on the pattern forming thin film 3 is performed, the etching stopper film 2 is hardly etched and the surface of the translucent substrate 1 can be protected.
- Hf hafnium
- Zr zirconium
- Ta tantalum
- the material of the etching stopper film 2 of this embodiment may include elements such as nitrogen (N), carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and boron (B). Further, the material of the etching stopper film 2 may include an inert gas such as helium (He), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), and xenon (Xe).
- the etching rate for chlorine-based gas not containing oxygen is greatly reduced.
- the oxygen content in the material of the etching stopper film 2 of this embodiment needs to be not more than a level (5 at% or less) mixed with contamination at the time of film formation at most.
- Example 1 A translucent substrate 1 made of synthetic quartz glass having a main surface dimension of about 152 mm ⁇ about 152 mm and a thickness of about 6.25 m was prepared. The translucent substrate 1 was polished so that the end surface and the main surface had a predetermined surface roughness, and then subjected to a predetermined cleaning process and a drying process.
- the translucent substrate 1 is installed in a single wafer DC sputtering apparatus, and is reactive in a mixed gas atmosphere of argon (Ar), oxygen (O 2 ) and helium (He) using a chromium (Cr) target.
- An etching stopper film 2 (CrO film Cr: 45.5 at%, O: 54.5 at%) made of chromium and oxygen is brought into contact with the surface of the light-transmitting substrate 1 by sputtering (DC sputtering) with a film thickness of 5 nm. Formed.
- the composition of the etching stopper film 2 is a result obtained by performing Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) on a CrO film formed by the same procedure.
- AES Auger electron spectroscopy
- the translucent substrate 1 provided with the pattern forming thin film 3 was subjected to a heat treatment (annealing process) at 350 ° C. for 30 minutes to reduce the film stress of the pattern forming thin film 3.
- substrate 1 provided with the thin film 3 for pattern formation annealed in the same procedure is manufactured, and it analyzes by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) (however, RBS correction is performed to the analysis value) The same applies to other analyzes hereinafter.)
- the composition of this film is as follows: lower layer 31 (Mo: 9.2 at%, Si: 68.3 at%, N: 22.5 at%), upper layer 32 (Mo: 5.8 at%, near the lower layer 31 side) Si: 64.4 at%, N: 27.7 at%, O: 2.1 at%).
- the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis (ESCA) of the surface layer (oxide layer) 33 of the upper layer 32 are as follows: molybdenum is 3.4 at%, silicon is 43.9 at%, nitrogen is 14.6 at%, and oxygen is 38. It was 1 at%.
- the substrate 1 is installed in a single-wafer DC sputtering apparatus, and a reactive sputtering (DC sputtering) is performed in a mixed gas atmosphere of argon (Ar) and nitrogen (N 2 ) using a chromium (Cr) target.
- An etching mask film 4 (CrN film Cr: 75 at%, N: 16 at%, O: 9 at%) made of chromium and nitrogen was formed to a thickness of 10 nm in contact with the surface of the upper layer 32 of the pattern forming thin film 3.
- the stress of the etching mask film 4 is reduced as much as possible without affecting the film stress of the pattern forming thin film 3 ( Preferably, the film stress was adjusted to be substantially zero).
- the composition of the etching mask film 4 is a result obtained by performing Auger electron spectroscopy analysis (AES) on the film that has been annealed after the CrN film is formed in the same procedure. For this reason, surface oxidation has progressed more than immediately after film formation.
- AES Auger electron spectroscopy analysis
- a substrate digging type Levenson type phase shift mask 200 was manufactured according to the process shown in FIG. 4.
- a chemically amplified positive resist film 5 for electron beam drawing PRL009 manufactured by Fuji Film Electronics Materials
- the resist film 5 was formed by spin coating using a spinner (rotary coating apparatus). After the resist film 5 was applied, a predetermined heat drying process was performed. The film thickness of the resist film 5 is 100 nm.
- a transfer pattern pattern to be formed on the pattern forming thin film 3 including an SRAF pattern having a line width of 50 nm is drawn using an electron beam drawing apparatus.
- the resist pattern 5a was formed by developing with a predetermined developer.
- an etching mask pattern 4a was formed (see FIG. 4B).
- the remaining resist pattern 5a was peeled off.
- the pattern forming thin film 3 (upper layer 32 and lower layer 31) is dry-etched using a mixed gas of SF 6 and He to form the thin film pattern 3a (upper layer pattern 32a, A lower layer pattern 31a) was formed (see FIG. 4C).
- the etching stopper film 2 was dry-etched using Cl 2 gas to form an etching stopper pattern 2a (see FIG. 4D).
- a resist film 6 was formed on the mask blank on which the etching mask pattern 4a, the thin film pattern 3a, and the etching stopper pattern 2a were formed. Then, the resist film 6 is exposed and drawn with a substrate digging pattern (phase shift pattern) for forming a substrate digging portion (phase shift portion), and development processing is performed, whereby the resist pattern 6a is formed. It formed (refer FIG.4 (e)). In consideration of circumstances such as drawing accuracy, a wide space portion is formed in the resist pattern 6a in consideration of a margin slightly larger than the width of the original substrate digging portion. As a result, the surface near the edge of the etching mask pattern 4a was exposed.
- the phase shift mask 200 thus obtained had a pattern composed of a laminated structure of the etching stopper pattern 2a and the thin film pattern 3a, and both were formed with good pattern accuracy. Etching damage was not particularly recognized at the pattern edge portion of the thin film pattern 3a. Moreover, in order to confirm the cross-sectional shape of the substrate digging portion (phase shift pattern) 1a formed on the translucent substrate 1, the evaluation phase shift mask produced in the same manner as described above was broken. Then, when the pattern cross section was observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the difference in the substrate thickness between the digging portion and the non-digging portion was accurately controlled to a predetermined value. It was confirmed that the depth was uniform.
- TEM transmission electron microscope
- the Levenson-type phase shift mask 200 a step of exposing and transferring a transfer pattern to a resist film on a semiconductor wafer as a transfer target was performed.
- the exposure apparatus an immersion type apparatus using ArF excimer laser as a light source and annular illumination was used.
- the Levenson-type phase shift mask 200 of Example 1 was set on the mask stage of the exposure apparatus, and exposure transfer was performed on the resist film for ArF immersion exposure on the semiconductor wafer.
- the resist film after the exposure was subjected to a predetermined development process to form a resist pattern. Further, a circuit pattern was formed on the semiconductor wafer using the resist pattern.
- TEM transmission electron microscope
- Comparative Example 1 A CrOCN film (Cr: 48.9 at%, O: 26.4 at%, C: 10.6 at%, N: 14.1 at%) is used as a material for forming the etching stopper film and the etching mask film.
- a mask blank of Comparative Example 1 was produced in the same procedure as Example 1 except that it was applied. Further, using the mask blank of Comparative Example 1, an attempt was made to produce a substrate digging type Levenson type phase shift mask by the same process as Example 1. However, although the etching mask pattern was used as a mask and the etching stopper film was dry-etched using Cl 2 gas to form the etching stopper pattern 2a, the etching mask pattern film was formed at that time. The thickness has decreased significantly. This is because the etching rate of dry etching using Cl 2 gas for the etching stopper film is significantly smaller than that of the etching stopper film 2 of Example 1.
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(構成1) 薄膜パターンおよび基板掘り込みパターンを有する位相シフトマスクを製造するために用いられるマスクブランクであって、透光性基板上に、エッチングストッパ膜、パターン形成用薄膜、およびエッチングマスク膜がこの順に積層した構造を有し、前記エッチングストッパ膜は、クロムと酸素を含有し、酸素の含有量が50at%を超える材料からなり、前記パターン形成用薄膜は、フッ素系ガスによるドライエッチングが可能な材料からなり、前記エッチングマスク膜は、クロムを含有し、クロムの含有量が45at%以上であり、かつ酸素の含有量が30at%以下である材料からなることを特徴とするマスクブランクである。
(構成3) 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、遷移金属とケイ素を含有する材料からなることを特徴とする構成1または2に記載のマスクブランクである。
(構成5) 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、下層と上層の積層構造を有し、前記上層における窒素および酸素の合計含有量が、前記下層の窒素および酸素の合計含有量に比べて多いことを特徴とする構成3記載のマスクブランクである。
(構成7) 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、タンタルを含有する材料からなることを特徴とする構成1または2に記載のマスクブランクである。
(構成9) 前記エッチングマスク膜上に、厚さが150nm未満のレジスト膜を備えることを特徴とする構成1から8のいずれかに記載のマスクブランクである。
(構成11) 前記エッチングマスク膜は、厚さが3nm以上15nm以下であることを特徴とする構成1から10のいずれかに記載のマスクブランクである。
(構成13) 前記パターン形成用薄膜とエッチングストッパ膜との積層構造を有し、ArF露光光に対する光学濃度が2.8以上であることを特徴とする構成1から12のいずれかに記載のマスクブランクである。
本発明は、薄膜パターンおよび基板掘り込みパターンを有する位相シフトマスクを製造するために用いられるマスクブランクに関する。具体的には、本発明は、透光性基板上に、エッチングストッパ膜、パターン形成用薄膜、およびエッチングマスク膜がこの順に積層した構造を有し、前記エッチングストッパ膜は、クロムと酸素を含有し、酸素の含有量が50at%を超える材料からなり、前記パターン形成用薄膜は、フッ素系ガスによるドライエッチングが可能な材料からなり、前記エッチングマスク膜は、クロムを含有し、クロムの含有量が45at%以上であり、かつ酸素の含有量が30at%以下である材料からなることを特徴とするマスクブランクに関する。
また、高酸化層は、層中の酸素含有量が、66.7at%以上であると、層中のタンタルと酸素の結合状態は、TaO2結合が主体になる傾向が高まると考えられ、一番不安定な結合であるTaO結合やその次に不安定な結合であるTa2O3結合は、ともに非常に少なくなると考えられる。
(実施例1) 主表面の寸法が約152mm×約152mmで、厚さが約6.25mの合成石英ガラスからなる透光性基板1を準備した。この透光性基板1は、端面及び主表面が所定の表面粗さとなるように研磨され、その後、所定の洗浄処理および乾燥処理が施されたものであった。
2 エッチングストッパ膜
3 パターン形成用薄膜
31 下層
32 上層
33 酸化層,高酸化層
4 エッチングマスク膜
5,6 レジスト膜
100 マスクブランク
200 位相シフトマスク
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- 薄膜パターンおよび基板掘り込みパターンを有する位相シフトマスクを製造するために用いられるマスクブランクであって、
透光性基板上に、エッチングストッパ膜、パターン形成用薄膜、およびエッチングマスク膜がこの順に積層した構造を有し、
前記エッチングストッパ膜は、クロムと酸素を含有し、酸素の含有量が50at%を超える材料からなり、
前記パターン形成用薄膜は、フッ素系ガスによるドライエッチングが可能な材料からなり、
前記エッチングマスク膜は、クロムを含有し、クロムの含有量が45at%以上であり、かつ酸素の含有量が30at%以下である材料からなることを特徴とするマスクブランク。 - 前記エッチングストッパ膜は、酸素を含有しない塩素系ガスを用いるドライエッチングが可能な材料からなることを特徴とする請求項1記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、遷移金属とケイ素を含有する材料からなることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、透光性基板側とは反対側の表層に、遷移金属の含有量が4at%以下であり、かつ酸素含有量が30at%以上である酸化層を有することを特徴とする請求項3記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、下層と上層の積層構造を有し、前記上層における窒素および酸素の合計含有量が、前記下層の窒素および酸素の合計含有量に比べて多いことを特徴とする請求項3記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記上層は、前記下層側とは反対側の表層に、遷移金属の含有量が4at%以下であり、かつ酸素の含有量が30at%以上である酸化層を有することを特徴とする請求項5記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、タンタルを含有する材料からなることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、透光性基板側とは反対側の表層に酸素含有量が60at%以上である高酸化層を有することを特徴とする請求項7記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記エッチングマスク膜上に、厚さが150nm未満のレジスト膜を備えることを特徴とする請求項1から8のいずれかに記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記エッチングストッパ膜は、厚さが3nm以上10nm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1から9のいずれかに記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記エッチングマスク膜は、厚さが3nm以上15nm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1から10のいずれかに記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜は、厚さが60nm以下であることを特徴とする請求項1から11のいずれかに記載のマスクブランク。
- 前記パターン形成用薄膜とエッチングストッパ膜との積層構造を有し、ArF露光光に対する光学濃度が2.8以上であることを特徴とする請求項1から12のいずれかに記載のマスクブランク。
- 請求項1から13のいずれかに記載のマスクブランクを用いて位相シフトマスクを製造する方法であって、
前記エッチングマスク膜上に、第1のレジストパターンを形成する工程と、
前記第1のレジストパターンをマスクとして用い、塩素系ガスと酸素ガスの混合ガスを用いて前記エッチングマスク膜をドライエッチングし、エッチングマスクパターンを形成する工程と、
前記第1のレジストパターンを除去する工程と、
前記エッチングマスクパターンをマスクとして用い、フッ素系ガスを用いて前記パターン形成用薄膜をドライエッチングし、薄膜パターンを形成する工程と、
前記エッチングマスクパターンをマスクとして用い、酸素を含有しない塩素系ガスを用いて前記エッチングストッパ膜をドライエッチングし、エッチングストッパパターンを形成する工程と、
前記エッチングマスクパターン上に、第2のレジストパターンを形成する工程と、
前記第2のレジストパターンをマスクとして用い、フッ素系ガスを用いて透光性基板をドライエッチングし、基板掘り込みパターンを形成する工程と、
前記第2のレジストパターンを除去する工程と、
前記エッチングマスクパターンを除去する工程と、を備えることを特徴とする位相シフトマスクの製造方法。 - 前記エッチングマスクパターンを除去する工程は、塩素系ガスと酸素ガスの混合ガスを用いたドライエッチングによって行われることを特徴とする請求項14記載の位相シフトマスクの製造方法。
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