WO2017134989A1 - インプリント装置および物品の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an imprint apparatus and a method of manufacturing an article.
- Imprint technology is a technology that enables transfer of nanoscale fine patterns, and is attracting attention as one of the nanolithography technologies for mass production of magnetic recording media and semiconductor devices.
- imprint technology an imprint material is cured in a state in which a mold (mold) on which a pattern is formed is in contact (imprinting) with an imprint material (resin) on a substrate, and a mold is formed from the cured imprint material. The pattern is transferred onto the substrate by peeling (releasing).
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique of forming a curtain-like air flow (air curtain) from the outer peripheral portion of a mold toward a substrate to make it difficult for particles from the outside to enter between the mold and the substrate.
- Patent Document 1 when the substrate stage starts moving to the sealing position where the mold imprints the pattern on the imprint material, the substrate and the gas near the surface of the substrate stage also move along with the substrate stage. Therefore, in Patent Document 1, when the substrate stage moves, a backflow toward the center direction of the mold occurs in a part of the air flow in the radial direction, and particles easily enter from the backflow portion. This increases the possibility of the occurrence of pattern defects due to the presence of particles between the time when the mold and the imprint material are brought into contact.
- An object of the present invention is, for example, to provide an imprint apparatus with reduced pattern defects.
- the present invention is an imprint apparatus for forming a pattern on a substrate using a mold, which holds the substrate and moves the stage, and holds the substrate on the stage Imprint having a plate member disposed on the outer peripheral portion of the portion and having a hole, and a control unit for suctioning the gas in the space on the stage through the hole or controlling the discharge of the gas into the space on the stage Provide an apparatus.
- an imprint apparatus with reduced pattern defects can be provided.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus in a first embodiment. It is a schematic diagram explaining the pattern part failure
- FIG. 2 is a top view of a substrate and a porous plate in Example 1;
- FIG. 2 is a top view of a substrate and a slit-like perforated plate in Example 1;
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus of another mode in the first embodiment. It is a figure explaining switching of a flow path.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus in a second embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus of another mode in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a top view of a substrate and a perforated plate in Example 2;
- FIG. 10 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus in a third embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining removal of particles attached to a pattern portion in Example 3.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic view of an imprint apparatus in a fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a view for explaining the removal of particles attached to a plate material in Example 4; It is a figure which shows the manufacturing method of articles
- FIG. 1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of the imprint apparatus 1 in the first embodiment.
- the imprint apparatus 1 is used to manufacture devices such as semiconductor devices, and forms an imprint material (uncured resin) on a processing target substrate with a mold to form a pattern of the imprint material on the substrate.
- an imprint apparatus adopting a photo-curing method as a method of curing the imprint material is used, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the Z axis is parallel to the optical axis of the illumination system that emits ultraviolet light to the imprint material on the substrate, and the X axis and Y axis are orthogonal to each other in a plane perpendicular to the Z axis.
- the imprint apparatus 1 includes an irradiation unit 100, a mold holding unit 4, a substrate stage 6, and a supply unit 7.
- the irradiation unit 100 irradiates the imprint material 8 with the ultraviolet light 101 during the imprinting process.
- the irradiation unit 100 includes an exposure light source and an optical element for adjusting the ultraviolet light 101 emitted from the exposure light source to light suitable for imprinting.
- a curable composition (sometimes referred to as an uncured resin) that is cured by receiving energy for curing is used.
- energy for curing electromagnetic waves, heat, etc. are used. Examples of the electromagnetic wave include light such as infrared light, visible light, and ultraviolet light whose wavelength is selected from the range of 10 nm or more and 1 mm or less.
- the curable composition is a composition which is cured by irradiation of light or by heating.
- the photocurable composition which is cured by light contains at least a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, and may contain a nonpolymerizable compound or a solvent as required.
- the non-polymerizable compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of a sensitizer, a hydrogen donor, an internal release agent, a surfactant, an antioxidant, a polymer component and the like.
- the imprint material is applied in the form of a film on a substrate by a spin coater or a slit coater.
- the liquid jet head may apply droplets or in the form of islands or films formed by connecting a plurality of droplets onto the substrate.
- the viscosity (the viscosity at 25 ° C.) of the imprint material is, for example, 1 mPa ⁇ s or more and 100 mPa ⁇ s or less.
- the mold 2 has a rectangular outer peripheral shape, and the surface facing the substrate 5 includes, for example, a pattern portion 3 in which a concavo-convex pattern to be transferred, such as a circuit pattern, is formed three-dimensionally.
- the material of the mold 2 is a material capable of transmitting the ultraviolet light 101, and in this embodiment, is made of quartz as an example.
- the mold 2 may have a shape in which a cavity (recess) 9 having a certain depth is formed on the surface to which the ultraviolet light 101 is irradiated.
- the mold holding unit 4 has a drive mechanism for moving the mold 2 while holding the mold 2.
- the mold holding unit 4 can hold the mold 2 by attracting the outer peripheral region of the irradiation surface of the ultraviolet light 101 in the mold 2 by vacuum suction or electrostatic force.
- the mold holding unit 4 is connected to a vacuum pump (not shown) installed outside, and the mold 2 is turned on / off by this vacuum pump. Desorption of is switched.
- the mold holding unit 4 moves the mold 2 in each axial direction so as to press or pull the mold 2 and the imprint material 8 on the substrate 5.
- maintenance part 4 there exist a linear motor or an air cylinder, for example.
- this drive mechanism may be composed of a plurality of drive systems such as a coarse movement drive system and a fine movement drive system in order to cope with the high precision positioning of the mold 2. Furthermore, there may be a configuration having a position adjustment function (rotation mechanism) not only in the Z-axis direction but also in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, or the ⁇ direction, a tilt function for correcting the tilt of the mold 2 and the like.
- the pressing and pulling operations in the imprint apparatus 1 may be realized by moving the mold 2 in the Z-axis direction, but may be realized by moving the substrate stage 6 in the Z-axis direction, or , Both may be moved relative to each other.
- the substrate 5 is made of glass, ceramics, metal, semiconductor, resin or the like, and if necessary, a member made of a material different from the substrate may be formed on the surface.
- the substrate 5 is a silicon wafer, a compound semiconductor wafer, quartz glass or the like.
- An ultraviolet curable imprint material 8 which is pattern-formed by the pattern portion 3 formed on the mold 2 is supplied to the surface to be processed.
- the substrate stage 6 holds the substrate 5 and performs alignment between the mold 2 and the imprint material 8 when the mold 2 contacts the imprint material 8 on the substrate 5.
- the substrate stage 6 also has a stage drive mechanism (not shown) that can move in each axial direction.
- an actuator employable for this stage drive mechanism there are, for example, a linear motor and a planar motor.
- the stage drive mechanism may be configured of a plurality of drive systems such as a coarse movement drive system and a fine movement drive system in each direction of the X-axis and the Y-axis. Furthermore, a drive system for position adjustment in the Z-axis direction, a position adjustment function (rotation mechanism) of the substrate 5 in the ⁇ direction, or a tilt function for correcting the tilt of the substrate 5 may be used.
- the supply unit 7 is installed near the mold holding unit 4 and supplies the imprint material 8 onto the substrate 5.
- the imprint material 8 is a photocurable resin having a property of being cured by receiving the ultraviolet rays 101, and is appropriately selected according to various conditions such as a semiconductor device manufacturing process.
- the amount of the imprint material 8 discharged from the supply unit 7 is also appropriately determined by the desired thickness of the imprint material 8 formed on the substrate 5, the density of the pattern to be formed, and the like.
- the mold holding portion 4 is moved in the -Z direction to press the pattern portion 3 against the imprint material 8
- the pattern is formed on the substrate 5.
- the pattern portion 3 is brought into contact with the imprint material 8 in a state where the particles 90 adhere to the inside of the imprint region on the substrate 5 and the pattern portion 3. If it does, as shown to FIG. 2C, there exists a possibility that the pattern part 3 may be damaged.
- the imprint apparatus is placed in a clean environment for manufacturing semiconductor devices, it is very difficult to eliminate the generation of particles.
- particles are substances that are not intended to participate in pattern formation.
- the solid material discharged from the supply unit 7 may be drifted and dried, fine particles generated from members constituting the imprint apparatus 1, or dust which enters from the outside and exists in the imprint apparatus 1.
- the ease of occurrence of pattern defects varies depending on the pattern dimension and pattern depth of the pattern portion 3, but if particles having a size larger than the half pitch dimension are present, pattern defects are likely to occur.
- the mold 2 has a relatively high manufacturing cost, which causes an increase in the cost of the semiconductor device. Therefore, in the imprint apparatus, it is necessary to prevent particles from entering the imprint space and adhering to the substrate 5 and the pattern portion 3.
- the imprint space refers to a space sandwiched between the mold 2 and the substrate 5 when the mold 2 and the substrate 5 face each other. In the conventional imprint apparatus, as shown in FIG.
- the gas 15 is sprayed toward the substrate 5 from the nozzle 16 connected with the gas supply source 14 which is an air flow forming unit (air flow forming unit).
- An air flow is formed toward the outside of the printing apparatus. That is, an air flow is generated in the direction along the outer peripheral side of the substrate 5 in a state where the stage 6 (substrate 5) faces the mold 2. This prevents the particles 90 from entering the imprint space.
- the nozzle 16 is provided in the mold holding unit 4 so as to surround the mold 2.
- the gas 15 blown from the nozzle 16 to the substrate 5 forms a flow velocity distribution 92 which is a Hagen-Poiseuille flow from the space sandwiched between the mold 2 and the substrate 5 to the outside of the imprint space.
- a porous plate 10 and a control unit 50 are provided to prevent particles in the vicinity of the surface of the substrate stage 6 from intruding into the imprint space.
- a porous plate 10 (plate member) having a large number of holes 11 is provided on an outer peripheral portion on an outer periphery of a portion of the substrate stage 6 which holds the substrate 5.
- a vacuum source (suction means) 12 connected to the porous plate 10 sucks the gas 13 in the space above the substrate stage through the holes 11 to prevent particles in the periphery from intruding into the imprint space.
- a large number of holes 11 formed in the porous plate 10 are holes serving as gas suction or discharge ports.
- the control unit 50 is connected to the supply unit 7, the substrate stage 6, the irradiation unit 100, and the vacuum source 12 connected to the porous plate 10, and controls these to execute an imprint process.
- the control unit 50 includes a CPU that executes a program related to the imprint process, and a memory that stores the program, various measurement values, and the like.
- FIG. 4 is a view of the mold 2 and the mold holding unit 4 as viewed from the -Z direction.
- the nozzles 16 are annularly arranged to surround the mold 2. Although the nozzles 16 are in one row in the present embodiment, the rows of the plurality of nozzles 16 may be arranged concentrically. Also, the shape of one nozzle 16 may be a slit instead of a circle.
- FIG. 5 is a view of the substrate 5 and the porous plate 10 as seen from the + Z direction.
- the porous plate 10 occupies the entire top surface of the substrate stage 6 except for the portion on which the substrate 5 is mounted.
- the porous plate 10 is a member in which the holes 11 are substantially uniformly distributed.
- the shape of the hole 11 is not limited to a round hole, and may be a shape that can be uniformly suctioned. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, it may be shaped like a slit 18 surrounding the substrate 5.
- the material of the porous plate 10 is suitably plastic, ceramic or porous material thereof that does not affect the semiconductor process.
- the flow rate of the gas 15 blown out from the nozzle 16 is appropriately determined, it is desirable that the average flow velocity flowing outward from the imprint space is larger than the maximum value of the moving speed of the substrate stage 6.
- the flow rate of the gas 15 is desirably 60 L / min or more.
- the flow rate of the gas 13 sucked from the porous plate 10 is also determined appropriately, the flow rate of the particles 90 floating outside the substrate stage 6 before being discharged from the porous plate 10 before reaching the substrate 5 even if the reverse flow is applied It should be set.
- the average flow velocity of the gas 13 sucked from the porous plate 10 is 1.7 mm / s or more. do it.
- the flow rate of the gas 13 sucked from the porous plate 10 may be adjusted by a flow rate adjusting unit (not shown) provided between the porous plate 10 and the vacuum source 12 and connected to the control unit 50.
- the control unit 50 may be connected to a pressure source (discharge means) 19 connected to the perforated plate 10 as shown in FIG.
- a pressure source discharge means
- the gas 90 is released from the porous plate 10 to the space on the substrate stage, whereby the particles 90 that have entered the reverse flow area are removed from the imprinting space. It is discharged to the outside of the imprint space.
- the control unit 50 of the imprint apparatus is connected to the switching device (switching unit) 27 that switches between the vacuum source 12 and the pressure source 19. Good.
- the switching device 27 switches the connection destination of the hole 11 between the vacuum source 11 and the pressure source 12 according to the position information of the substrate stage 6 based on the instruction from the control unit 50.
- the suction of the gas 13 and the discharge of the gas 17 can be switched.
- the connection destination of the porous plate 10 is set to the vacuum source 12 when a gas is sucked.
- the connection destination of the porous plate 10 is used as the pressure source 19 when releasing the gas.
- the flow rate of the suction of the gas 13 and the discharge of the gas 17 can be adjusted by adjustment means (not shown) connected to the control unit 50.
- adjustment means not shown
- the number of particles 90 entering the imprint space can be reduced. .
- pattern defects and breakage of the mold 2 can be less likely to occur.
- the imprint apparatus according to the second embodiment has a mechanism for replacing air in the imprint space with a replacement gas such as pentafluoropropane (PFP) or helium gas.
- a replacement gas such as pentafluoropropane (PFP) or helium gas.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the imprint apparatus 1 in the second embodiment.
- the replacement gas supply source 21 is a replacement gas supply unit, and supplies a replacement gas from the supply nozzle 22 to the imprint space. Then, the replacement gas in the imprint space is recovered through the recovery nozzle 24 into the replacement gas recovery unit 23 which is a replacement gas recovery unit.
- a plate member having holes serving as a gas suction port and a gas discharge port is provided on the upper surface of the substrate stage 6 excluding the region for holding the substrate 5.
- the porous plate 25 is provided in the first region adjacent to the substrate 5, and the porous plate 10 is provided in the second region on the side not adjacent to the substrate 5 of the porous plate 25.
- the porous plates 10 and 25 are connected to the vacuum source 12 connected to the control unit 50 respectively.
- a control valve 20 capable of controlling the amount of suction of the gas drawn from each of the porous plates 10, 25 is provided in the flow path of the gas from the vacuum source 12 to the porous plates 10, 25.
- the control unit 50 is also connected to the control valve 20, and can control the flow rate of the gas drawn from the porous plate 25.
- the imprint space When the imprint material 8 is supplied to the periphery of the substrate 5 to form a pattern, the imprint space may be in a positional relationship including both the substrate 5 and the porous plate 25. At this time, if the gas is sucked from the porous plate 25, the balance of supply and recovery of the replacement gas is lost, and the gas 15 for suppressing particles is introduced to the imprint space. As a result, not only the particle suppression effect is reduced, but also the replacement gas concentration in the imprint space may be reduced. Therefore, in the imprint apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, when the imprint space has a positional relationship including both the substrate 5 and the porous plate 25, the suction of gas from the porous plate 25 is stopped.
- the first region is further divided into a plurality of regions so that the individual regions can be suctioned independently.
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which the first region is divided into four regions 251 to 254.
- the control valve 30 is a control valve for individually controlling the suction amount (flow rate of gas) of the gas from the regions 251 to 254.
- the control valve 30 is operated to stop only the suction of the gas from the area 251.
- the control valve 30 is operated to stop only the suction of the gas from the area 251.
- Example 3 It is known that, in the imprint apparatus 1, when the mold 2 and the cured imprint material 8 are pulled apart, the pattern portion 3 is easily charged. In addition, the charging of the pattern portion 3 makes it easy to attract surrounding particles. For example, even if the substrate stage 6 is separated from the mold 2 as shown in FIG. 8B, the floating particles may be attracted to the pattern portion 3 of the mold 2 and be attached. .
- the imprint apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment has capturing means for removing particles attached to the pattern portion 3 of the mold 2 or capturing particles floating in and out of the imprint space.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of the imprint apparatus 1 in the third embodiment.
- the configuration of the imprint apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is the same as the configuration of the imprint apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment and the configuration other than the porous plate 10. The detailed description of the configuration already described is omitted.
- the porous plate 34 has a plurality of holes 11 similarly to the porous plate 10 described above, and the surface that can face the mold 2 is made of a conductive material.
- the porous plate 34 functions as an electrode unit by being connected to the power supply 35.
- the whole of the porous plate 34 may function as an electrode unit, and a part may function as an electrode unit.
- the surface of the porous plate 34 may be protected by an insulating coating (not shown).
- the perforated plate 34 is connected to the power supply 35, and the other of the power supply 35 is grounded.
- the polarity of the power source 35 on the side of the porous plate 34 is positive in FIG. 12 but may be negative depending on the charge polarity of the pattern portion 3.
- the power source 35 is not limited to a DC power source that applies a DC voltage, and may be an AC power source that applies an AC voltage. Alternatively, the power supply may be switched between a DC voltage and an AC voltage.
- the control unit 50 can control the surface potential of the porous plate 34 by controlling the power supply 35.
- the imprint apparatus 1 preferably includes a charge removing device (not shown) for removing the charge of the mold 2.
- a charge removing device for removing the charge of the mold 2.
- a corona discharge type or ionizing radiation type such as soft X-ray or alpha ray is adopted.
- FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a portion in which the porous plate 34 is brought close to and opposed to the pattern portion 3 of the mold to which the particles 90 are attached. Since the pattern portion 3 is destaticized by the diselectrification device, the adhesion between the particle 90 and the pattern portion 3 is relatively small (about the van der Waals force). By setting the porous plate 34 to have the same polarity as that of the mold 2, the particles 90 can be pulled away from the pattern portion 3 with a relatively small external force. The particles 90 pulled away from the pattern portion 4 are attracted to the porous plate 34. After being drawn, it is collected in the vacuum source 12 through the holes 11 for drawing the surrounding gas or is captured on the surface of the porous plate 34.
- the charged porous plate 34 can attract not only charged particles but also particles having no charge. This is because the particles 90 are separated from the pattern portion 3 by the electric field gradient force derived from the nonuniformity of the electric field formed by the porous plate 34.
- the imprint apparatus 1 of the present embodiment can attract the particles 90 more strongly than in the case of the first embodiment. Even particles adhering to the pattern portion 3 can be collected. As a result, it is possible to make it difficult to cause breakage of the mold 2 due to the pattern defect and the sandwiching to the pattern portion 3.
- the imprint apparatus 1 of the present embodiment may have an electrometer (not shown) that measures the potential of the pattern unit 3.
- the control unit 50 may control the polarity and the magnitude of the voltage applied to the porous plate 34 based on the result of periodically measuring the potential.
- Example 4 When the partial particle in which the hole 11 of the porous plate 10 is not formed adheres, when passing near the type
- the particles floating in the space May adhere to 26. Since the plate 26 is not frequently replaced from the viewpoint of throughput, the possibility that particles are attached is relatively high. Once particles adhere to the surface of the plate 26, the flow of the gas 15 becomes almost zero on the surface of the plate 26, and it becomes difficult to remove the particles from the surface of the plate 26 by the gas 15.
- the fourth embodiment of the present invention has a removing means for removing particles attached to the plate 26.
- FIG. 14 is a view showing the arrangement of an imprint apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment.
- the imprint apparatus 1 has a conductive plate member 31 electrically grounded on the substrate stage 6.
- the plate member 31 is preferably disposed closer to the portion where the substrate 5 is disposed than the porous plate 10. With this configuration, the porous plate 10 can easily recover the particles 90 which are separated from the plate 31 and carried on the flow of the gas from the nozzle 16 by the configuration described later.
- the surface of the plate member 31 may be protected by an insulating coating (not shown).
- a conductive electrode 32 connected to a power source 33 is provided outside the mold 2 with respect to the nozzle 16 of the mold 2.
- the terminal of the power source 33 not connected to the electrode 32 is electrically grounded.
- the power supply 33 is a power supply for applying a voltage including an alternating current component that changes with time, such as a sine wave, a rectangular wave, a triangular wave, and a sawtooth wave, to the electrode 32.
- an electric field having a temporally varying magnitude is formed.
- the electric field formed by the electrode 32 may be an electric field whose direction is reversed in time or may be an electric field in which only the magnitude changes in a fixed direction.
- the direction of the electric field may be the same as the direction of the electric field corresponding to the potential of the mold 2.
- the potential of the mold 2 can be measured by an electrometer (not shown) as in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 15 shows a state immediately after the pattern portion 3 and the imprint material 8 are pulled apart.
- the polarities of the pattern portion 3 and the imprint material 8 shown in FIG. 15 can be changed depending on the material of the pattern portion 3 and the imprint material 8.
- the charging potential Vp of the pattern portion 3 is measured each time by an potentiometer (not shown), or made known by the result of the experiment and the potential measurement.
- the substrate stage 6 moves in the X direction in order to apply the imprint material 8 from the supply unit 7 to the position where the next pattern is to be formed.
- the power source 33 has the same polarity as the charge portion of the pattern portion 3 and the absolute value of the charge potential Vp of the pattern portion 3.
- a large potential Ve is applied. That is, a potential of
- the particles 90 which are easily separated are separated from above the plate 31 by receiving a force from the electric field formed between the electrode 32 and the plate 31.
- the particles 90 separated from the plate 31 are carried by the flow of the gas 15 and collected in the vacuum source 12 through the porous plate 10 which sucks the surrounding gas.
- the particles 90 that have been attached to the plate 31 do not leave the plate 31 even if a potential of
- the electrodes 32 may be annularly or discretely disposed when the mold holding unit 4 is viewed in the ⁇ Z direction. It is preferable that at least a part of the mold holding unit 4 on the side far from the supply unit 7 be provided. The at least one portion is a portion that always faces the plate member 31 when the substrate stage 6 goes under the supply unit 7, and it is preferable that the particles attached to the plate member 31 be separated before approaching the mold 2.
- the pattern of the cured product formed using the imprint apparatus is used permanently on at least a part of various articles or temporarily for manufacturing various articles.
- the article is an electric circuit element, an optical element, a MEMS, a recording element, a sensor, or a mold.
- Examples of the electric circuit element include volatile or nonvolatile semiconductor memories such as DRAM, SRAM, flash memory and MRAM, and semiconductor elements such as LSI, CCD, image sensor, and FPGA.
- the mold may, for example, be a mold for imprinting.
- the pattern of the cured product is used as it is as a component member of at least a part of the article or temporarily used as a resist mask. After etching, ion implantation, or the like is performed in the substrate processing step, the resist mask is removed.
- a substrate 5 such as a silicon wafer on which a workpiece 5z such as an insulator is formed is prepared, and subsequently, the surface of the workpiece 5z is exposed by an inkjet method or the like.
- the print material 8 is applied.
- a state in which a plurality of droplet-shaped imprint materials 8 are applied onto the substrate is shown.
- the mold 2 for imprint is faced with the side on which the concavo-convex pattern is formed facing the imprint material 8 on the substrate.
- the substrate 1 on which the imprint material 8 is applied is brought into contact with the mold 2 and pressure is applied.
- the imprint material 8 is filled in the gap between the mold 2 and the workpiece 5z.
- the concave portions of the mold correspond to the convex portions of the cured product
- the concave portions of the mold correspond to the convex portions of the cured product, that is, the uneven pattern of the mold 2 is transferred to the imprint material 8 It will be done.
- the pattern of the cured product when etching is performed using the pattern of the cured product as an etching resistant mask, the portion of the surface of the workpiece 5z which has no cured product or remains thin is removed, and the groove 5z is removed. Become. As shown in FIG. 16F, when the pattern of the cured product is removed, it is possible to obtain an article having grooves 5z formed on the surface of the workpiece 5z.
- the pattern of the cured product is removed here, it may be used, for example, as a film for interlayer insulation included in a semiconductor element or the like, that is, as a component of an article without removing it even after processing.
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図1は、実施例1におけるインプリント装置1の概略構成を示す図である。このインプリント装置1は、半導体デバイスなどのデバイスの製造に使用され、被処理基板上のインプリント材(未硬化樹脂)を型(モールド)で成形し、基板上にインプリント材のパターンを形成する装置である。ここではインプリント材を硬化する方法として光硬化法を採用したインプリント装置とするが、これに限られるものではない。以下の図においては、基板上のインプリント材に対して紫外線を照射する照明系の光軸と平行にZ軸を取り、Z軸に垂直な平面内において互いに直交するX軸およびY軸を取る。インプリント装置1は、照射部100と、型保持部4と、基板ステージ6と、供給部7を備える。
実施例2のインプリント装置は、インプリント空間の空気をペンタフルオロプロパン(PFP)やヘリウムガス等の置換ガスで置換する機構を有する。これにより、型の凹凸部分へのインプリント材の充填性や、離型のしやすさ(インプリント材と型との引き離し易さ)を向上することができる。本実施例においては、外部に浮遊するパーティクル90がインプリント空間に入るのを抑制しながら、インプリント空間の置換ガス濃度を十分に保つ事が可能なインプリント装置について説明する。
インプリント装置1では、型2と硬化したインプリント材8とを引き離したときにパターン部3が帯電しやすくなることが知られている。また、パターン部3が帯電することによって周囲のパーティクルを引き寄せやすくなってしまう。例えば図8(B)に示すように基板ステージ6が型2から離れている状態であったとしても、浮遊しているパーティクルが型2のパターン部3に引き寄せられて、付着する可能性がある。
多孔板10の孔11が形成されていない部分パーティクルが付着した場合、型2の近くを通過したときに多孔板10からパターン部にパーティクルが引き寄られる可能性がある。例えば、図10に示す様な型2と基板ステージ6の位置関係より更に基板ステージ6がノズル16の下から離れ、気体15が板材26上を流れなくなると、空間に浮遊しているパーティクルが板材26に付着する可能性がある。板材26は、スループットの観点から頻繁に交換するものでは無いため、パーティクルが付着している可能性が比較的高い。板材26の表面に一度パーティクルが付着すると、板材26の表面は気体15の流れがほぼ0となるため、気体15によって板材26表面からパーティクルを除去することが困難となる。本発明の実施例4では、板材26に付着したパーティクルを除去するための除去手段を有する。
インプリント装置を用いて形成した硬化物のパターンは、各種物品の少なくとも一部に恒久的に、或いは各種物品を製造する際に一時的に、用いられる。物品とは、電気回路素子、光学素子、MEMS、記録素子、センサ、或いは、型等である。電気回路素子としては、DRAM、SRAM、フラッシュメモリ、MRAMのような、揮発性或いは不揮発性の半導体メモリや、LSI、CCD、イメージセンサ、FPGAのような半導体素子等が挙げられる。型としては、インプリント用のモールド等が挙げられる。
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- 型を用いて基板にインプリント材のパターンを形成するインプリント装置であって、
前記基板を保持して移動可能なステージと、
前記ステージ上の前記基板を保持する部分の外周部に配置され、孔を有する板部材と、
前記孔を介して前記ステージ上の空間の気体を吸引する吸引手段と、を有する
ことを特徴とするインプリント装置。 - 型を用いて基板にインプリント材のパターンを形成するインプリント装置であって、
前記基板を保持して移動可能なステージと、
前記ステージ上の前記基板を保持する部分の外周部に配置され、孔を有する板部材と、
前記孔を介して前記ステージ上の空間に気体を放出する放出手段と、を有する
ことを特徴とするインプリント装置。 - 前記孔を介して前記ステージ上の空間に気体を放出する放出手段と、
前記孔の接続先を前記吸引手段または前記放出手段に切り替える切り替え部と、を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記切り替え部を制御する制御部を有し、
前記制御部は、前記ステージの位置情報に基づいて前記孔の接続先を切り替えることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記放出手段は、前記板部材が前記型と対向していない状態で前記気体の放出を行うことを特徴とする請求項2に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記型の周囲から気体を吹き出し、前記基板が前記型に対向している状態で前記基板の外周側に沿う方向に気流を生じさせる気流形成手段を有し、
前記気流形成手段は、前記放出手段から放出された気体を前記基板の外周側に沿う方向に流すことを特徴とする請求項2に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記孔は前記基板を取り囲むように配置されていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記吸引手段が吸引する気体の流量およびタイミングの少なくとも一方を制御する制御部を有し、
前記吸引手段は、前記板部材の第1領域の前記孔から前記気体を吸引する第1吸引部と、前記板部材の第2領域の前記孔から前記気体を吸引する第2吸引部と、を含み、
前記制御部は、前記第1吸引部と前記第2吸引部とのそれぞれが吸引する気体の流量およびタイミングの少なくとも一方を制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記放出手段が放出する気体の流量およびタイミングの少なくとも一方を制御する制御部を有し、
前記放出手段は、前記板部材の第1領域の前記孔から前記気体を放出する第1放出部と、前記板部材の第2領域の前記孔から前記気体を放出する第2放出部と、を含み、
前記制御部は、前記第1放出部と前記第2放出部とのそれぞれが吸引する気体の流量およびタイミングの少なくとも一方を制御することを特徴とする請求項2に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記ステージ上に設けられた電極部と、
前記電極部に直流電圧を印加する電源と、を有し、
前記直流電圧を用いて前記電極は前記ステージ上のパーティクルを引き寄せることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記電極部は前記板材の少なくとも一部であることを特徴とする請求項10に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記電源は、前記電極部の表面に前記型の電位と同じ極性の電位を与えることを特徴とする請求項10に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記型保持部の、前記ステージとの対向可能な部分に設けられた第1電極部と、
前記ステージ上に設けられた第2電極部と、
前記第1電極部と前記第2電極部との間に交流成分を含む電圧を印加する電源と、を含み、
前記電源を用いて前記第1電極部からパーティクルを離脱させ
前記吸引手段は、前記離脱させたパーティクルを前記気体とともに前記孔を介して吸引することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載のインプリント装置。 - 前記板部材は、前記第2電極部よりも前記ステージの外周側に設けられることを特徴とする請求項13に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記電源は、前記第1電極部と前記第2電極部とが対向したときに形成される電界の向きが一定となるように前記交流成分を含む電圧を印加することを特徴とする請求項13に記載のインプリント装置。
- 前記電源は、前記第1電極部と前記第2電極部とが対向したときに形成される電界の向きが、前記型の電位に応じた電界の方向と同じ向きになるように前記交流成分を含む電圧を印加することを特徴とする請求項13に記載のインプリント装置。
- 型を用いて基板にパターンを形成するインプリント装置を用いて前記パターンを前記基板上に形成する工程と、
前記工程で前記パターンが形成された前記基板を処理する工程と、を有し、
前記インプリント装置は、
前記基板を保持して移動可能なステージと、
前記ステージ上の前記基板を保持する部分の外周部に配置され、孔を有する板部材と、
前記孔を介して前記ステージ上の空間の気体を吸引する吸引手段と、を有することを特徴とする物品の製造方法。 - 型を用いて基板にパターンを形成するインプリント装置を用いて前記パターンを前記基板上に形成する工程と、
前記工程で前記パターンが形成された前記基板を処理する工程と、を有し、
前記インプリント装置は、
前記基板を保持して移動可能なステージと、
前記ステージ上の前記基板を保持する部分の外周部に配置され、孔を有する板部材と、
前記孔を介して前記ステージ上の空間に気体を放出する放出手段と、を有することを特徴とする物品の製造方法。
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