WO2023274680A1 - Verfahren zum abscheiden einer schicht, optisches element und optische anordnung für den duv-wellenlängenbereich - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for depositing at least one layer of a coating reflecting or anti-reflecting radiation in the DUV wavelength range on a surface to be coated of a substrate for an optical element for the DUV wavelength range, comprising: converting a coating material into the gas phase by means of a coating source, moving of the substrate relative to the coating source along a predetermined movement path, with the substrate rotating about a spin axis during movement along the movement path and with a covering element being arranged between the coating source and the surface to be coated, which covers the surface to be coated during movement along the movement path at least partially covers.
- the invention also relates to an optical element for the DUV wavelength range, which has a substrate and a reflective or anti-reflective coating applied to the substrate, which has at least one layer deposited by the method described above.
- the invention also relates to an optical arrangement containing at least one such optical element.
- the DUV wavelength range is understood to mean the wavelength range of electromagnetic radiation between 150 nm and 400 nm.
- the DUV wavelength range is of particular importance for microlithography.
- radiation in the DUV wavelength range is used in projection exposure systems and wafer or mask inspection systems.
- Both transmitting optical elements, for example in the form of lenses or plane plates, and reflecting optical elements, for example in the form of mirrors or the like, can be used there.
- Such optical elements can be integrated, for example, in projection systems or in lighting systems of DUV lithography systems.
- the substrates to be coated are moved on a planetary orbit around a coating source, which is typically a thermal evaporation source.
- a coating source typically a thermal evaporation source.
- the substrate rotates about a spin axis, which in turn moves along a predetermined path of motion in the form of a circular path around the evaporation source.
- the rotation of the spin axis and the rotation of the substrate around the evaporation source are coupled to each other in the planetary motion; both movements usually take place at a constant rotational speed.
- the evaporation rate of the coating material is also kept as constant as possible during deposition.
- cover elements which are positioned between the path of movement of the substrate and the evaporation source, a desired layer thickness profile can be generated in the radial direction to the spin axis on a rotationally symmetrical surface of the substrate.
- a layer thickness profile is obtained that varies along the (pitch) circles around the spin axis in the azimuthal direction.
- any desired layer thickness profiles for optimal anti-reflection or mirror coating in the case of non-radially symmetrical light incidence angle profiles in the respective optical system in which the optical element is used, further degrees of freedom must be utilized.
- the creation of any two-dimensional progression of the layer thickness of a deposited layer is referred to as free-form coating.
- a further disadvantage of the perforated or honeycomb masks described above is that a corrected mask has to be produced in each case using a trial-and-error method in order to approximate a desired layer thickness profile.
- the mechanical stability limits the use of honeycomb or perforated masks, especially when coating large substrates with a diameter of, for example, more than 100 mm.
- High demands are also placed on the manufacturing accuracy of the hole or honeycomb openings (approx. 5 ⁇ m accuracy of the opening diameter for 0.5% layer thickness accuracy).
- Further disadvantages of this technology are a continuous narrowing of the openings due to the coating of the mask and the high production costs and production times when producing the masks.
- the mask surface is coated, which leads to a reduction in the hole diameter and thus to a change in the layer thickness profile produced as the mask is used for an increasing period of time. Layer stresses can also lead to increasing bending of the masks, which makes it necessary to rework or re-manufacture the masks.
- DE 102012215359 A1 discloses a method for coating substrates for optical elements with a free-form coating, in which a substrate rotates about a spin axis and a shielding element with an outer contour is arranged between a surface of the rotating substrate to be coated and a source of coating material , wherein the area enclosed by the outer contour at least partially covers the area to be coated and wherein the impact rate of coating material on the area to be coated on an arc element of the area to be coated is variable in relation to the spin axis for different angles of rotation of the substrate about the axis of rotation is adjusted and the spin axis is shifted relative to the source as a function of the rotation angle of the substrate about the spin axis.
- the substrate which rotates around the spin axis, typically crosses the source during the displacement, more precisely a rigid opening of the source in which the coating material is located.
- the movement profile i.e. the trajectory and the speed at a respective position along the trajectory
- a desired course of the layer thickness of the deposited layer can be set, which is rotationally symmetrical to the spin axis, provided that the surface of the substrate to be coated is also rotationally symmetrical to the spin axis.
- the layer thickness is constant in the azimuthal direction to the spin axis.
- a non-rotationally symmetrical course of the layer thickness of the deposited layer or a non-rotationally symmetrical surface of the substrate to be coated is to be provided with any course of layer thickness
- this requires a variable setting of the impact rate of the coating material on the surface to be coated depending on the Angle of rotation around the spin axis.
- the angular velocity of the substrate during rotation about the spin axis can be set to be variable over time, or the rate at which the source emits the coating material can be adjusted as a function of the angle of rotation of the substrate Spin axis can be adjusted variably.
- the method described in DE 102012215359 A1 is used in particular for free-form coating of optical elements for EUV lithography.
- the target of a non-reactive DC magnetron sputtering system is used as the source for the coating material.
- the sputtering rate can be determined by that applied to the magnetron sputtering system DC voltage can be set variably. It is not possible to carry out a non-reactive DC sputtering process when depositing layers of reflective or anti-reflective coatings for optical elements for the DUV wavelength range, since different coating materials are used there than when coating optical elements for EUV lithography case is.
- US 2011/0223346 A1 describes a sputter coating system and a method for magnetron sputtering.
- the substrate is rotatably held in a substrate folder.
- the coating system has a control device in order to adapt the rotational speed of the substrate as a function of a rotational position of the substrate, which is detected by a position detection device.
- One object of the invention is to provide a method for depositing at least one layer that enables free-form coating of a substrate of an optical element for the DUV wavelength range.
- This object is achieved by a method of the type mentioned at the outset, further comprising: varying a coating rate and/or a rotational speed of the spin axis of the substrate during the movement along the movement path.
- the coating rate is the rate at which the coating source releases the coating material or converts it into the gas phase.
- the impact rate at which the is converted into the gas phase must be distinguished from the coating rate Coating material impinges on the substrate. The impact rate changes permanently for each substrate point during a coating process with a moving substrate - even if the coating rate is constant - and sums up the respective local layer thickness over the entire coating process.
- the coating rate is kept as constant as possible when coating substrates for optical elements for the DUV wavelength range. Due to the planetary motion, in which the rotation about the spin axis of the substrate is coupled to the rotation of the substrate about the source of the coating material, a variation of the rotation speed about the spin axis is typically not without a change in conventional coating processes of optical elements for the DUV wavelength range the web speed possible.
- any non-rotationally symmetrical thickness profiles can be generated during the deposition of the layer.
- the coating material that is deposited on the surface to be coated is an oxidic coating material or a fluoride coating material.
- the coating materials used for (highly) reflective coatings or anti-reflective coatings of optical elements for the DUV wavelength range are typically Oxides, for example S1O2, Al2O3, T1O2, HI ⁇ 2, or fluorides, for example MgF2 or LaF2.
- the non-reactive DC magnetron sputtering described in DE 10 2021 215359 A1 cannot be used.
- the coating material forms an electrically insulating, preferably ceramic, sputter target.
- the coating material is converted into the gas phase using a pulsed sputtering process or a high-frequency sputtering process on electrically insulating, usually ceramic sputtering targets, eg in the form of oxidic sputtering targets made of S1O2, Al2O3, Flf0 2 or Ti0 2.
- the coating material converted into the gas phase in the coating source is deposited on the surface to be coated without reacting with components of a gas atmosphere in the coating system in which the substrate and the coating source are arranged.
- the coating material forms an electrically conductive, preferably metallic sputtering target, and the at least one layer is deposited (typically by ion beam sputtering) in an oxygen gas atmosphere or in a fluorine gas atmosphere.
- the deposition is typically done by a reactive DC sputtering process. If an oxygen gas atmosphere is present in the coating system, the electrically conductive coating material, which is converted into the gas phase in the coating source, is oxidized in the oxygen gas atmosphere before it is deposited on the surface of the substrate to be coated.
- the coating material arranged in the coating source can be, for example, an electrically conductive Si target for depositing a layer of SiO2, an Al target for depositing a layer of Al2O3, an Flf target for depositing a layer of Hf0 2 or a Ti target for depositing a layer of T1O 2 .
- a magnetron or ion beam sputtering process can be carried out using a Mg target, an Al target or a La target, with a fluorine in the coating system - Gas atmosphere prevails.
- the coating rate can be varied by varying the DC voltage used for the sputtering process and thus the removal rate of the sputtering Targets take place, as is the case with the above-described non-reactive DC sputtering process for free-form coating of optical elements for the EUV wavelength range.
- the coating material is converted into the gas phase in a coating source by thermal evaporation.
- a thermal evaporation process is carried out to deposit the at least one layer, in which the coating rate typically cannot be easily changed in a controlled manner, since the noise of the evaporation rate and the inertia of the evaporation rate are many times higher when the evaporation performance changes the removal rate of a target material in a sputtering process. Therefore, when using a coating source in the form of a thermal evaporation source, e.g.
- an electron beam evaporator or an electrical resistance heater it is usually favorable to produce a free-form coating by using a controlled variation of the rotation speed of the spin axis that depends on the position of the substrate in relation to the cover element of the substrate.
- the evaporation rate which in this case corresponds to the coating rate, T should be kept as stable as possible.
- the coating rate does not deviate from an average coating rate by more than +/-10% when moving along the movement path.
- the evaporation rate of the coating material which in this case corresponds to the coating rate, should be kept as constant as possible. This can be achieved in that the power or the energy of an electron beam used for the thermal vaporization is precisely adjusted or, if necessary, regulated and in that the environmental conditions in the coating system are kept as constant as possible.
- the mean coating rate is understood to mean that coating rate which occurs as an (arithmetic) average during the movement of the substrate along the entire movement path.
- the mean evaporation rate of the evaporator source can be determined, for example, with the aid of one or more sensors and then regulated.
- the controlled variation of the rotation speed of the substrate about the spin axis can take place depending on the path position along the path curve or the movement path between the substrate and the coating source with cover element and independently of the path speed of the substrate movement over the coating source.
- a controlled variation of the rotation speed of the substrate around the spin axis is not possible without fundamental modifications.
- mean coating rates in successive time intervals with a time duration that is shorter by a factor of 50 to 500 than a period duration of the rotation of the substrate about the spin axis do not deviate from one another by more than 10%.
- the mean coating rate is defined as the arithmetic mean, which is related to a respective time interval.
- the average coating rate should not fluctuate too much in successive time intervals, the duration of which corresponds to the 50th to 500th part of the duration of a complete substrate rotation around the spin axis. For example, in the event that the substrate rotates once completely around the spin axis in 5 seconds, the duration of the time intervals is between 100 ms and 10 ms.
- the mean coating rate in successive time intervals on this time scale are due to statistical fluctuations in the coating rate.
- the average coating rate deviates significantly in successive time intervals from the time period specified above, there is a systematic drift in the evaporation or coating rate, which undesirably influences the layer thickness progression resulting at the end of the coating process.
- the period of rotation of the substrate about the spin axis can be suitably specified or—in the event that the coating rate is monitored—can be suitably adjusted during the coating process.
- the rotational speed of the substrate around the spin axis is changed in such a way as a function of the substrate position along its trajectory and the substrate rotational position around the spin axis that over the Overall process, the desired layer thickness distribution results on the substrate surface. This can be carried out systematically using an algorithm which is based on a calculation of the layer thickness to be expected for each path position and rotational position of the substrate.
- the evaporator source has a cover which is moved between a first position which shades the coating material and a second position which does not shade the coating material in order to vary the coating rate.
- the (effective) coating rate is varied in a controlled manner by intermittently covering and uncovering the coating source using the cover.
- the cover In the first position, the cover generally covers the coating source completely, so that in the first position no coating material reaches the surface of the substrate to be coated from the coating source.
- the cover exposes the coating source so that the coating material that has been converted into the gas phase can reach the surface to be coated.
- the cover can be quickly moved back and forth between the two positions, for example by rotating it quickly about a pivot or the like.
- the cover thus performs the function of a chopper and allows controlled variation of the coating rate when the process uses a thermal vaporizer coating source.
- a cover could also be used with a coating source in the form of a sputter source, but there it is usually possible to set the coating rate in a controlled manner even without such a cover, as was described above.
- the method comprises: measuring an (actual) layer thickness profile of the deposited layer, determining a deviation between the measured layer thickness profile and a target Layer thickness profile, and adapting a specification for the variation of the coating rate and / or the variation of the rotation speed during the movement of the substrate along the movement path depending on the deviation of the measured layer thickness profile from the target layer thickness profile.
- free-form coating using the variation of the coating rate and/or the rotation speed also opens up the possibility of approaching a desired layer thickness profile using a trial-and-error method.
- the three steps of the variant described above i.e. measuring, determining the deviation from the target layer thickness profile and adapting the specification of the variation of the coating rate or the rotation speed, are usually repeated several times, with the adapted specification being used in each case a new layer of a (trial) coating is deposited.
- the substrate is displaced along a rectilinear path of movement relative to the coating source during the movement.
- the substrate is passed over the coating source in translation along the rectilinear trajectory, i.e., the substrate is positioned at a position along the rectilinear trajectory directly above the coating source to apply the free-form coating to the surface of the substrate to be coated.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to an optical element for the DUV wavelength range, comprising: a substrate and a reflective or anti-reflective coating applied to the substrate and having at least one layer deposited by the method described further above.
- the (highly) reflective coating or the anti-reflective coating can only have a single layer, which is formed from a fluoride material, for example, but it is also possible for the coating to have two or more layers. If the layers are oxidic or fluoridic, they are typically applied using the method described above. If the coating has functional layers and/or a top layer, this can also be done using the method described above be raised. But it is also possible that such a (thin)
- Layer is applied in another way, for example by atomic layer deposition.
- the optical element for the DUV wavelength range can be, for example, a lens, a mirror, etc., whose surface to be coated is given a mirror finish or an anti-reflection finish with the help of the coating.
- the material of the substrate can be glass, for example quartz glass, but the material of the substrate can also be a different material, for example an ionic crystal, for example a CaF 2 crystal.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to an optical arrangement for the DUV wavelength range, which has at least one optical element for the DUV wavelength range, which is designed as described above.
- the optical arrangement can be, for example, a projection exposure system or a wafer or mask inspection system.
- both transmitting optical elements e.g. in the form of lenses or plane plates, and reflective optical elements, e.g. in the form of mirrors or the like, can be used in such an optical arrangement.
- FIG. 1a,b schematic representations of a coating system with a coating source in the form of a sputtering source for depositing a layer on a surface of a substrate in two angular positions of the substrate in relation to a spin axis
- Fig. 2a, b is a schematic representation analogous to Fig. 1 a, b, with a
- Coating source in the form of a thermal evaporator, which has a cover to vary the coating rate
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a trial-and-error method for optimizing a specification of the coating rate and/or the rotational speed of the rotation of the substrate about the spin axis
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic representation of an optical arrangement for the DUV wavelength range in the form of a wafer inspection system.
- Fig. 1a, b show a coating system 1 during the deposition of a
- the coating system 1 has a Coating source 4, which is shown in Fig. 1a,b in the form of a small square.
- the coating source 4 is a sputter source that has a coating material M in the form of a sputter target.
- the coating material M in the form of the sputtering target is converted into the gas phase in the coating source 4 by the sputtering target being bombarded with high-energy ions.
- the coating material M converted into the gas phase travels from the coating source 4 to a surface 3a of the substrate 3 to be coated and is deposited in the form of a layer 2 on the surface 3a to be coated.
- the substrate 3 is displaced along a predetermined path of motion 5, which is rectilinear in the example shown, with the aid of a motion device not shown in the figure, with the surface 3a to be coated being partially covered by a cover element during the movement along the path of motion 5 6 is covered or shaded in the form of an aperture.
- the effect of the shading by the covering element 6 is indicated in FIGS. 1a, b by two arrows which symbolize two trajectories of the coating material M, the first of which ends at the covering element 6 and the second at the surface 3a to be coated.
- the covering element 6 Due to the covering element 6, there is no longer a direct line of sight between the coating source 4 and the surface 3a to be coated at the left-hand end of the path of movement 5 of the substrate 3 shown in FIGS. 1a,b. At the right-hand end of the movement path 5 shown in FIGS. 1a, b, the entire surface 3a to be coated is no longer shaded by the covering element 6.
- the substrate 3 is shifted from the left end of the rectilinear movement path 5 to the right end of the rectilinear movement path 5 and crosses the coating source 4, more precisely an opening of the coating source 4, from which the coating material M emerges.
- the translational movement of the substrate 3 takes place at a translational speed v(t), which can be kept constant or varied during the movement along the movement path 5 .
- the substrate 3 In addition to the translational movement of the substrate 3 relative to the coating source 4 along the linear movement path 5, the substrate 3 also rotates about a spin axis 7 of the substrate 3 when moving along the movement path 5.
- the surface 3a of the substrate 3 to be coated is is rotationally symmetrical to the spin axis 7, with a rotation of the substrate 3 at a constant angular velocity oo(t) during the entire movement of the substrate 3 along the movement path 5, a rotationally symmetrical layer thickness profile of the layer 2 applied to the surface 3a to be coated can be generated.
- the thickness or the course of the layer thickness d(r,cp) of the layer 2 in the azimuthal direction along the surface 3a to be coated is constant, i.e. the Thickness d(r, f) does not depend on the azimuthal angle f but only on the distance r to the spin axis 7.
- FIG. 1a shows a snapshot of the deposition process at a first point in time ti
- FIG. 1b shows a snapshot of the deposition process at a second, later point in time t2.
- the thickness d(r, f) of the deposited layer 2 is greater at point P1 than at point P2, ie the applied layer 2 has a non-rotationally symmetrical layer thickness distribution d(r, f).
- Such a non-rotationally symmetrical layer thickness distribution d(r, f) can be generated by varying the rotational speed oo(t) of the substrate 3 about the spin axis 7 and/or the coating rate RB as the substrate 3 moves along the rectilinear trajectory.
- the rotation speed w( ⁇ 2) at the second time t2 can be selected to be smaller than the rotation speed oo(ti) at the first time ti, so that more coating material M is deposited at the first point P1 of the surface 3a to be coated and the local thickness of the layer 2 increases at the first point P1, as indicated in Fig. 1b.
- the coating rate R ß (t) can be varied during the movement along the movement path 5, for example the coating rate R ß (ti) at the first point in time ti can be selected to be smaller than the coating rate R ß (t2) at the second point in time t2, whereby the thickness of the layer 2 at the first point P1 of the surface 3a to be coated also increases compared to the thickness of the layer 2 at the second point P2, as indicated in FIG. 1b.
- the coating material M which is applied to the surface 3a of the substrate 3 to be coated, is an oxidic or a fluoridic material in the example shown in FIGS. 1a,b. Oxides or fluorides are used for the production of reflective or anti-reflective coatings for optical elements for operation at wavelengths in the DUV wavelength range, as described further below in connection with FIGS. 4 and 5.
- a reactive DC sputtering process is carried out in an oxygen gas atmosphere 8 (or alternatively in a fluorine gas atmosphere) in the coating system 1 performed.
- the coating material M is an electrically conductive sputtering target, for example Si, Al, Hf or Ti electrical potential applied to the sputtering target can be accelerated out of a plasma onto the target surface, removed and converted into the gas phase.
- the gaseous coating material M emerging from the coating source 4 reacts with the oxygen in the oxygen gas atmosphere 8 and forms a corresponding oxidic material, for example S1O 2 , Al 2 O3, Hf0 2 or T1O 2 , which is on the surface to be coated Surface 3a of the substrate 3 is deposited.
- the corresponding sputtering targets made of Mg or La are provided as the coating material M in the coating source 4 and in the fluorine gas atmosphere 8 described above transferred in the coating system 1 in the corresponding fluoride material MgF 2 , LaF 2 , which is deposited on the surface to be coated 3a.
- electrically insulating sputtering targets can be used as the coating material M in the coating source 1 .
- the coating source 4 is designed to carry out a pulsed sputtering method, a high-frequency sputtering method or an ion beam sputtering method, with the ion beam being generated by a dedicated ion beam source (not shown).
- the coating material M can, for example, be a ceramic sputtering target, for example in the form of SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 or T 1O 2 .
- Fig. 2a, b shows a coating system 1, which is designed analogously to the coating system 1 shown in Fig.
- the coating system 1 shown in FIGS. 2a, b differs from the coating system 1 shown in FIGS. 1a, b essentially in that the coating source 4' is a thermal evaporation source and not, as in FIGS. 1a, b a sputtering source 4.
- the coating material M is converted into the gas phase by thermal evaporation.
- the coating source 4' can have, for example, an electron beam evaporator or an electrical resistance heater.
- a controlled variation of the coating rate RB is severely limited, since the thermal noise of the evaporation rate and the inertia of the evaporation rate when the evaporation power changes are many times higher than is the case with the ablation rate of the sputtering target of sputtering processes.
- a substantially constant coating rate RB is understood to mean that the coating rate R ß (t) during the movement of the substrate 3 along the movement path 5 by no more than 10% of an average coating rate RB , M during the movement of the substrate 3 along the Movement path 5 deviates, ie the following applies: 0.9 RB , M ⁇ R ß (t) ⁇ 1.1 RB , M.
- the average coating rate RB , M can be determined and controlled by means of one or more stationary sensors.
- mean coating rates RB , M in successive time intervals with a time duration T which is shorter by a factor of 50 to 500 than a period duration T of the rotation of the substrate 3 about the spin axis 7, do not deviate from one another by more than 10% .
- the typical duration for one revolution of the substrate 3 is 1s to 10s, so that the statistical fluctuations in the evaporation or coating rate RB should not differ significantly from one another in 10ms to 100ms time intervals with regard to their mean values, ie the mean coating rate RB , M , since otherwise there is a systematic drift in the evaporation or coating rate RB, which undesirably influences the course of the layer thickness resulting at the end of the coating process.
- the average coating rate RB , M in two consecutive time intervals of the above-specified time period does not deviate from one another by more than 10%.
- the period T of the rotation of the substrate 3 can be specified in a suitable manner or, if necessary, adjusted during the coating process.
- the average coating rate RB , M or its fluctuation can be measured, for example, with the aid of the sensors described above.
- the coating source 4' shown in Fig. 2a, b has a cover 9 on.
- the cover 9 shown in FIGS. 2a, b can be used to vary the coating rate RB between a first position S1 shown in FIG. 2a, in which the cover 9 covers the opening of the coating source 4' and thus the coating material M located in the coating source 4' is completely shaded, so that it can no longer reach the surface 3a to be coated, and moved to a second position S2 shown in Fig. 2b, in which the cover 9 does not shade the coating material M, so that it can escape unhindered from the coating source 4' and reach the surface 3a to be coated or the cover element 6, which partially shades the surface 3a to be coated.
- the cover 9 is rotated rapidly about an axis of rotation which is arranged laterally next to the coating source 4 ', but it is also possible to move the cover 9 in another way quickly between the first position S1 and the second position S2 back and forth.
- the cover 9 may not completely cover or shade the coating source 4' in the first position S1, so that part of the coating material M converted into the gas phase can also be seen in the first position S1 to be coated surface 3a can reach.
- the coating rate RB of the coating source 4' in the form of the thermal evaporator can be varied in a controlled manner, so that in this case, too, by varying the coating rate RB, there is an additional, easily controllable degree of freedom during the deposition, which allows a free-form coating, i. a coating with any non-rotationally symmetrical thickness profile d(r, f) of the deposited layer 2 is made possible.
- a further advantage of a free-form coating which is carried out in the manner described above, ie by a controlled variation of the coating rate RB and/or the rotational speed oo(t) of the rotation of the substrate 3 about the spin axis 7, is that this represents a time- and cost-saving option for approximating a target layer thickness profile ds(r, f) of the deposited layer 2 using a trial-and-error method, as is shown below with reference to Fig.
- a layer 2 is applied to the substrate 3 as a test coating in a first step, as described above in connection with FIGS. 1a, b and with FIGS. 2a, b.
- a variation of the coating rate R ß (t) and/or the rotation speed oo(t) around the spin axis 7 during the movement of the substrate 3 along the trajectory 5 is specified, which defines a target layer thickness distribution ds(r, f ) of the deposited layer 2, which is typically a free-form coating.
- a subsequent step the (actual) course of layer thickness d(r,cp) of the deposited layer 2 is measured.
- the layer thickness profile d(r,cp) of layer 2 can be measured, for example, by an interferometric measuring method or in some other way.
- a deviation Ad(r, f) from the specified target layer thickness profile d s (r,(p) is determined.
- the new time course of the variation of the coating rate R ß (t) or the variation of the rotation speed oo(t) of the substrate 3 is programmed in the coating system 1 or stored as a new specification in the controller integrated in this.
- the steps described above can be repeated one or more times on further test coatings, in which one or more layers 2 are applied to the same substrate 3 (after removing layer 2) or to an identically shaped substrate 3 until the actual - Layer thickness distribution d(r, f) is adapted to the target layer thickness distribution ds(r,cp) as far as the process stability allows.
- the deposited layer 2 forms part of a reflective or anti-reflective coating B for the DUV wavelength range, or the deposited layer 2 itself forms such a reflective or anti-reflective coating B. In the event that the coating B has several layers 2 has, these typically serve to enhance the reflective or anti-reflective effect based on interference effects.
- the substrate 3 coated with the coating B forms an optical element that can be used in optical arrangements for the DUV wavelength range. These optical arrangements can be, for example, the optical arrangements described below in FIG. 4 and in FIG. 5 . 4 shows an optical arrangement for the DUV wavelength range in the form of a DUV lithography system 21.
- the DUV lithography system 21 comprises two optical systems, namely an illumination system 22 and a projection system 23.
- the DUV lithography system 21 also has a radiation source 24 , which can be, for example, an excimer laser.
- the radiation 25 emitted by the radiation source 24 is processed with the aid of the illumination system 22 in such a way that a mask 26, also called a reticle, is illuminated with it.
- the illumination system 22 has a housing 32 in which both transmitting and reflecting optical elements are arranged.
- a transmitting optical element 27, which bundles the radiation 25, and a reflecting optical element 28, which deflects the radiation, are shown as representative.
- the mask 26 has a structure on its surface, which is transferred with the aid of the projection system 23 to an optical element 29 to be exposed, for example a wafer, for the production of semiconductor components.
- the mask 26 is designed as a transmitting optical element. In alternative embodiments, the mask 26 can also be designed as a reflective optical element.
- the projection system 22 has at least one transmitting optical element.
- two transmitting optical elements 30, 31 are represented, which are used, for example, to reduce the structures on the mask 26 to the size desired for the exposure of the wafer 29.
- Both in the illumination system 22 and in the projection system 23, a wide variety of transmitting, reflecting or other optical elements can be combined with one another in any desired, even more complex, manner.
- Optical arrangements without transmissive optical elements can also be used for DUV lithography.
- FIG. 5 shows an optical arrangement for the DUV wavelength range in the form of a wafer inspection system 41, but it can also be a mask inspection system.
- the wafer inspection system 41 has an optical system 42 with a radiation source 54 whose radiation 55 is directed onto a wafer 49 by means of the optical system 42 .
- the radiation 55 is reflected onto the wafer 49 by a concave mirror 46 .
- a mask inspection system instead of wafer 49, one could place a mask to be inspected.
- the radiation reflected, diffracted and/or refracted by the wafer 49 is guided by a further concave mirror 48, which is also part of the optical system 42, via a transmitting optical element 47 to a detector 50 for further evaluation.
- the wafer inspection system 41 also has a housing 52 in which the two mirrors 46, 48 and the transmissive optical element 47 are arranged.
- the radiation source 54 can be, for example, exactly one radiation source or a combination of several individual radiation sources in order to provide an essentially continuous radiation spectrum. In modifications, one or more narrow-band radiation sources 54 can also be used.
- At least one of the optical elements 27, 28, 30, 31 of the DUV lithography system 21 shown in FIG. 5 and at least one of the optical elements 46, 47, 48 of the wafer inspection system 41 shown in FIG. 6 are designed as described above . So their coatings B have at least one layer 2, for example a fluoride or an oxide, which has been deposited using the method described above.
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