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Measurements of Developed Patterns by Direct writing of Electron Beam on Different Materials underneath PMMA

  • June, Won-Chae (Department of Electronic Engineering Kyonggi University)
  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

The developed patterns by direct writing of electron beam are measured by AFM, FESEM and optical profiler of WYKO NT3300. From different measurement methods, the measured linewidths of the patterns are shown a little bit wider than designed pattern size due to electrons scattering effect during direct writing of electron beam. The optimized conditions of these experiments are suggested and explained for the forming of structures below 0.1 ㎛ dimension size. Because of electron scattering effects from the different under layers such as Si, Si$_3$N$_4$ and aluminum, the developed pattern size is also influenced by the accelerated energy of electrons, dose, resist and soft and hard bake conditions in PMMA. The distributions of electron beam and calculations of backscattering coefficient are demonstrated by Monte Carlo simulation. From the measured results, the developed linewidth of PMMA/Al /silicon is shown a little bit wider than that of PMMA/Si$_3$N$_4$/silicon structure due to the backscattering effects.

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