• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.124-124
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• 2010

Currently, extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) is being investigated for next generation lithography. EUVL is one of competitive lithographic technologies for sub-22nm fabrication of nano-scale Si devices that can possibly replace the conventional photolithography used to make today's microcircuits. Among the core EUVL technologies, mask fabrication is of considerable importance due to the use of new reflective optics having a completely different configuration compared to those of conventional photolithography. Therefore, new materials and new mask fabrication process are required for high performance EUVL mask fabrication. This study investigated the etching properties of SnO2 (Tin Oxide) as a new absorber material for EUVL binary mask. The EUVL mask structure used for etching is SnO2 (absorber layer) / Ru (capping / etch stop layer) / Mo-Si multilayer (reflective layer) / Si (substrate). Since the Ru etch stop layer should not be etched, infinitely high selectivity of SnO2 layer to Ru ESL is required. To obtain infinitely high etch selectivity and very low LER (line edge roughness) values, etch parameters of gas flow ratio, top electrode power, dc self - bias voltage (Vdc), and etch time were varied in inductively coupled Cl2/Ar plasmas. For certain process window, infinitely high etch selectivity of SnO2 to Ru ESL could be obtained by optimizing the process parameters. Etch characteristics were measured by on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses. Detailed mechanisms for ultra-high etch selectivity will be discussed.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.5-9
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• 2004

Microcircuit fabrication requires precise control of impurities in tiny regions of the silicon. These regions must be interconnected to create components and VLSI circuits. The patterns to define such regions are created by lithographic processes. In order to image features smaller than 70 nm, it is necessary to employ non-optical technology (or next generation lithography: NGL). One such NGL is extreme ultra-violet lithography (EUVL). EUVL transmits the pattern on the wafer surface after reflecting ultra-violet through mask pattern. If particles exist on the blank mask, it can't transmit the accurate pattern on the wafer and decrease the reflectivity. It is important to care the blank mask. We removed the particles on the wafer using focused ion beam (FIB). During removal, FIB beam caused damage the multi layer mask and it decreased the reflectivity. The relationship between particle removal and reflectivity is examined: i) transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation after particle removal, ii) reflectivity simulation. It is found that the image mode of FIB is more effective for particle removal than spot and bar mode.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.285-285
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• 2011

EUVL (Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography) is one of competitive lithographic technologies for sub-30nm fabrication of nano-scale Si devices that can possibly replace the conventional photolithography used to make today's microcircuits. Among the core EUVL technologies, mask fabrication is of considerable importance since the use of new reflective optics having a completely different configuration compared to those of conventional photolithography. Therefore new materials and new mask fabrication process are required for high performance EUVL mask fabrication. This study investigated the etching properties of SnO2 (Tin Oxide) as a new absorber material for EUVL binary mask. The EUVL mask structure used for etching is SnO2 (absorber layer) / Ru (capping / etch stop layer) / Mo-Si multilayer (reflective layer) / Si (substrate). Since the Ru etch stop layer should not be etched, infinitely high selectivity of SnO2 layer to Ru ESL is required. To obtain infinitely high etch selectivity and very low LER (line edge roughness) values, etch parameters of gas flow ratio, top electrode power, dc self - bias voltage (Vdc), and etch time were varied in inductively coupled Cl2/Ar plasmas. For certain process window, infinitely high etch selectivity of SnO2 to Ru ESL could be obtained by optimizing the process parameters. Etch characteristics were measured by on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses. Detailed mechanisms for ultra-high etch selectivity will be discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.807-811
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• 2002

In this work, we investigated the deposition behavior of Mo/Si multilayer thin film structures simulated by a PVD process simulator based on Monte Carlo method to assist the optimized fabrication of the high quality mask in EUVL(Extreme Ultra-Violet Lithography) process. The shape of simulated thin film structures turned out to be largely dependent on the gas pressure(1∼30 mTorr), the target-substrate distance(1∼30 cm) and the diffusion length(1∼10 nm). From the simulation studies, it was predicted that relatively uniform thin film structures can be fabricated by decreasing gas pressure and increasing the target-substrate distance.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.61-69
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• 2014

With the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, the performance limit of chemically amplified resists has recently been extended to 16- and 11-nm nodes. However, the line edge roughness (LER) and the line width roughness (LWR) are not reduced automatically with this performance extension. In this paper, to investigate the impacts of the EUVL mask and the EUVL exposure process on LER, EUVL is modeled using multilayer-thin-film theory for the mask structure and the Monte Carlo (MC) method for the exposure process. Simulation results demonstrate how LERs of the mask transfer to the resist and the exposure process develops the resist LERs.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.22-26
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• 2016

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicle is one of the most concerned research in the field of EUV lithography (EUVL). Imaging performance of EUV mask with pellicle should be investigated prior to high volume manufacturing (HVM) of EUVL. In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between standoff distance and imaging performance of EUV mask to verify the influences of relative standoff distance on imaging performance. As a result, standoff distance of EUV pellicle has no effect on imaging performance of EUV mask such as critical dimension (CD), normalized image log slope (NILS) and image contrast. Therefore, pellicle support structure can be flexibly designed and modified in diverse ways to complement the thermal limitation of EUV pellicle membrane.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.33 no.5 s.264
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• pp.65-73
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.2092-2094
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• 2000

As a next generation lithography (NGL) technology for VLSI semiconductor fabrication, electron beam, ion beam, X-ray and extreme ultraviolet(EUV) are considered as possible candidates. Among these methods, EUV lithography(EUVL) is thought to be the most probable because it is easily realized by improving current optical lithography technology. In order to set EUV radiation which can be applied to EUVL, it is essential to generate very high density and high temperature plasma stably. The method using a pulse power laser and a high voltage pulse discharge is commonly used to accomplish such a high density and high temperature plasma. In this paper we review the recent trends of the EUV generation technique by high density and high temperature plasma.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.241-246
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• 2002

극자외선 노광공정(EUVL: Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography)은 반도체 공정에서 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하의 해상도를 실현하기 위해 연구되고 있는 유력한 차세대 노장공정(NGL: Next Generation Lithography)이다. [1] 본 연구에서는 극자외선 노광공정에서 사용되는 반사형 다층박막 미러를 제조하기 위해서 직접 제작한 전산모사 도구를 이용하여 130~135$\AA$의 파장 영역에서 고반사도를 가지는 효율적인 다층박막의 구조인자를 예측하였으며, 그러한 구조인자를 실현하기 위해서 상온(~300K)에서 마그네트론 스퍼터링을 이용하여 다층박막을 증착하였다. 증착조건 중에서, 공정압력에 따른 다층박막 계면 성장의 질적 의존성이 나타났으며, 결과적으로는 낮은 공정압력에서 더좋은 계면특성을 가지는 다층박막이 형성되었다. 다층박막의 구성물질로 Ru, Mo, Si을 사용하였으며, 다층박막의 구조분석은 high/low angle XRD, 단면 TEM images 등을 이용하여 분석되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2007