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Paper Abstract
As feature size continuously decreasing new techniques to improve quality of wafer are developed. Hence a lot of new
problems in semiconductor industry arise. Strict control of quality of wafer during production process is very important
as many factors can influence on it, but the main contribution gives scanner error and mask. Thus at least impact of mask
should be reduced.
In this work we apply rigorous model to predict impact of microstructures to pattern fidelity on wafer. Such
microstructures are commonly generated in quartz layer to control transmittance distribution on photomask. It is shown
that effect from microstructures is not only changing of mask transmittance but also distortion of the pattern fidelity on
wafer. Rigorous modeling gives us possibility to calculate aerial image and CD on wafer in case of presence of microstructures
in the quartz. We vary optical parameters, such as refractive indexes, number, size and location of these
elements in order to reduce the distortion of pattern fidelity on wafer.
Our result allows prediction of the impact of microstructures in photomask on wafer pattern fidelity instead of doing set
of experiments. Moreover, the best conditions for experiment are found and discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 March 2008
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 6924, Optical Microlithography XXI, 69244H (7 March 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.773203
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6924:
Optical Microlithography XXI
Harry J. Levinson; Mircea V. Dusa, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 6924, Optical Microlithography XXI, 69244H (7 March 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.773203
Show Author Affiliations
Irina Pundaleva, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
Roman Chalykh, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
MyoungSoo Lee, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
Roman Chalykh, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
MyoungSoo Lee, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
HeeBom Kim, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
ByungGook Kim, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
HanKu Cho, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
ByungGook Kim, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
HanKu Cho, Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6924:
Optical Microlithography XXI
Harry J. Levinson; Mircea V. Dusa, Editor(s)
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