Accuracy of exposure during continuous stage movement in a variable shaped vector scanning EB lithography system

Abstract We have developed a variable shaped electron beam lithography system “NOWEL-2” [1,2]. Continuously moving stage exposure mode, which we call CM exposure mode, is used in the system. To achieve high butting and overlay accuracy in CM exposure mode, we measured the beam positioning error using the continuously moving mark detection method. Up to a stage velocity of 10 mm/sec, beam positioning error caused by eddy current and system vibration was less than 0.04 μm. Total beam positioning drift during exposure was decreased to about 0.08 μm by keeping the temperature of the electromagnetic deflectors and lenses constant.