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Recent progress in semiconductor devices has been remarkable. With the appearance of VLSI, production of devices has shifted from the 64K bit to the 256K bit. Reductions in size on the microfabrication have been achieved, from 2.5 μm for the 64K bit to 2.0 μm for the 256K bit. For 1 mega bit devices, further reduction to 1 μm has approached the limit for photoresist fabrication. Submicron fabrication will require special processing techniques.The following is a brief explanation of high resolution resists, including photoresist, Deep UV resist, electron beam resist, X-ray resist, and plasma-developable resist.Keywords:
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A new method of making attenuated phase-shifting mask with photoresist shifter is proposed.The principle and manufacturing process of the method are described.The fabricated masks with this method are used for exposure experiments with the system of KrF excimer laser projection photolithography.The exprimental results have proved that the attenuated phase-shifting masks with photoresist shifter are able to improve the resolution of the photolithography evidently.
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We have developed new type of photolithography based on a nonadiabatic photochemical process that exposes an ultraviolet-photoresist using a visible optical near field. Investigating the exposure dependence of the developed depth using nonadiabatic photolithography, we found that the depth increased with the exposure threshold. To explain this result, the optical field intensity was simulated by using the finite-difference time-domain method. The evolution of the developed depth was proportional to the optical field intensity and its spatial gradient, agreeing closely with the simulated result that took into account the nonadiabatic processes. Another experimental result is to support our explanation, that in nonadiabatic photolithography, a component of the exposure progresses inside the photoresist.
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The ultraviolet photolithography process of thick photoresists, AZ4620 and SU 8, was studied and optimized. The microstructures with high aspect ratio and vertical sidewalls can be patterned by SU 8 photoresist. The applications of thick resist photolithography in MEMS fabrication process are also presented in this paper.
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The cross-sectional dimensions of the photoresist in the photolithography process are estimated from top-down scanning electron micrographs for improved control of photolithography conditions. As semiconductor design rules shrink, strict process control is becoming increasingly important. Two primary process parameters in the photolithography process, exposure dose and focus position, require strict control in order to achieve the desired photoresist profile. The relationship between the photoresist profile and changes in these two parameters of photolithography is determined by simulation, and features suitable for estimation of the photoresist profile are identified in conventional images obtained for critical dimension monitoring. Experimental results demonstrate that process parameters can be estimated to within error of 1.0 mJ/cm2 for exposure dose and 80 nm for focus position, making the proposed method suitable for photolithography process control.
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Abstract The cross‐sectional dimensions of the photoresist in the photolithography process are estimated from top‐down scanning electron micrographs for improved control of photolithography conditions. As semiconductor design rules shrink, strict process control is becoming increasingly important. Two primary process parameters in the photolithography process, exposure dose and focus position, require strict control in order to achieve the desired photoresist profile. The relationship between the photoresist profile and changes in these two parameters of photolithography is determined by simulation, and features suitable for estimation of the photoresist profile are identified in conventional images obtained for critical dimension monitoring. Experimental results demonstrate that process parameters can be estimated to within error of 1.0 mJ/cm 2 for exposure dose and 80 nm for focus position, making the proposed method suitable for photolithography process control. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn, 92(8): 11–17, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecj.10153
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