Anisotropic shadow effects with various pattern directions in an anamorphic high numerical aperture system

作者:Kim In Seon; Kim Guk Jin; Yeung Michael; Barouch Eytan; Kim Seong Wook; Oha Hye Keun*
来源:Journal of Micro/ Nanolithography, Mems, and Moems, 2016, 15(3): 033504.
DOI:10.1117/1.JMM.15.3.033504

摘要

A high numerical aperture (NA) system with an NA larger than 0.5 is required to make patterns of 1X nm and below, even though extreme ultraviolet lithography uses a 13.5-nm wavelength source. To avoid the reflective efficiency loss and to avoid an increase in the chief ray angle of incident light, use of an anamorphic high-NA system is suggested. The suggested anamorphic NA system has nonisotropic magnification, x-magnification of 4x and y-magnification of 8x, and the mask NA shape is an ellipse due to the nonisotropic magnification distribution. Anamorphic NA systems have a nonconventional shadow effect due to nonisotropic incident angle distribution and magnification. These nonisotropic characteristics lead to the reduction of asymmetric shadow distribution and a reduction of horizontal-vertical bias. As a result, anamorphic NA systems can achieve balanced patterning results regardless of pattern direction and incident direction.

  • 出版日期2016-7