EBPC for multi-beams low kV electron projection lithography

Jérôme Belledent; Sébastien Soulan; Laurent Pain

doi:10.1117/12.879424

4 April 2011 EBPC for multi-beams low kV electron projection lithography

Jérôme Belledent, Sébastien Soulan, Laurent Pain

Proceedings Volume 7970, Alternative Lithographic Technologies III; 79701B (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879424
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2011, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

It is now obvious that the path leading to denser IC has become hazardous since 193nm scanners have been operating beyond their resolution limit. However if the tools that could provide photo-lithographers with some relief are not in production yet, luckily enough, good progresses were made in developing alternative photolithography techniques. Among them, massively parallel mask less lithography stands out as a serious candidate since it can achieve the required resolution at the right cost of ownership provided targeted throughput performance is reached. This paper will focus on this latter technique and more precisely, will report on part of the development works performed at CEA/LETI using the MAPPER technology inside the open multi-partners program IMAGINE. Data preparation is certainly not the easiest part in the technology. Indeed, layouts are basically turned into huge bitmap streams containing the information to be sent to the thousands of parallel beams working all together to print the patterns correctly. Addressing the low energy specific case, we had studied several ways of performing this step involving geometrical correction with and without dose modulation. The results were analysed against the achieved design to wafer fidelity and the robustness of the patterns with respect to process variations and shot noise. The intention of the paper is therefore to give a status towards where E-Beam Proximity Correction (EBPC) performance stands today using current MAPPER alpha tool. It will also provide with some insights about how corrections will be performed on the HVM tool.

Citation Download Citation

Jérôme Belledent, Sébastien Soulan, and Laurent Pain "EBPC for multi-beams low kV electron projection lithography", Proc. SPIE 7970, Alternative Lithographic Technologies III, 79701B (4 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879424

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available