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Proceedings Article | 1 December 2022 Paper

Comprehensive extreme ultraviolet blank defect avoidance system

Yao Zhang, Brandon Hurt, Daniel Price, Ryan Carlson, Xiaochun Yang, Masaki Satake, Yifu Wang, Derui Li, Vikram Tolani

Proceedings Volume 12292, 122920C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2642401

KEYWORDS: Photomasks, Extreme ultraviolet, Inspection, Reticles, Extreme ultraviolet lithography, Manufacturing, Semiconducting wafers, Scanning electron microscopy, Printing, Databases

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Mask defectivity continues to be a critical challenge to full industrialization of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. The most concerning defects are those that originate from the blank substrate or multilayer deposition process and are not easily repaired or compensated for. These can best be avoided by hiding them underneath the unexposed absorber regions of the reticle layout. In this paper, we present a comprehensive blank defect avoidance solution that substantially mitigates the risk of printing blank defects. In the first step of this solution, we apply an automatic defect classification to all available blank inspections, categorizing defects into various critical and noncritical bins. In the second step, we register these defects to very high accuracy using a mask registration tool. In the final step, we use a fast polygon-based nonlinear optimization algorithm that outputs the best possible placement of all critical defects so that they are located under the absorber patterns. It does so by optimizing the global mask pattern shift and rotation and accounts for uncertainty in defect positioning and E-beam writing. After the optimal reticle shift and rotation are computed, they are verified by simulating possible wafer print impact. An overall impact score is computed for that specific combination of blank and pattern file and done so for all available blanks in the unused blank database. The E-beam writer operator can then select the blank with the lowest impact score or least risk of printing. Integrated within the KLA RDC and KlearView™ systems, this comprehensive extreme ultraviolet (EUV) blank defect avoidance solution has been validated in pilot production. By maximizing entitlement of EUV blanks across various grade levels, this solution has helped reduce costs and improve yields.

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