1 October 2009 Flare in extreme ultraviolet lithography: metrology, out-of-band radiation, fractal point-spread function, and flare map calibration
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Abstract
The critical role of flare in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is well known. In this work, the implementation of a robust flare metrology is discussed, and the proposed approach is qualified both in terms of precision and accuracy. The flare measurements are compared to full-chip simulations using a simplified single fractal point-spread function (PSF), and the parameters of the analytical PSF are optimized by comparing the simulation output to the experimental results. After flare map calibration, the matching of simulation and experiment in the flare range from 4 to 12% is quite good, clearly indicating an offset of about 3%. The origin of this offset is attributed to the presence of DUV light. An experimental estimate of the DUV component is found in good agreement with the predicted value.
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Gian Francesco Lorusso, Frieda Van Roey, Eric Hendrickx, Germain L. Fenger, Michael Lam, Christian D. Zuniga, Mohamed Habib, Hesham A. F. Diab, and James C. Word "Flare in extreme ultraviolet lithography: metrology, out-of-band radiation, fractal point-spread function, and flare map calibration," Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 8(4), 041505 (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3238515
Published: 1 October 2009
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KEYWORDS
Metrology

Fractal analysis

Point spread functions

Extreme ultraviolet lithography

Extreme ultraviolet

Deep ultraviolet

Calibration

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