Improved CD and overlay metrology using an optical Fourier transform instrument

J. Petit; P. Boher; T. Leroux; P. Barritault; J. Hazart; P. Chaton

doi:10.1117/12.599464

10 May 2005 Improved CD and overlay metrology using an optical Fourier transform instrument

J. Petit, P. Boher, T. Leroux, P. Barritault, J. Hazart, P. Chaton

Proceedings Volume 5752, Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XIX; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.599464
Event: Microlithography 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We present an innovating method to measure the overlay by scatterometry using an optical Fourier transform (OFT) based system. In order to measure the overlay of patterned layers α and β, one line grating is placed in layer α and another in layer β. The two gratings have the same pitch and their lines are parallel. The whole scattering pattern of the double grating structure is then measured at fixed wavelength in a large range of incidence (0 to 80°) and for all the azimuth angles. This measurement is very rapid thanks to the OFT and not sensitive to vibration. The main advantage of OFT compared to standard OCD techniques like normal incidence reflectometry or spectroscopic ellipsometry is that the scattering pattern is more sensitive to overlay at an azimuth depending on the pitch value which is never parallel or perpendicular to the grooves of the gratings. In addition, the optical response is also sensitive to the sign of the overlay in addition to its amplitude. In a second method, we propose to measure the overlay simultaneously along the two directions of the plane using two bi-periodic structures patterned in layer α and β. By using OFT it is possible to deduce directly from the whole diffracted pattern, the overlay signs and amplitudes along both directions of the plane. The paper presents some simulations and some experimental results to illustrate this new method.

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J. Petit, P. Boher, T. Leroux, P. Barritault, J. Hazart, and P. Chaton "Improved CD and overlay metrology using an optical Fourier transform instrument", Proc. SPIE 5752, Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XIX, (10 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.599464

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