Drag-a-drop: a characterization tool for immersion lithography

Derek W. Bassett; J. Chris Taylor; Will Conley; C. Grant Willson; Roger T. Bonnecaze

doi:10.1117/12.656482

21 March 2006 Drag-a-drop: a characterization tool for immersion lithography

Derek W. Bassett, J. Chris Taylor, Will Conley, C. Grant Willson, Roger T. Bonnecaze

Proceedings Volume 6154, Optical Microlithography XIX; 61544P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.656482
Event: SPIE 31st International Symposium on Advanced Lithography, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In order to quickly and cheaply test candidate fluids and coatings for immersion lithography, we have devised a fluid handling scheme that we call drag-a-drop. We have constructed a prototype tool in order to test materials using this fluid scheme, and conducted several experiments with it. From these tests, we have determined that a hydrophobic topcoat with low contact angle hysteresis on the substrate increases the maximum stable scanning velocity by at least a factor of 2 over a standard 193 nm photoresist. We observed that instabilities on the receding contact line are unaffected by height, but the onset of instability on the advancing contact line occurs when the height of the lens is low. We also examined the drag-a-drop technique for possible use in laser mask writing, and found that by means of a hydrophobic topcoat, the lens can be completely removed from the substrate while keeping the immersion droplet affixed to the lens.

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Derek W. Bassett, J. Chris Taylor, Will Conley, C. Grant Willson, and Roger T. Bonnecaze "Drag-a-drop: a characterization tool for immersion lithography", Proc. SPIE 6154, Optical Microlithography XIX, 61544P (21 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.656482

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