Optimization of EUV laser and discharge devices for high-volume manufacturing

A. Hassanein; V. Sizyuk; T. Sizyuk; V. Morozov

doi:10.1117/12.712300

21 March 2007 Optimization of EUV laser and discharge devices for high-volume manufacturing

A. Hassanein, V. Sizyuk, T. Sizyuk, V. Morozov

Proceedings Volume 6517, Emerging Lithographic Technologies XI; 65171X (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712300
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Both Laser and Discharge produced plasma (LPP and DPP) are being used as a light source for EUV lithography. A key challenge for the EUV radiation plasma devices is achieving sufficient brightness to support the throughput requirements of High-Volume Manufacturing lithography exposure tools. One method for improving source brightness is to simulate the source environment in order to optimize the EUV output. An integrated model for the description of hydrodynamics and optical processes in DPP and LPP devices has been developed and integrated into the HEIGHTS-EUV computer simulation package. Model development consisted of several main tasks: plasma evolution and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes; detailed photon radiation transport, and physics of plasma/electrode interactions in DPP devices, scattering processes of the neutral and charged particles of plasma. Advanced numerical methods for the description of magnetic compression and diffusion in 2D and 3D geometries are used in the HEIGHTS package. Radiation transport of both continuum and lines is taken into account with detailed spectral profiles in the EUV region. Monte Carlo methods are used for the modeling of the radiation transport processes, laser radiation absorption, and the debris particles behavior in magnetic field.

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A. Hassanein, V. Sizyuk, T. Sizyuk, and V. Morozov "Optimization of EUV laser and discharge devices for high-volume manufacturing", Proc. SPIE 6517, Emerging Lithographic Technologies XI, 65171X (21 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712300

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