Size-dependent flare and its effect on imaging

Stephen P. Renwick; Steve D. Slonaker; Taro Ogata

doi:10.1117/12.485441

26 June 2003 Size-dependent flare and its effect on imaging

Stephen P. Renwick, Steve D. Slonaker, Taro Ogata

Proceedings Volume 5040, Optical Microlithography XVI; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485441
Event: Microlithography 2003, 2003, Santa Clara, California, United States

Abstract

Flare, or unwanted light scattering, is an increasingly important phenomenon in modern lithographic lens design, operation, and testing. While it has been in the past and still frequently is characterized by a single number (“<1% flare”), it is now commonly recognized that flare is, in fact, best described by an intensity function over a spatial-frequency or scattering-length spectrum. We present a systematic study of flare as a function of scattering length. Data for a series of scanners are presented, showing the improvement in flare performance of new scanners versus previous-generation models. The effects of the entire flare spectrum are modeled, showing the effects of the flare spectrum on contrast degradation in an aerial image. Results show that experimental measurements of the flare spectrum are still too unstable for reliable assessment of the spectrum’s effects, but also that it is unlikely that low-range parts of the spectrum have a significant litho effect.

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Stephen P. Renwick, Steve D. Slonaker, and Taro Ogata "Size-dependent flare and its effect on imaging", Proc. SPIE 5040, Optical Microlithography XVI, (26 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485441

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