Pattern displacement induced by lens aberrations

Eric Hendrickx; Geert Vandenberghe; Kurt G. Ronse; Albert Colina; Alex van der Hoff; Mircea V. Dusa; Jo Finders

doi:10.1117/12.467912

27 December 2002 Pattern Displacement Induced by Lens Aberrations

Eric Hendrickx, Geert Vandenberghe, Kurt G. Ronse, Albert Colina, Alex van der Hoff, Mircea V. Dusa, Jo Finders

Proceedings Volume 4889, 22nd Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467912
Event: Photomask Technology 2002, 2002, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on a combined experimental and theoretical study on pattern displacement by lens aberrations. The calculations and experiments were done using ArF lithography. Theoretically, we have modeled pattern displacement using BIF lens aberration data and sensitivities for specific illumination conditions. We find a characteristic dependence of the pattern displacement on the illumination condition, feature type and orientation. Features with low and high sensitivities to lens aberrations are identified, together with a reference feature with low sensitivity for pattern placement error. Experimentally, we have measured by CD-SEM the shift between patterns obtained with a multiple exposure and at different illumination conditions. The pattern shift observed through the scanner slit at the different illumination conditions shows the characteristic signature and amplitude from simulations based on the BIF lens aberration data. The effects of pattern pitch and orientation on pattern displacement, found experimentally, also matched the simulations. This demonstrates that BIF aberration data can be used to predict pattern placement errors.

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Eric Hendrickx, Geert Vandenberghe, Kurt G. Ronse, Albert Colina, Alex van der Hoff, Mircea V. Dusa, and Jo Finders "Pattern Displacement Induced by Lens Aberrations", Proc. SPIE 4889, 22nd Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology, (27 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467912

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