TN5nm HVM where EUVL was implemented on started in the middle of 2020, but EUV mask pattern inspection is still not ready in terms of fully satisfying customers' requirements. There are three tool candidates; optical, actinic, and e-beam inspection. The E-beam tools have high resolution and sensitivity, but have a low throughput.
To better address market requirements, NuFlare has optimized its multi e-beam optics to inspect EUV masks, and apply D2DB method into the e-beam tool to achieve the throughput target. We describe the latest results of verification about main technologies to achieve throughput required for EUV mask inspection.
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