Process techniques for improving post-exposure delay stability in chemically amplified resists

Sassan Nour; Edward K. Pavelchek; Tracy K. Lindsay; Matthew L. Moynihan; Lori Gambin

doi:10.1117/12.275815

7 July 1997 Process techniques for improving post-exposure delay stability in chemically amplified resists

Sassan Nour, Edward K. Pavelchek, Tracy K. Lindsay, Matthew L. Moynihan, Lori Gambin

Proceedings Volume 3049, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XIV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275815
Event: Microlithography '97, 1997, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

The post-exposure delay (PED) stability of several chemically amplified DUV resists in unfiltered environments is shown to be strongly dependent on the standing wave intensity. The use of a bottom antireflective layer diminishes the rate of CD change for UVIIHS^TM, UVIII^TM, APEX-E and UV5^TM resists by a factor of three or greater. Increasing the post exposure bake to diffuse outstanding waves results in a three to six fold improvement with UVIIHS, UVIII, UV5 and UV6^TM. These resists show the greatest stability when soft baked at high temperatures to reduce the diffusion rate of airborne contaminants, and post-exposure baked at high temperatures to diffuse out the standing wave pattern.

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Sassan Nour, Edward K. Pavelchek, Tracy K. Lindsay, Matthew L. Moynihan, and Lori Gambin "Process techniques for improving post-exposure delay stability in chemically amplified resists", Proc. SPIE 3049, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XIV, (7 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275815

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