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Eugenia Ng

Process Engineer at Spansion Inc

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 2007 Paper

A multi-tiered approach to 193nm immersion defect reduction through track process adjustments

Eugenia Ng, Joshua Hooge

Proceedings Volume 6519, 651926 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712361

KEYWORDS: Semiconducting wafers, Head-mounted displays, Silicon, Thin film coatings, Scanners, Photoresist processing, Immersion lithography, Reticles, Contamination, Lithography

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This paper discusses the optimization of process conditions on a 193 nm immersion lithography cluster tool to minimize defects. A 45 nm gate process was selected for optimization but a 65nm reticle was used for defect testing so that a nonimmersion baseline could be collected for comparison. Previous testing has shown defect counts and density are sensitive to rinsing of wafers before and after exposure. This sensitivity was dependent on the topcoat contact angle and resist-plus-topcoat porosity. This paper expands on that study in several ways. (1) The immersion process was simulated by scanning a develop rinse nozzle to observe, with a microscope, any peeling that could cause contamination in the exposure tool. (2) Different EBR strategies were compared to reduce defects causing by edge residue while maximizing the productive area of the wafer. (3) The appearance of some defect types was found to be related to the delay between exposure and post rinse. (4) Bake time and temperature were also added to the testing to determine if the impact to the film composition would influence the number of defects. (5) The addition of HMDS before BARC was tested as a way to control defects caused by delaminating at the edge of the wafer. The paper distinguishes between defects which are specific to the immersion process and those that would still be expected to occur in dry processing.

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