High sensitivity chemically amplified EUV resists through enhanced EUV absorption

Autor: Ongayi, Owendi, Christianson, Matthew, Meyer, Matthew, Coley, Suzanne, Valeri, David, Kwok, Amy, Wagner, Mike, Cameron, Jim, Thackeray, Jim
Zdroj: Proceedings of SPIE; March 2012, Vol. 8322 Issue: 1 p83220T-83220T-12, 8238793p
Abstrakt: Resolution, line edge roughness, sensitivity and low outgassing are the key focus points for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) resist materials. Sensitivity has become increasingly important so as to address throughput concerns in device manufacturing and compensate for the low power of EUV sources. Recent studies have shown that increasing the polymer linear absorption absorption coefficient in EUV resists translates to higher acid generation efficiency and good pattern formation. In this study, novel high absorbing polymer platforms are evaluated. The contributing effect of the novel absorbing chromophore to the resultant chemically amplified photoresist is evaluated and compared with a standard methacrylate PAG Bound Polymer (PBP) platform. We report that by increasing EUV absorption, we cleanly resolved 17 nm 1:1 line space can be achieved at a sensitivity of 14.5 mJ/cm2, which is consistent with dose requirements dictated by the ITRS roadmap. We also probe the effect of fluorinated small molecule additives on acid yield generation (Dil C) at EUV of a PBP platform.
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