Analysis of solvent effect to control the BARC coating uniformity

Autor: Jeong Yun Ya, Sang-Mun Chon, Myungsun Kim, Kim Boo Deuk, Min-Ho Jung, Hong Lee, Young-Ho Kim, Don Winning, Do Young Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Beom-Sang Yoo, Sangwoong Yoon, Eun-Soon Chung
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.533924
Popis: There are many considerations to the design of BARC materials. Among those many properties, one important property that can effect lithographic performance is BARC coating uniformity. In general, the basic coating property (conformal or planar) depends on basic characteristics of polymer (Mw, chemistry, etc). But another major factor to control the coating uniformity is the choice of solvent system in the formulation of the BARC. According to our experimental results, two major factors that can affect the coating uniformity of one BARC are the vapor pressure and the hydrophilicity of solvents. If any solvent has too high vapor pressure and high hydrophilicity relatively, polymer segregation occurs in BARC surface area in case of high humidity condition, resulted in bad coating uniformity. In this paper, we will show basic evaluation results including the morphology change of BARC surface with several solvents which can be used in BARC formulation according to various humidity and temperature conditions. And also we will show the solution to overcome this problem in device manufacturing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE