Deep-Ultraviolet (UV) Source For Two-Level Resist Technology

B. F. Griffing; P. D. Johnson; J. F. Norton

doi:10.1117/12.931884

28 July 1981 Deep-Ultraviolet (UV) Source For Two-Level Resist Technology

B. F. Griffing, P. D. Johnson, J. F. Norton

Proceedings Volume 0275, Semiconductor Microlithography VI; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931884
Event: 1981 Microlithography Conferences, 1981, San Jose, United States

Abstract

High resolution optical lithography demands a sophisticated photoresist technology. Recent work in this arfa has concentrated on multilevel resists. An example is a two layer resist (TLR) technique which uses a thin top layer of positive resist over a thick layer of PMMA. The pattern formed in the thin top layer serves as a mask for a deep UV blanket exposure of the thick PMMA bottom layer. Previously, no deep UV source existed which was well suited to this application. This paper describes the development of such a UV source and its application to high resolution optical lithography. The TLR technique requires a UV source with output in the 200-230nm range and essentially no output below 200nm or between 230 and 300nm. A specially designed low pressure Cd arc lamp has been constructed for this application. The lamp is unique in the way the output is maximized in the 215-230nm range. The lamp is very efficient, converting 10% of its input into output at these wavelengths. Using the new lamp, resist (PMMA) structures of 0.5μ width having 3:1 vertical:horizontal aspect ratios have been fabricated. Such patterns have been used as etch masks for CC1₄ plasma etching of 0.5μ patterns in polysilicon. The large aspect ratio of the resist patterns was important in preventing resist degradation (during etching) from affecting the final polysilicon geometry.

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B. F. Griffing, P. D. Johnson, and J. F. Norton "Deep-Ultraviolet (UV) Source For Two-Level Resist Technology", Proc. SPIE 0275, Semiconductor Microlithography VI, (28 July 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931884

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