Performance of a high-productivity 300-mm dual-stage 193-nm 0.75-NA TWINSCAN AT:1100B system for 100-nm applications

Rian Rubingh; Youri van Dommelen; Sjef Tempelaars; Marc Boonman; Roger Irwin; Edwin van Donkelaar; Hans Burgers; Guustaaf Savenaije; Bert Koek; Michael Thier; Oliver Roempp; Christian Hembd-Soellner

doi:10.1117/12.474619

30 July 2002 Performance of a high-productivity 300-mm dual-stage 193-nm 0.75-NA TWINSCAN AT:1100B system for 100-nm applications

Rian Rubingh, Youri van Dommelen, Sjef Tempelaars, Marc Boonman, Roger Irwin, Edwin van Donkelaar, Hans Burgers, Guustaaf Savenaije, Bert Koek, Michael Thier, Oliver Roempp, Christian Hembd-Soellner

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Proceedings Volume 4691, Optical Microlithography XV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474619
Event: SPIE's 27th Annual International Symposium on Microlithography, 2002, Santa Clara, California, United States

Abstract

To realize high productivity at the 100 nm node, ASML developed the TWINSCAN^TM AT:1100B. This dual stage 193 nm lithography system combines high throughput TWINSCAN^TM technology for 300 nm wafers, excellent dynamical performance, and low aberration 0.75 NA Starlith^TM1100 projection optics. The system is equipped with a 20 W 4 kHz ArF laser and the AERIAL^TM II illuminator, enabling high intensity off axis and multi-pole QUASAR^TM illumination. Important process control requirements for the 100 nm technology node are CD variation across the chip and across the wafer. Full wafer leveling, including dies on the edge of the wafer, and CD uniformity performance on 300 mm wafers with and without topology are presented, showing full wafer CD uniformity numbers as low as 6.3 nm 3(sigma) for 100 nm isolated lines with assisting features. Imaging performance of dense, fully isolated lines, plus dense and isolated contact holes is shown. Also printing of critical customer structures is discussed. With these results it is demonstrated that the TWINSCAN^TM AT:1100B 300 mm ArF Step & Scan system meets the requirements for the 100 nm node.

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Rian Rubingh, Youri van Dommelen, Sjef Tempelaars, Marc Boonman, Roger Irwin, Edwin van Donkelaar, Hans Burgers, Guustaaf Savenaije, Bert Koek, Michael Thier, Oliver Roempp, and Christian Hembd-Soellner "Performance of a high-productivity 300-mm dual-stage 193-nm 0.75-NA TWINSCAN AT:1100B system for 100-nm applications", Proc. SPIE 4691, Optical Microlithography XV, (30 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474619

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