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公开(公告)号:US20150116686A1
公开(公告)日:2015-04-30
申请号:US14066949
申请日:2013-10-30
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yung-Yao LEE , Ying-Ying WANG , Yi-Ping HSIEH , Heng-Hsin LIU
IPC: G03F9/00
CPC classification number: G03F9/7084 , G03F9/70 , G03F9/7007 , G03F9/7046 , G03F9/7088 , G03F2009/005
Abstract: An edge-dominant alignment method for use in an exposure scanner system is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a wafer having a plurality of shot areas, wherein each shot area has a plurality of alignment marks; determining a first outer zone of the wafer, wherein the first outer zone includes a first portion of the shot areas along a first outer edge of the wafer; determining a scan path according to the shot areas of the first outer zone; and performing an aligning process to each shot area of the first outer zone according to the scan path and an alignment mark of each shot area of the first outer zone.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于曝光扫描仪系统的边缘优势对准方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:提供具有多个拍摄区域的晶片,其中每个拍摄区域具有多个对准标记; 确定所述晶片的第一外部区域,其中所述第一外部区域沿所述晶片的第一外部边缘包括所述引射区域的第一部分; 根据所述第一外部区域的拍摄区域确定扫描路径; 以及根据所述扫描路径和所述第一外部区域的每个拍摄区域的对准标记,对所述第一外部区域的每个拍摄区域进行对准处理。
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公开(公告)号:US20240361708A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18766165
申请日:2024-07-08
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Chieh HSIEH , Tai-Yu CHEN , Cho-Ying LIN , Heng-Hsin LIU , Li-Jui CHEN , Shang-Chieh CHIEN
CPC classification number: G03F7/70925 , G02B17/0663 , G03F7/70033 , G03F7/70491 , G03F7/70808 , G03F7/70916 , H05G2/008
Abstract: A lithography system is provided capable of deterring contaminants, such as tin debris from entering into the scanner. The lithography system in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a processor, an extreme ultraviolet light source, a scanner, and a hollow connection member. The light source includes a droplet generator for generating a droplet, a collector for reflecting extreme ultraviolet light into an intermediate focus point, and a light generator for generating pre-pulse light and main pulse light. The droplet generates the extreme ultraviolet light in response to the droplet being illuminated with the pre-pulse light and the main pulse light. The scanner includes a wafer stage. The hollow connection member includes an inlet that is in fluid communication with an exhaust pump. The hollow connection member provides a hollow space in which the intermediate focus point is disposed. The hollow connection member is disposed between the extreme ultraviolet light source and the scanner.
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公开(公告)号:US20230400763A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US18446400
申请日:2023-08-08
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng Hung TSAI , Sheng-Kang YU , Shang-Chieh CHIEN , Heng-Hsin LIU , Li-Jui CHEN
CPC classification number: G03F7/0035 , G03F7/22 , G03F7/36 , G03F7/2004 , G03F7/2026
Abstract: A method includes: depositing a mask layer over a substrate; directing first radiation reflected from a central collector section of a sectional collector of a lithography system toward the mask layer according to a pattern; directing second radiation reflected from a peripheral collector section of the sectional collector toward the mask layer according to the pattern, wherein the peripheral collector section is vertically separated from the central collector section by a gap; forming openings in the mask layer by removing first regions of the mask layer exposed to the first radiation and second regions of the mask layer exposed to the second radiation; and removing material of a layer underlying the mask layer exposed by the openings.
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公开(公告)号:US20230375938A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US18366092
申请日:2023-08-07
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng-Hao LAI , Ming-Hsun TSAI , Hsin-Feng CHEN , Wei-Shin CHENG , Yu-Kuang SUN , Cheng-Hsuan WU , Yu-Fa LO , Shih-Yu TU , Jou-Hsuan LU , Shang-Chieh CHIEN , Li-Jui CHEN , Heng-Hsin LIU
IPC: G03F7/00
CPC classification number: G03F7/70033
Abstract: Impurities in a liquefied solid fuel utilized in a droplet generator of an extreme ultraviolet photolithography system are removed from vessels containing the liquefied solid fuel. Removal of the impurities increases the stability and predictability of droplet formation which positively impacts wafer yield and droplet generator lifetime.
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公开(公告)号:US20230065403A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17462563
申请日:2021-08-31
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Tai-Yu CHEN , Cho-Ying LIN , Sagar Deepak KHIVSARA , Hsiang CHEN , Chieh HSIEH , Sheng-Kang YU , Shang-Chieh CHIEN , Kai Tak LAM , Li-Jui CHEN , Heng-Hsin LIU , Zhiqiang WU
Abstract: A light source is provided capable of maintaining the temperature of a collector surface at or below a predetermined temperature. The light source in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a processor, a droplet generator for generating a droplet to create extreme ultraviolet light, a collector for reflecting the extreme ultraviolet light into an intermediate focus point, a light generator for generating pre-pulse light and main pulse light, and a thermal image capture device for capturing a thermal image from a reflective surface of the collector.
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公开(公告)号:US20220338334A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17233220
申请日:2021-04-16
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yu-Kuang SUN , Cheng-Hao LAI , Yu-Huan CHEN , Wei-Shin CHENG , Ming-Hsun TSAI , Hsin-Feng CHEN , Chiao-Hua CHENG , Cheng-Hsuan WU , Yu-Fa LO , Shang-Chieh CHIEN , Li-Jui CHEN , Heng-Hsin LIU
Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography system generates EUV light by irradiating droplets with a laser. The system includes a droplet generator with a nozzle and a piezoelectric structure coupled to the nozzle. The generator outputs groups of droplets. A control system applies a voltage waveform to the piezoelectric structure while the nozzle outputs the group of droplets. The waveform causes the droplets of the group to have a spread of velocities that results in the droplets coalescing into a single droplet prior to being irradiated by the laser.
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公开(公告)号:US20220334495A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17494558
申请日:2021-10-05
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Cheng-Hao LAI , Ming-Hsun TSAI , Hsin-Feng CHEN , Wei-Shin CHENG , Yu-Kuang SUN , Cheng-Hsuan WU , Yu-Fa LO , Shih-Yu TU , Jou-Hsuan LU , Shang-Chieh CHIEN , Li-Jui CHEN , Heng-Hsin LIU
IPC: G03F7/20
Abstract: Impurities in a liquefied solid fuel utilized in a droplet generator of an extreme ultraviolet photolithography system are removed from vessels containing the liquefied solid fuel. Removal of the impurities increases the stability and predictability of droplet formation which positively impacts wafer yield and droplet generator lifetime.
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公开(公告)号:US20220229371A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-21
申请号:US17150685
申请日:2021-01-15
Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Tai-Yu CHEN , Heng-Hsin LIU , Li-Jui CHEN , Shang-Chieh CHIEN
Abstract: A photolithography system utilizes tin droplets to generate extreme ultraviolet radiation for photolithography. The photolithography system irradiates the droplets with a laser. The droplets become a plasma and emit extreme ultraviolet radiation. An array of sensors sense the extreme ultraviolet radiation and charged particles emitted by the droplets. A control system analyses sensor signals from the sensors and adjusts plasma generation parameters responsive to the sensor signals.
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公开(公告)号:US20190146351A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-16
申请号:US15906580
申请日:2018-02-27
Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yung-Yao LEE , Heng-Hsin LIU , Hung-Ming KUO , Jui-Chun PENG
IPC: G03F7/20 , H01L21/027 , H01L21/66 , H01L21/67
Abstract: In a method executed in an exposure apparatus, a focus control effective region and a focus control exclusion region are set based on an exposure map and a chip area layout within an exposure area. Focus-leveling data are measured over a wafer. A photo resist layer on the wafer is exposed with an exposure light. When a chip area of a plurality of chip areas of the exposure area is located within an effective region of a wafer, the chip area is included in the focus control effective region, and when a part of or all of a chip area of the plurality of chip areas is located on or outside a periphery of the effective region of the wafer, the chip area is included in the focus control exclusion region In the exposing, a focus-leveling is controlled by using the focus-leveling data measured at the focus control effective region.
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公开(公告)号:US20160025650A1
公开(公告)日:2016-01-28
申请号:US14338041
申请日:2014-07-22
Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yung-Yao LEE , Ying-Ying WANG , Shang-Wern CHANG , Heng-Hsin LIU
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G01N21/8851 , G01N21/956 , G01N21/95607 , G01N2021/8887 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: The present disclosure provides an overlay metrology method, an overlay control method and an overlay control system. The overlay metrology method includes capturing a current layer image of a current overlay mark on a current layer with a current focal length and capturing a previous layer image of a previous overlay mark on a previous layer with a previous focal length. Then, the overlay metrology method further includes combining the current layer image with the previous layer image to form an overlay mark image and determining an overlay error between the current overlay mark and the previous overlay mark based on the overlay mark image.
Abstract translation: 本公开提供了覆盖计量方法,覆盖控制方法和覆盖控制系统。 覆盖度量方法包括以当前焦距捕获当前层上的当前覆盖标记的当前层图像,并且以先前焦距捕获先前层上的先前叠加标记的先前层图像。 然后,覆盖度量方法还包括将当前层图像与先前层图像组合以形成覆盖标记图像,并且基于重叠标记图像确定当前叠加标记与先前叠加标记之间的重叠误差。
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