Lithographic focus and dose measurement using a 2-D target
    1.
    发明授权
    Lithographic focus and dose measurement using a 2-D target 有权
    使用2-D目标的平版照相重点和剂量测量

    公开(公告)号:US08891061B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-18

    申请号:US13062861

    申请日:2009-10-02

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: In order to determine whether an exposure apparatus is outputting the correct dose of radiation and its projection system is focusing the radiation correctly, a test pattern is used on a mask for printing a specific marker onto a substrate. This marker is then measured by an inspection apparatus, such as a scatterometer, to determine whether there are errors in focus and dose and other related properties. The test pattern is configured such that changes in focus and dose may be easily determined by measuring the properties of a pattern that is exposed using the mask. The test pattern may be a 2D pattern where physical or geometric properties, e.g., pitch, are different in each of the two dimensions. The test pattern may also be a one-dimensional pattern made up of an array of structures in one dimension, the structures being made up of at least one substructure, the substructures reacting differently to focus and dose and giving rise to an exposed pattern from which focus and dose may be determined.

    摘要翻译: 为了确定曝光装置是否正在输出正确剂量的辐射,并且其投影系统正确地对准辐射,在掩模上使用测试图案将特定标记物印刷到基底上。 然后通过诸如散射仪的检查装置测量该标记,以确定焦点和剂量以及其它相关性质是否存在错误。 测试图案被配置为使得可以通过测量使用掩模曝光的图案的特性容易地确定聚焦和剂量的变化。 测试图案可以是二维图案,其中物理或几何性质(例如间距)在两个维度的每一个中是不同的。 测试图案也可以是由一维结构阵列组成的一维图案,该结构由至少一个子结构构成,该子结构与焦点和剂量不同地反应并产生暴露图案, 可以确定焦点和剂量。

    Lithographic apparatus, distortion determining method, and patterning device
    8.
    发明授权
    Lithographic apparatus, distortion determining method, and patterning device 有权
    平版印刷装置,变形确定方法和图案形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US08988653B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-24

    申请号:US12727054

    申请日:2010-03-18

    IPC分类号: G03B27/68 G03F7/20

    摘要: The invention relates to a lithographic apparatus arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, wherein apparatus is operable to measure higher-order distortions and/or image plane deviations of the patterning device, apparatus comprising: a device for transmission image detection; and a processor configured and arranged to model higher-order distortions of the patterning device using signals received from the device for transmission image detection; wherein patterning device has a main imaging field, and a perimeter and apparatus is operable to model higher-order distortions using signals resultant from alignment structures comprised in perimeter and/or in the imaging field.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种布置成将图案从图案形成装置转移到基板上的光刻设备,其中装置可操作以测量图案形成装置的高阶失真和/或图像平面偏差,该装置包括:用于透射图像检测的装置 ; 以及处理器,其被配置和布置成使用从所述设备接收的信号来模拟所述图案形成装置的高阶失真用于透射图像检测; 其中图案形成装置具有主成像区域,并且周边和装置可操作以使用由周边和/或成像区域中的对准结构产生的信号来建模高阶失真。