摘要:
An electron beam exposure system and method which varies beam size from pattern to pattern corresponding to the accuracy required for each pattern. In order to improve the throughput of the exposer, the beam size is adjusted to the maximum size useable for each pattern. The pattern is divided into rectangles equal to the maximum beam size determined by the pattern size or the accuracy required for the pattern. If a residual part of the pattern smaller than a rectangle remains, the rectangles are adjusted to be smaller than the maximum beam size, so the entire area of the pattern can be divided into equal size rectangles. The pitch and size of the beam are adjusted to this new beam size and exposure is repeated according to the new size rectangles. To increase the processing speed, all the patterns to be exposed in one process are checked as to their size and required accuracy, and the data necessary for the pattern generation such as beam size, pitch and number of exposures are calculated in advance and stored in a memory of a beam controller.
摘要:
An electron beam exposure apparatus having a control apparatus wherein the positioning error caused by transient response characteristics of an electron beam deflection device is detected by using a knife-edge type gauge and a reflecting electron detector. A compensation signal to compensate for the positioning error is produced in a compensation device, and the compensation signal is applied to the electron beam deflection device, whereby the deviation of the position of the electron beam, from the normal position, caused by the transient response characteristics, is reduced.
摘要:
A scanning electron beam exposure system includes two apertures (39a, 48a) for forming a rectangular beam (31). The cross section of the rectangular beam is changed by a deflection unit (47X, 47Y) arranged between the two apertures. The rectangular beam is refocused by a refocusing coil (51) to improve the peripheral sharpness of a projected image of the beam. The refocusing coil is controlled in accordance with the cross section (X.sub.1, Y.sub.1) of the beam.
摘要:
In a D/A converter in a deflection system of an electron beam exposure device, the most significant bits (m bits) of input digital data consisting of n bits are input into a decoder circuit, and 2.sup.m D/A converters which correspond to the m bits are provided. The data consisting of the least significant bits (n-m bits) is input into the 2.sup.m D/A converters via 2.sup.m gates, respectively. The decoder circuit is constructed so as to control the 2.sup.m gates so that when the content of the data of the m bits is S, the first to S-th data of the 2.sup.m D/A converters is all rendered to be "1", the data of the (S+1)-th D/A converter remains the same as the data of the n-m bits, and the data of the (S+2)-th and subsequent D/A converters is all rendered to be "0", the sum of the outputs of the 2.sup.m D/A converters being applied to a coil which deflects the electron beam.
摘要翻译:在电子束曝光装置的偏转系统中的D / A转换器中,由n位组成的输入数字数据的最高有效位(m位)被输入到解码器电路中,对应于2m的D / A转换器 提供m位。 由最低有效位(n-m位)组成的数据分别通过2m个门输入到2m D / A转换器。 解码器电路被构造成控制2m个门,使得当m位的数据的内容为S时,2m D / A转换器的第一至第S数据全部变为“1” 第(S + 1)个D / A转换器的数据与nm位的数据保持相同,并且第(S + 2)和随后的D / A转换器的数据全部变为“ 0“,2m D / A转换器的输出之和被施加到偏转电子束的线圈上。
摘要:
A method for providing charged particle beam exposure onto an object having a plurality of chip areas with a plurality of aligning marks formed in correspondence to each of said chip areas. A charged particle beam is irradiated upon an object mounted on a mobile step based upon positions of the aligning marks. Actual positions of the alignment marks are detected and compared to the design positions of the alignment marks to determine approximate relationships which are used to calculate an actual position to perform exposure.
摘要:
To improve in the throughput of an exposure system, the setting time during a step change in the output of an amplifier is reduced by switching resistance between the amplifier and a deflector, a glitch waveform generated during a step change in the output or a D/A converter at the preceding stage of the amplifier, is anticipated and is canceled out with a correction waveform, after the output of the D/A converter has settled, this output is sample held and the step change is interpolated at a smoothing circuit, the deflection area is increased by positioning a electrostatic deflector offset around the optical axis relative to another electrostatic deflector, the response speed of the main deflection is improved by adding auxiliary deflection coils of one or two turn, and the alignment time is reduced by combining the coordinate conversion in the wafer area and in the chip area. In order to correct the astigmatism of the electromagnetic lens, two stages or coils are provided and an electric current corresponding to the quantity of deflection is supplied to the coils.
摘要:
An electron-beam exposure system includes an astigmatic compensation circuit that increases a voltage applied across a pair of electrodes forming an electrostatic sub-deflector and simultaneously decreases a voltage applied across another pair of electrodes forming the same electrostatic sub-deflector with a same magnitude as in the case of increasing the voltage, wherein the magnitude of the voltage change is changed in response to the deflection of the electron-beam caused by a main deflector.
摘要:
A charged particle beam exposure system is directed to an exposure process of an electron beam for sequentially scanning an electron beam employing a blanking aperture array including a plurality of blanking apertures. The system facilitates re-focusing for compensation of focus error due to Coulumb effect and makes wiring the blanking aperture array easier. The system further allows exposure without an irradiation gap. The blanking aperture array 6 is formed with a plurality of said blanking apertures 62 arranged in a two-dimensional configuration. A control system 24 controls the blanking aperture array 62 to set the blanking aperture to the ON state where the charged particle beams pass through the blanking aperture and reach the object 19 to be exposed or the OFF state where the charged particle beams cannot reach the object 19 to be exposed. The other control system of the control means performs a control so that a plurality of said charged particle beams that have passed through different blanking apertures of said blanking aperture array overlaps and is irradiated a plurality of times onto the specified position or the peripheral position in the vicinity of the specified position of the object to be exposed to the charged particle beams.
摘要:
A method for exposing an exposure pattern on an object by a charged particle beam, including the steps of: shaping a charged particle beam into a plurality of charged particle beam elements in response to first bitmap data indicative of an exposure pattern, such that the plurality of charged particle beam elements are selectively turned off in response to the first bitmap data; focusing the charged particle beam elements upon a surface of an object; and scanning the surface of the object by the charged particle beam elements; the step of shaping including the steps of: expanding pattern data of said exposure pattern into second bitmap data having a resolution of n times (n.gtoreq.2) as large as, and m times (m.gtoreq.1) as large as, a corresponding resolution of the first bitmap data, respectively in X- and Y-directions; dividing the second bitmap data into cells each having a size of 2n bits in the X-direction and 2m bits in said Y-direction; and creating the first bitmap data from the second bitmap data by selecting four data bits from each of the cells, such that a selection of the data bits is made in each of the cells with a regularity in the X- and Y-directions and such that the number of rows in the X-direction and the number of columns in the Y-direction are both equal to 3 or more.
摘要:
To improve in the throughput of an exposure system, the setting time during a step change in the output of an amplifier is reduced by switching resistance between the amplifier and deflector, a glitch waveform generated during a step change in the output of a D/A converter at the preceding stage of the amplifier, is anticipated and is canceled out with a correction waveform, after the output of the D/A converter has settled, this output is sample held and the step change is interpolated at a smoothing circuit, the deflection area is increased by positioning a electrostatic deflector offset around the optical axis relative to another electrostatic deflector, the response speed of the main deflection is improved by adding auxiliary deflection coils of one or two turn, and the alignment time is reduced by combining the coordinate conversion in the wafer area and in the chip area. In order to correct the astigmatism of the electromagnetic lens, two stages of coils are provided and an electric current corresponding to the quantity of deflection is supplied to the coils.