摘要:
An X-ray permeable membrane for an X-ray lithographic mask consisting of an inorganic thin film obtained by the sputtering method using a target and consisting of silicon carbide and carbon, said target consisting of silicon carbide and carbon in a molar ratio of 99.9:0.1 to 70:30, having a transmission of at least 37% at a light wavelength of 633 nm and a tensile strength of 1.times.10.sup.8 to 1.times.10.sup.10 dyn/cm.sup.2, and the membrane consisting of a silicon carbide constituted form silicon and carbon in a molar ratio in the range form 50.1:49.9 to 49.9:50.1.
摘要翻译:一种用于X射线光刻掩模的X射线透过膜,其由通过使用靶的溅射法由碳化硅和碳组成的无机薄膜组成,所述靶由碳化硅和碳组成,摩尔比为99.9: 0.1至70:30,在633nm的光波长和1×10 8至1×10 10 dyn / cm 2的透光率下具有至少37%的透射率,并且该膜由以硅和碳组成的摩尔比构成的碳膜 范围为50.1:49.9至49.9:50.1。
摘要:
Disclosed is a frame-supported pellicle for dust-proofing of a photolithographic photomask used for patteriwse light exposure in the manufacturing process of, for example, semiconductor devices, which comprises (a) a frame member, (b) a transparent polymeric film supported by the frame member and (c) a coating layer of a sticky adhesive on one surface of the polymeric film to capture any dust particles in the space between the photomask and the pellicle. The inventive pellicle is imparted with a greatly improved serviceable life with stability against ultraviolet irradiation relative to the adhesive coating layer which is formed from a specific organo-polysiloxane-based adhesive composition.
摘要:
An improvement is proposed in a frame-supported pellicle consisting of a frame member and a thin transparent polymer membrane adhesively bonded to the frame member used for dustproof covering of a photomask in a photolithograpic patterning work of electronic devices. The improvement comprises using a specific fluorocarbon group-containing organosiloxane-based polymeric composition as an adhesive for adhesively bonding the frame member and the polymer membrane. This adhesive is effective even when the polymeric membrane is formed from a fluorocarbon polymer which is hardly susceptible to adhesive bonding with conventional adhesives. In addition, the adhesive bonding by use of this specific adhesive is highly durable even under irradiation with ultraviolet light.
摘要:
A method is proposed for the preparation of a resin membrane suitable for use, for example, as a covering pellicle of a photolithographic mask for patterning of semiconductor devices in the electronic industry. The method comprises the steps of: (a) coating a continuous-length substrate with a solution of the resin by using a roller coater to form a coating layer of the resin solution; (b) drying the coating layer by evaporating the solvent to form a dry resin film on the substrate surface; and (c) peeling the resin film from the surface of the substrate, preferably, in water.
摘要:
Proposed is a high-precision X-ray lithographic mask blank with reinforcement free from warping or distortion. The mask blank is an integral body comprising: (a) a frame made from a silicon wafer; (b) a membrane of an X-ray permeable material such as silicon carbide adhering to and supported by one surface of the frame; and (c) a reinforcing member made from a single crystal of silicon adhesively bonded to the other surface of the frame with (d) a layer of silicon oxide intervening between the frame and the reinforcing member. The mask blank can be prepared in a process of first forming a layer of silicon oxide on the surface of the silicon wafer and/or reinforcing member prior to deposition of the X-ray permeable film on the silicon wafer and heating them together at a temperature of 800.degree. C. or lower while they are in direct contact with each other with the silicon oxide layer intervening therebetween.
摘要:
A pellicle for dust-proofing of a photolithographic mask used for patterning in the manufacturing process of semiconductor devices. The drawback due to dust deposition can be greatly decreased in the use of a pellicle made from a fluorocarbon resin which is a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and another fluorocarbon monomer capable of introducing a cyclic perfluoroether group into the molecule when the pellicle film is rendered antistatically hydrophilic, for example, by a plasma treatment.
摘要:
Proposed is a novel frame-supported pellicle for dust-proof protection of a photomask used in the photolithographic patterning work in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and the like. The frame-supported pellicle of the invention consists of a pellicle membrane made from a specific fluorocarbon-containing polymer which is adhesively bonded in a slack-free fashion to a surface of a rigid pellicle frame by means of a hot-melt adhesive which is a fluorocarbon-containing polymer of the same type as or similar to the fluorocarbon-containing polymer of the membrane so that no problems are involved in the adhesive bonding relative to the compatibility between the adhesive and the membrane which otherwise is poorly susceptible to adhesive bonding.
摘要:
In a process for the deposition of a film of an inorganic substance such as silicon carbide on the surface of a substrate such as a silicon wafer by the method of sputtering, as in the process for the preparation of a membrane to serve as an X-ray lithographic mask, using a target disc and a substrate disc held in parallel to each other, uniformity in the internal stress of the deposited film can be improved by displacing the target or the substrate relative to each other during the sputtering procedure in the direction parallel to the surface of the target or substrate in a distance of at least 1 mm.
摘要:
Disclosed is an X-ray transmitting frame-supported membrane of silicon nitride suitable as a mask blank of an X-ray lithographic mask having outstandingly high resistance against irradiation with high-energy radiations and high transmission of light of a wavelength of 633 nm. These very desirable properties are obtained as a consequence of the extremely low content, i.e. 1.0 atomic % or less, of hydrogen in the silicon nitride, which can be achieved as a result of the specific preparation procedure by the CVD method in which the reactant gases are silane or disilane and ammonia in a specified mixing ratio to be reacted under a specified pressure and at a specified temperature.
摘要:
Disclosed is an X-ray-permeable membrane for X-ray lithographic mask for fine patterning in the manufacture of semiconductor devices having good transparency to visible light and exhibiting excellent resistance against high-energy beam irradiation. The membrane has a chemical composition expressed by the formula SiC.sub.x N.sub.y and can be prepared by the thermal CVD method in an atmosphere of a gaseous mixture consisting of gases comprising, as a group, the elements of silicon, carbon and nitrogen such as a ternary combination of silane, propane and ammonia.
摘要翻译:公开了一种用于X射线光刻掩模的X射线透过膜,用于制造对可见光具有良好透明度并且显示出优异的高能束照射阻力的半导体器件的精细图案化。 膜具有由式SiC x N y表示的化学组成,并且可以在气体混合物气氛中通过热CVD法制备,所述气体混合物由以下组成的气体组成,所述气体包含硅,碳和氮的元素,例如三元组合 硅烷,丙烷和氨。