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公开(公告)号:US12278086B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-15
申请号:US17830606
申请日:2022-06-02
Applicant: IMEC VZW , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
Inventor: Gian Francesco Lorusso , Mohamed Saib , Alain Moussa , Anne-Laure Charley , Danilo De Simone , Joren Severi
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the determination of a pattern height of a pattern, which has been produced with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in a resist film. The determination is performed by using an electron beam (e-beam) system, in particular, by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). In this respect, the disclosure provides a device for determining the pattern height, wherein the device comprising a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a SEM image of the pattern from an SEM. Further, the processor is configured to determine a contrast value related to the pattern based on the obtained SEM image. Subsequently, the processor is configured to determine the pattern height based on calibration data and the determined contrast value.
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公开(公告)号:US20230298854A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18184366
申请日:2023-03-15
Applicant: IMEC VZW , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Inventor: Joren Severi , Gian Francesco Lorusso , Danilo De Simone
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , G06T7/001 , H01J2237/2817 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: A method includes generating, by a SEM, sets of frames corresponding to regions of a microfabrication pattern, for each set of frames, estimating feature data representing edge positions, linewidths, or centerline positions of one or more features of each region of the pattern, and computing a preliminary estimate of a roughness parameter from the feature data. The roughness parameter is indicative of a line edge roughness, a linewidth roughness, or a pattern placement roughness of the one or more features. The method further includes fitting a model equation to the preliminary estimates of the roughness parameter using a model parameter dependent on the number of frames of each set of frames, the model equation relating the model parameter to the roughness parameter; and computing a final estimate of the roughness parameter as an asymptotic value of the fitted model equation.
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公开(公告)号:US20190189458A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US16218749
申请日:2018-12-13
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Waikin Li , Danilo De Simone , Sandip Halder , Frederic Lazzarino
IPC: H01L21/308 , G03F7/20
Abstract: A method for producing a pattern of features on a substrate may involve performing two exposure steps on a resist layer applied to the substrate, followed by a single etching step. In the two exposures, the same pattern of mask features is used, but with possibly differing dimensions and with the pattern applied in the second exposure being shifted in position relative to the pattern in the first exposure. The shift, lithographic parameters, and/or possibly differing dimensions are configured such that a number of resist areas exposed in the second exposure overlap one or more resist areas exposed in the first exposure. When the pattern of mask features is a regular 2-dimensional array, the method produces of an array of holes or pillars that is denser than the original array. Varying the mask patterns can produce different etched structure shapes, such as a zig-zag pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US20240125721A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-18
申请号:US18481520
申请日:2023-10-05
Applicant: IMEC VZW , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Inventor: Joren Severi , Danilo De Simone
CPC classification number: G01N25/02 , G03F7/70608 , G03F7/706837
Abstract: A method for determining a value representative of a state transition temperature of a resist structure, formed of a resist material and having predetermined dimensions, on an underlayer material includes: receiving data earlier obtained, the data representing a correlation between a second value for a measure representative of a spatial feature of at least one resist structure of each of a plurality of entities after applying a heat treatment, and a temperature at which the heat treatment is applied, each entity comprising the at least one resist structure, formed of the resist material and having the predetermined dimensions before the heat treatment, on the underlayer material, and wherein the measure has a first value before the heat treatment, and determining, from the correlation, the value representative of the state transition temperature when the heat treatment would be performed at such temperature, the second value differs by a predetermined amount from the first value.
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公开(公告)号:US20220392742A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17830606
申请日:2022-06-02
Applicant: IMEC VZW , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
Inventor: Gian Francesco Lorusso , Mohamed Saib , Alain Moussa , Anne-Laure Charley , Danilo De Simone , Joren Severi
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the determination of a pattern height of a pattern, which has been produced with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in a resist film. The determination is performed by using an electron beam (e-beam) system, in particular, by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). In this respect, the disclosure provides a device for determining the pattern height, wherein the device comprising a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a SEM image of the pattern from an SEM. Further, the processor is configured to determine a contrast value related to the pattern based on the obtained SEM image. Subsequently, the processor is configured to determine the pattern height based on calibration data and the determined contrast value.
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公开(公告)号:US10818504B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16218749
申请日:2018-12-13
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Waikin Li , Danilo De Simone , Sandip Halder , Frederic Lazzarino
IPC: H01L21/308 , G03F7/20 , G03F1/70
Abstract: A method for producing a pattern of features on a substrate may involve performing two exposure steps on a resist layer applied to the substrate, followed by a single etching step. In the two exposures, the same pattern of mask features is used, but with possibly differing dimensions and with the pattern applied in the second exposure being shifted in position relative to the pattern in the first exposure. The shift, lithographic parameters, and/or possibly differing dimensions are configured such that a number of resist areas exposed in the second exposure overlap one or more resist areas exposed in the first exposure. When the pattern of mask features is a regular 2-dimensional array, the method produces of an array of holes or pillars that is denser than the original array. Varying the mask patterns can produce different etched structure shapes, such as a zig-zag pattern.
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