MONOLITHICALLY FRAMED PELLICLE MEMBRANE SUITABLE FOR LITHOGRAPHY IN THE FABRICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20220075259A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17530755

    申请日:2021-11-19

    申请人: Intel Corporation

    IPC分类号: G03F1/64

    摘要: Monolithic framed pellicle membrane integrating a structural framing member with a membrane spanning the framing member. The monolithic frame pellicle membrane is suitable as an overlay of a reticle employed in lithography operations of integrated circuit manufacture. A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer may be machined from the backside, for example with a bonnet polisher, to form a pellicle framing member by removing a portion of a base semiconductor substrate of the SOI wafer selectively to top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer, which is retained as a pellicle membrane. In some exemplary embodiments suitable for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography applications, at least the top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer is a substantially monocrystalline silicon layer.

    Monolithically framed pellicle membrane suitable for lithography in the fabrication of integrated circuits

    公开(公告)号:US11561466B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17530755

    申请日:2021-11-19

    申请人: Intel Corporation

    IPC分类号: G03F1/64

    摘要: Monolithic framed pellicle membrane integrating a structural framing member with a membrane spanning the framing member. The monolithic frame pellicle membrane is suitable as an overlay of a reticle employed in lithography operations of integrated circuit manufacture. A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer may be machined from the backside, for example with a bonnet polisher, to form a pellicle framing member by removing a portion of a base semiconductor substrate of the SOI wafer selectively to top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer, which is retained as a pellicle membrane. In some exemplary embodiments suitable for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography applications, at least the top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer is a substantially monocrystalline silicon layer.

    Monolithically framed pellicle membrane suitable for lithography in the fabrication of integrated circuits

    公开(公告)号:US11194246B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16832456

    申请日:2020-03-27

    申请人: Intel Corporation

    IPC分类号: G03F1/64

    摘要: Monolithic framed pellicle membrane integrating a structural framing member with a membrane spanning the framing member. The monolithic frame pellicle membrane is suitable as an overlay of a reticle employed in lithography operations of integrated circuit manufacture. A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer may be machined from the backside, for example with a bonnet polisher, to form a pellicle framing member by removing a portion of a base semiconductor substrate of the SOI wafer selectively to top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer, which is retained as a pellicle membrane. In some exemplary embodiments suitable for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography applications, at least the top semiconductor layer of the SOI wafer is a substantially monocrystalline silicon layer.