摘要:
A photomask or equivalent optical component includes a scattering element in the medium of a substrate, which actively modifies (adjusts/filters the intensity, shape, and/or components of) light that propagates through the substrate. The substrate has a front surface and a back surface and is transparent to exposure light of a photolithography process, i.e., light of given wavelength, at least one mask pattern at the front surface of the substrate and the image of which is to be transferred to an electronic device substrate in a photolithographic process using the photomask, a blind pattern at the front surface of the substrate and opaque to the exposure light, and the scattering element. The scattering element, in addition to being formed in the medium of the substrate, is situated below the blind pattern as juxtaposed with the blind pattern in the direction of the thickness of the substrate. Also, a section of the photomask substrate is irradiated with energy which does not melt and/or vaporize the medium of the photomask substrate to form the scattering element. To this end, a femtosecond laser may be used.
摘要:
A photomask or equivalent optical component includes a scattering element in the medium of a substrate, which actively modifies (adjusts/filters the intensity, shape, and/or components of) light that propagates through the substrate. The substrate has a front surface and a back surface and is transparent to exposure light of a photolithography process, i.e., light of given wavelength, at least one mask pattern at the front surface of the substrate and the image of which is to be transferred to an electronic device substrate in a photolithographic process using the photomask, a blind pattern at the front surface of the substrate and opaque to the exposure light, and the scattering element. The scattering element, in addition to being formed in the medium of the substrate, is situated below the blind pattern as juxtaposed with the blind pattern in the direction of the thickness of the substrate. Also, a section of the photomask substrate is irradiated with energy which does not melt and/or vaporize the medium of the photomask substrate to form the scattering element. To this end, a femtosecond laser may be used.
摘要:
A semiconductor device has a structure of contacts whose size and pitch are finer that those that can be produced under the resolution provided by conventional photolithography. The contact structure includes a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, annular spacers situated in the interlayer insulating layer, first contacts surrounded by the spacers, and a second contact buried in the interlayer insulating layer between each adjacent pair of the first spacers. The contact structure is formed by forming first contact holes in the interlayer insulating layer, forming the spacers over the sides of the first contact holes to leave second contact holes within the first contact holes, etching the interlayer insulating layer from between the spacers using the first spacers as an etch mask to form third contact holes, and filling the first and second contact holes with conductive material. In this way, the pitch of the contacts can be half that of the first contact holes.
摘要:
Methods of forming an integrated circuit device may include forming a resist pattern on a layer of an integrated circuit device with portions of the layer being exposed through openings of the resist pattern. An organic-inorganic hybrid siloxane network film may be formed on the resist pattern. Portions of the layer exposed through the resist pattern and the organic-inorganic hybrid siloxane network film may then be removed. Related structures are also discussed.
摘要:
There are provided a photosensitive polymer and a photoresist compositing containing the same. The photosensitive polymer is represented by the following formula: wherein R1 is an acid-labile tertiary alkyl ester group, R2 is hydrogen atom, methyl, ethyl, carboxyl, &ggr;-butyrolactone-2-yl ester, &ggr;-butyrolactone-3-yl ester, pantolactone-2-yl ester, mevalonic lactone ester, 3-tetrahydrofuranyl ester, 2,3-propylenecarbonate-1-yl ester, 3-methyl-&ggr;-butyrolactone-3-yl ester or C3 to C20 alicyclic hydrocarbon, a/(a+b+c) is 0.1˜0.7, b/(a+b+c) is 0.1˜0.8, c/(a+b+c) is 0.0˜0.8, and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 2.
摘要翻译:提供光敏聚合物和含有它的光致抗蚀剂复合物。 光敏聚合物由下式表示:其中R1是酸不稳定的叔烷基酯基,R2是氢原子,甲基,乙基,羧基,γ-丁内酯-2-基酯,γ-丁内酯-3-基酯 ,泛酸内酯-2-基酯,甲羟戊酸内酯,3-四氢呋喃基酯,2,3-亚丙基碳酸酯-1-基酯,3-甲基-γ-丁内酯-3-基酯或C 3至C 20脂环族烃,a /( a + b + c)为0.1〜0.7,b /(a + b + c)为0.1〜0.8,c /(a + b + c)为0.0〜0.8,n为0〜 2。
摘要:
A semiconductor device has a structure of contacts whose size and pitch are finer that those that can be produced under the resolution provided by conventional photolithography. The contact structure includes a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, annular spacers situated in the interlayer insulating layer, first contacts surrounded by the spacers, and a second contact buried in the interlayer insulating layer between each adjacent pair of the first spacers. The contact structure is formed by forming first contact holes in the interlayer insulating layer, forming the spacers over the sides of the first contact holes to leave second contact holes within the first contact holes, etching the interlayer insulating layer from between the spacers using the first spacers as an etch mask to form third contact holes, and filling the first and second contact holes with conductive material. In this way, the pitch of the contacts can be half that of the first contact holes.
摘要:
A resist composition includes a photoacid generator (PAG) and a photosensitive polymer. The photosensitive polymer is polymerized with (a) at least one of the monomers having the respective formulae: where R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen atom, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkyloxy, carbonyl or ester, and x and y are independently integers from 1 to 6, and (b) at least one of a (meth)acrylate monomer, a maleic anhydride monomer, and a norbornene monomer.
摘要:
DRAM devices include a plurality of word lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of bit lines extending in a second direction and intersecting the word lines. A plurality of active regions is provided that are electrically coupled to the word lines and the bit lines. Each of the active regions defines a single unit memory cell having an area of 6F2 in terms of a minimum line width F. Each of the active regions may be overlapped by only one word line and the active regions may be defined by an isolation region.
摘要:
A method of forming a small pitch pattern using double spacers is provided. A material layer and first hard masks are used and characterized by a line pattern having a smaller line width than a separation distance between adjacent mask elements. A first spacer layer covering sidewall portions of the first hard mask and a second spacer layer are formed, and spacer-etched, thereby forming a spacer pattern-shaped second hard mask on sidewall portions of the first hard mask. A portion of the second spacer layer between the first hard mask and the second hard mask is selectively removed. The material layer is selectively etched using the first and second hard masks as etch masks, thereby forming the small pitch pattern.
摘要:
Methods of forming an integrated circuit device may include forming a resist pattern on a layer of an integrated circuit device with portions of the layer being exposed through openings of the resist pattern. An organic-inorganic hybrid siloxane network film may be formed on the resist pattern. Portions of the layer exposed through the resist pattern and the organic-inorganic hybrid siloxane network film may then be removed. Related structures are also discussed.