Abstract:
A charged-particle beam writing apparatus includes a writing chamber to house a stage having a writing object placed thereon, a beam irradiator to irradiate a charged particle beam to the writing object placed on the stage, a stage driver to move the stage, a temperature distribution calculator to calculate temperature distribution of the writing object caused by a heat source in the writing chamber, based on movement history information of the stage, a deformed amount calculator to calculate a deformed amount of the writing object based on a constraint condition of the writing object placed on the stage and the calculated temperature distribution, and a position corrector to correct an irradiation position of the charged particle beam to the writing object based on the calculated deformed amount. The beam irradiator irradiates the charged particle beam based on the irradiation position corrected by the position corrector.
Abstract:
A charged-particle beam writing apparatus includes a writing chamber to house a stage having a writing object placed thereon, a beam irradiator to irradiate a charged particle beam to the writing object placed on the stage, a stage driver to move the stage, a temperature distribution calculator to calculate temperature distribution of the writing object caused by a heat source in the writing chamber, based on movement history information of the stage, a deformed amount calculator to calculate a deformed amount of the writing object based on a constraint condition of the writing object placed on the stage and the calculated temperature distribution, and a position corrector to correct an irradiation position of the charged particle beam to the writing object based on the calculated deformed amount. The beam irradiator irradiates the charged particle beam based on the irradiation position corrected by the position corrector.
Abstract:
A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a beam forming member, where first openings for writing and second openings not for writing around the first openings are formed, to form multiple beams for writing and to form multiple beams for measurement, plural mark members on a blanking aperture member arranged close to the height position where crossover is formed, a measurement unit to measure positions of the multiple beams for measurement by the plural mark members, and a correction unit to correct a voltage for making a “beam on” state applied to one of the plural blankers, in order to correct a position deviation amount of a measured position.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an aperture member producing method includes applying a charged particle beam to a plurality of chip areas on a first substrate while changing a writing condition to write a first pattern corresponding to an aperture opening, processing the first substrate based on the written first pattern to form a second pattern, cutting out a chip area provided with the second pattern having desired accuracy from the first substrate to produce a template, allowing the template to come into contact with a resist overlying a front surface of a second substrate, separating the template from the hardened resist to pattern the resist with a transfer pattern, processing the second substrate using the transfer pattern as a mask to form a first recess, and etching a rear surface of the second substrate to form a second recess communicating with the first recess.
Abstract:
A writing area of a sample is divided into a plurality of stripes having a width corresponding to an area density of a pattern to be written on the sample with a charged-particle beam. The writing is stopped when writing of at least one stripe is terminated, and a drift amount is measured. An irradiation position of the charged-particle beam is corrected with the use of the drift amount. When the average value of the area density is more than a predetermined value, a stripe has a width smaller than the reference width, and when the average value of the area density is less than the predetermined value, the stripe has a width larger than the reference width. The width of the stripe is preferably a width corresponding to the variation of a drift from the beginning of irradiation with the charged-particle beam.