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公开(公告)号:US11531262B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-20
申请号:US17083348
申请日:2020-10-29
发明人: Hsin-Chang Lee , Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ta-Cheng Lien , Wen-Chang Hsueh
摘要: A reflective mask blank includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer (RML) disposed on the substrate, a capping layer disposed on the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer disposed on the capping layer. The absorber layer has length or width dimensions smaller than the capping layer, and part of the capping layer is exposed by the absorber layer. The dimension of the absorber layer and the hard mask layer ranges between 146 cm to 148 cm. The dimensions of the substrate, the RML, and the capping layer range between 150 cm to 152 cm.
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公开(公告)号:US20220260932A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-18
申请号:US17481010
申请日:2021-09-21
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ping-Hsun Lin , Ta-Cheng Lien , Hsin-Chang Lee
IPC分类号: G03F7/20 , C23C16/455
摘要: Coated nanotubes and bundles of nanotubes are formed into membranes useful in optical assemblies in EUV photolithography systems. These optical assemblies are useful in methods for patterning materials on a semiconductor substrate. Such methods involve generating, in a UV lithography system, UV radiation. The UV radiation is passed through a coating layer of the optical assembly, e.g., a pellicle assembly. The UV radiation that has passed through the coating layer is passed through a matrix of individual nanotubes or matrix of nanotube bundles. UV radiation that passes through the matrix of individual nanotubes or matrix of nanotube bundles is reflected from a mask and received at a semiconductor substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US11360384B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16568028
申请日:2019-09-11
发明人: Chun-Fu Yang , Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ta-Cheng Lien , Hsin-Chang Lee
摘要: A method includes placing a photomask having a contamination on a surface thereof in a plasma processing chamber. The contaminated photomask is plasma processed in the plasma processing chamber to remove the contamination from the surface. The plasma includes oxygen plasma or hydrogen plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US20220121103A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17568037
申请日:2022-01-04
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Chun-Fu Yang , Ta-Cheng Lien , Hsin-Chang Lee
摘要: The present disclosure describes a method of patterning a semiconductor wafer using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). The method includes receiving an EUVL mask that includes a substrate having a low temperature expansion material, a reflective multilayer over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer over the capping layer. The method further includes patterning the absorber layer to form a trench on the EUVL mask, wherein the trench has a first width above a target width. The method further includes treating the EUVL mask with oxygen plasma to reduce the trench to a second width, wherein the second width is below the target width. The method may also include treating the EUVL mask with nitrogen plasma to protect the capping layer, wherein the treating of the EUVL mask with the nitrogen plasma expands the trench to a third width at the target width.
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公开(公告)号:US20210033960A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16776046
申请日:2020-01-29
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Chun-Fu Yang , Ta-Cheng Lien , Hsin-Chang Lee
摘要: The present disclosure describes a method of patterning a semiconductor wafer using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). The method includes receiving an EUVL mask that includes a substrate having a low temperature expansion material, a reflective multilayer over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer over the capping layer. The method further includes patterning the absorber layer to form a trench on the EUVL mask, wherein the trench has a first width above a target width. The method further includes treating the EUVL mask with oxygen plasma to reduce the trench to a second width, wherein the second width is below the target width. The method may also include treating the EUVL mask with nitrogen plasma to protect the capping layer, wherein the treating of the EUVL mask with the nitrogen plasma expands the trench to a third width at the target width.
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公开(公告)号:US11506969B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-22
申请号:US17109833
申请日:2020-12-02
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ta-Cheng Lien , Hsin-Chang Lee
IPC分类号: G03F1/24
摘要: A reflective mask includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer disposed over the substrate, a capping layer disposed over the reflective multilayer, an intermediate layer disposed over the capping layer, an absorber layer disposed over the intermediate layer, and a cover layer disposed over the absorber layer. The intermediate layer includes a material having a lower hydrogen diffusivity than a material of the capping layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11237477B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-01
申请号:US16012253
申请日:2018-06-19
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ta-Cheng Lien , Tzu Yi Wang , Hsin-Chang Lee
IPC分类号: G03F1/66 , G03F7/20 , H01L21/673
摘要: A mask container for storing a mask for photolithography, includes a cover and a base having a plurality of tapered corners. The tapered corners taper outward and downward from a top major surface of the base. The cover having the tapered corners extends downward that covers the tapered corners of the base when the cover is attached to the base. The tapered corners of the cover are tapered at about the same angle as the tapered corners of the base so that a surface of the tapered corners of the cover is substantially parallel to a corresponding surface of the tapered corner of the base when the cover is attached to the base. A recess is located in the tapered corners of the cover. A biasing member and a ball-shaped member are located in the tapered corners of the base to mate with the recess when the cover is attached to the base.
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公开(公告)号:US11106126B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-31
申请号:US16383535
申请日:2019-04-12
发明人: Hsin-Chang Lee , Pei-Cheng Hsu , Ta-Cheng Lien , Tzu Yi Wang
摘要: In a method of manufacturing a photo mask, an etching mask layer having circuit patterns is formed over a target layer of the photo mask to be etched. The photo mask includes a backside conductive layer. The target layer is etched by plasma etching, while preventing active species of plasma from attacking the backside conductive layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11048158B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US15956189
申请日:2018-04-18
发明人: Pei-Cheng Hsu , Yih-Chen Su , Chi-Kuang Tsai , Ta-Cheng Lien , Tzu Yi Wang , Jong-Yuh Chang , Hsin-Chang Lee
摘要: A method comprises receiving a workpiece that includes a substrate having a low temperature expansion material, a reflective multilayer over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer, and an absorber layer over the capping layer. The method further comprises patterning the absorber layer to provide first trenches corresponding to circuit patterns on a wafer, and patterning the absorber layer, the capping layer, and the reflective multilayer to provide second trenches corresponding to a die boundary area on the wafer, thereby providing an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) mask. The method further comprises treating the EUVL mask with a treatment chemical that prevents exposed surfaces of the absorber layer from oxidation.
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公开(公告)号:US20220390827A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17716849
申请日:2022-04-08
IPC分类号: G03F1/26
摘要: A lithography mask including a substrate, a phase shift layer on the substrate and an etch stop layer is provided. The phase shift layer is patterned and the substrate is protected from etching by the etch stop layer. The etch stop layer can be a material that is semi-transmissive to light used in photolithography processes or it can be transmissive to light used in photolithography processes.
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