Abstract:
A resist composition is disclosed which comprises a perovskite material with a structure having a chemical formula selected from ABX 3 , A 2 BX 4 , or ABX 4 , wherein A is a compound containing an NH 3 group, B is a metal and X is a halide constituent. The perovskite material may comprise one or more of the following components: halogen- mixed perovskite material; metal-mixed perovskite material, and organic ligand mixed perovsikte material.
Abstract:
There is provided a polymer for use as a resist in the fabrication of integrated circuits. There is also provided a non-chemically amplified resist composition comprising a polymer having at least one scission portion comprising a light cleavable chemical linkage configured to preferentially break upon exposure of the resist composition to electromagnetic radiation. Also provided is the use of such resist compositions or polymers as well as a lithographic method incorporating such compositions or polymers.
Abstract:
Described herein is a method for calibrating a resist model. The method includes the steps of: generating a modeled resist contour of a resist structure based on a simulated aerial image of the resist structure and parameters of the resist model, and predicting a metrology contour of the resist structure from the modeled resist contour based on information of an actual resist structure obtained by a metrology device. The method includes adjusting the parameters of the resist model based on a comparison of the predicted metrology contour and an actual metrology contour of the actual resist structure obtained by the metrology device.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of predicting the dominant failure mode and/or the failure rate of a plurality of features formed on a substrate, and an associated inspection apparatus. The method comprises determining a placement metric for each feature, the placement metric comprising a measure of whether the feature is in an expected position, and comparing a distribution of the placement metric to a reference (e.g., Gaussian) distribution. The placement metric may comprise a boundary metric for a plurality of boundary points on a boundary defining each feature, the boundary metric comprising a measure of whether a boundary point is in an expected position. The dominant failure mode and/or the failure rate of the plurality of features is predicted from the comparison.
Abstract:
A method of forming at least one lithography feature, the method comprising: providing at least one lithography recess on a substrate, the or each lithography recess comprising side-walls and a base, with the side-walls having a width therebetween; providing a self-assemblable block copolymer having first and second blocks in the or each lithography recess; causing the self-assemblable block copolymer to self-assemble into an ordered layer within the or each lithography recess, the ordered layer comprising at least a first domain of first blocks and a second domain of second blocks; causing the self-assemblable block copolymer to cross-link in a directional manner; and selectively removing the first domain to form lithography features comprised of the second domain within the or each lithography recess.
Abstract:
A method, involving obtaining a resist deformation model for simulating a deformation process of a pattern in resist, the resist deformation model being a fluid dynamics model configured to simulate an intrafluid force acting on the resist; performing, using the resist deformation model, a computer simulation of the deformation process to obtain a deformation of the developed resist pattern for an input pattern to the resist deformation model; and producing electronic data representing the deformation of the developed resist pattern for the input pattern.
Abstract:
A resist composition comprising a) metal-containing nanoparticles and/or nanoclusters, and b) ligands and or organic linkers, wherein one or both of a) or b) are multivalent. A resist composition wherein: i) the resist composition is a negative resist and the nanoparticles and/or nanoclusters cluster upon crosslinking of the ligands and/or organic linkers following exposure to electromagnetic radiation or an electron beam; or ii) the resist composition is a negative resist and the ligands and/or organic linkers are crosslinked and the crosslinking bonds are broken upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation or an electron beam allowing the nanoparticles and/or nanoclusters to cluster together; or the resist composition is a positive resist and the ligands and/or organic linkers are crosslinked and the crosslinking bonds are broken upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation or an electron beam.
Abstract:
A method of designing a feature guiding template for guiding self-assembly of block copolymer to form at least two features in a design layout for lithography, the feature guiding template including at least two portions joined by a bottleneck, the method including determining a characteristic of the feature guiding template based on at least a function of geometry of the feature guiding template comprising a value of a first width of at least one of the portions, a value of a second width of the bottleneck, or a value based on both the first width and the second width.
Abstract:
A method of determining a characteristic of a guiding template for guiding self-assembly of block copolymer to form an entirety of a design layout, or a portion thereof, including a plurality of design features, each design feature including one or more elemental features, the method including selecting a characteristic of a guiding template for each of the one or more elemental features of the plurality of design features from a database or a computer readable non-transitory medium, the database or the computer readable non-transitory medium storing a characteristic of a guiding template for each of the one or more elemental features, and determining the characteristic of the guiding template to form the entirety of the design layout, or the portion thereof, by combining the selected characteristic of the guiding template for the one or more elemental features for each of the plurality of design features.