Abstract:
Provided are a reflective mask blank, having a phase shift film having little dependence of phase difference and reflectance on film thickness, and a reflective mask. The reflective mask blank is characterized in that the phase shift film is composed of a material comprised of an alloy having two or more types of metal so that reflectance of the surface of the phase shift film is more than 3% to not more than 20% and so as to have a phase difference of 170 degrees to 190 degrees, and when a group of metal elements that satisfies the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of k>α*n+β is defined as Group A and a group of metal elements that satisfies the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of k
Abstract:
Provided is a substrate with multilayer reflective film used to manufacture a reflective mask having a multilayer reflective film having high reflectance with respect to exposure light and little film stress. The substrate with multilayer reflective film is provided with a multilayer reflective film for reflecting exposure light, the substrate with multilayer reflective film comprising a multilayer film obtained by building up an alternating stack of low refractive index layers and high refractive index layers on a substrate, and the multilayer reflective film contains krypton (Kr).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a mask blank substrate for use in lithography, wherein the main surface on which the transfer pattern of the substrate is formed has a root mean square roughness (Rms) of not more than 0.15 nm obtained by measuring an area of 1 μm×1 μm with an atomic force microscope, and has a power spectrum density of not more than 10 nm4 at a spatial frequency of not less than 1 μm−1.
Abstract:
A reflective mask blank, having a phase shift film having little dependence of phase difference and reflectance on film thickness, and a reflective mask.
Abstract:
Provided are a reflective mask blank, having a phase shift film having little dependence of phase difference and reflectance on film thickness, and a reflective mask. The reflective mask blank is characterized in that the phase shift film is composed of a material comprised of an alloy having two or more types of metal so that reflectance of the surface of the phase shift film is more than 3% to not more than 20% and so as to have a phase difference of 170 degrees to 190 degrees, and when a group of metal elements that satisfies the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of k>α*n+β is defined as Group A and a group of metal elements that satisfies the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of k
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate with a multilayer reflective film, which gives a reflective mask achieving high reflectance and exhibiting excellent cleaning resistance. The present invention is directed to a substrate with a multilayer reflective film, which has: a substrate; a multilayer reflective film, formed on the substrate, comprising a layer that includes Si as a high refractive-index material and a layer that include a low refractive-index material, the layers being periodically laminated; a Ru protective film, formed on the multilayer reflective film, for protecting the multilayer reflective film; and a block layer, formed between the multilayer reflective film and the Ru protective film, for preventing the migration of Si to the Ru protective film, wherein the surface layer of the multilayer reflective film opposite from the substrate is the layer comprising Si, and at least part of the Si is diffused into the block layer.
Abstract:
The substrate with a multilayer reflective film includes a substrate and the multilayer reflective film configured to reflect exposure light, the multilayer reflective film comprising a stack of alternating layers on a substrate, the alternating layers including a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer, in which the multilayer reflective film contains molybdenum (Mo) and at least one additive element selected from nitrogen (N), boron (B), carbon (C), zirconium (Zr), oxygen (O), hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D), and the crystallite size of the multilayer reflective film calculated from a diffraction peak of Mo (110) by X-ray diffraction is 2.5 nm or less.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate with a multilayer reflective film that enables the number of detected pseudo defects, to be reduced even when using highly sensitive defect inspection apparatuses using light of various wavelengths, and in particular, is capable of achieving a level of smoothness required of substrates with a multilayer reflective film while reliably detecting critical defects as a result of reducing the number of detected pseudo defects, as well as a method of manufacturing the same.The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a substrate with a multilayer reflective film having a multilayer reflective film, obtained by alternately laminating a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, on the main surface of a mask blank substrate on the side of which a transfer pattern is formed, comprising a step of: depositing the multilayer reflective film on the main surface by ion beam sputtering using targets composed of a high refractive index material and a low refractive index material; wherein, during the ion beam sputtering, sputtered particles of the high refractive index material and the low refractive index material are made to enter at prescribed incident angle relative to the normal of the main surface so that the power spectral density in a prescribed spatial frequency region is a prescribed value.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a mask blank substrate for use in lithography, wherein the main surface on which the transfer pattern of the substrate is formed has a root mean square roughness (Rms) of not more than 0.15 nm obtained by measuring an area of 1 μm×1 μm with an atomic force microscope, and has a power spectrum density of not more than 10 nm4 at a spatial frequency of not less than 1 μm−1.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a mask blank substrate for use in lithography, wherein a main surface of the substrate satisfies a relational equation of (BA70−BA30)/(BD70−BD30)≧350 (%/nm), and has a maximum height (Rmax)≦1.2 nm in a relation between a bearing area (%) and a bearing depth (nm) obtained by measuring, with an atomic force microscope, an area of 1 μm×1 μm in the main surface on the side of the substrate where a transfer pattern is formed, wherein BA30 is defined as a bearing area of 30%, BA70 is defined as a bearing area of 70%, and BD70 and BD30 are defined to respectively represent bearing depths for the bearing area of 30% and the bearing area of 70%.