Abstract:
Provided is a reflective mask blank with which it is possible to further reduce the shadowing effect of a reflective mask, and also possible to form a fine and highly accurate phase-shift pattern. A reflective mask blank having, in the following order on a substrate, a multilayer reflective film and a phase-shift film that shifts the phase of EUV light, said reflective mask blank characterized in that: the phase-shift film has a first layer and a second layer; the first layer comprises a material that contains at least one element from among tantalum (Ta) and chromium (Cr); and the second layer comprises a metal-containing material that contains ruthenium (Ru) and at least one element from among chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), and rhenium (Re).
Abstract:
Provided is a reflective mask blank. The reflective mask blank has a multilayer reflective film and a thin film for pattern formation in this order on a main surface of a substrate; the thin film consists of a single layer structure consisting of a ruthenium-containing layer at least containing ruthenium, nitrogen, and oxygen or a multilayer structure including the ruthenium-containing layer; and when the ruthenium-containing layer is subjected to an analysis by an In-Plane measurement of an X-ray diffraction method to obtain an X-ray diffraction profile where, provided I_P1 is the maximum value of diffraction intensity within a diffraction angle 2θ ranging from 65 degrees to 75 degrees and I_avg is the average value of diffraction intensity within a diffraction angle 2θ ranging from 55 degrees to 65 degrees, I_P1/I_avg is greater than 1.0 and less than 3.0.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a reflective mask blank and reflective mask capable of reducing the shadowing effect of EUV lithography and forming a fine pattern. As a result, a semiconductor device can be more stably manufactured with high transfer accuracy. The reflective mask blank comprises a multilayer reflective film, an absorber film and an etching mask film on a substrate in that order, wherein the absorber film is made of a material containing nickel (Ni), and the etching mask film is made of a material containing chromium (Cr) or a material containing silicon (Si).
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a reflective mask blank comprising a multilayer reflective film formed on a substrate so as to reflect EUV light; and a laminated film formed on the multilayer reflective film. The method includes the steps of depositing the multilayer reflective film on the substrate to form a multilayer reflective film formed substrate; carrying out defect inspection for the multilayer reflective film formed substrate; depositing the laminated film on the multilayer reflective film of the multilayer reflective film formed substrate; forming a fiducial mark for an upper portion of the laminated film to thereby form a reflective mask blank comprising the fiducial mark, the fiducial mark serving as a reference for a defect position in defect information; and carrying out defect inspection of the reflective mask blank by using the fiducial mark as a reference.
Abstract:
A mask blank comprises a substrate with a multilayer reflective film and a pattern-forming thin film formed on a main surface of the substrate in this order. The thin film contains tantalum, molybdenum, and nitrogen. In the thin film, a ratio of a nitrogen content [atomic %] to a total content [atomic %] of tantalum and molybdenum is 0.15 or more.
Abstract:
[Problem] Provided is a mask blank [Solution] A mask blank comprises a multilayer reflective film and a pattern forming thin film in this order on a main surface of a substrate. The thin film is made of a material containing a metal, and when a refractive index of the thin film with respect to light having a wavelength λL of 13.2 nm is represented by nL, a refractive index of the thin film with respect to light having a wavelength λM of 13.5 nm is represented by nM, a refractive index of the thin film with respect to light having a wavelength λH of 13.8 nm is represented by nH, and a coefficient P=[(1−nH)/λH−(1−nL)/λL)]/[(1−nM)/λM] is satisfied, an absolute value of the coefficient P is 0.09 or less.
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 reflective mask blank with which it is possible to further reduce the shadowing effect of a reflective mask, and also possible to form a fine and highly accurate phase-shift pattern. A reflective mask blank having, in the following order on a substrate, a multilayer reflective film and a phase-shift film that shifts the phase of EUV light, said reflective mask blank characterized in that the phase-shift film has a thin film comprising a metal-containing material that contains: ruthenium (Ru); and at least one element from among chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), (Co), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), germanium (Ge), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn), tellurium (Te), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), and rhenium (Re).
Abstract:
A substrate with a multilayer reflective film, a reflective mask blank, a reflective mask and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device can prevent contamination of the surface of the multilayer reflective film even in the case of having formed reference marks on the multilayer reflective film. A substrate with a multilayer reflective film contains a substrate, a multilayer reflective film that reflects EUV light formed on the substrate, and a protective film formed on the multilayer reflective film. Reference marks are formed to a concave shape on the surface of the protective film. A surface layer of the reference marks contains an element that is the same as at least one of the elements contained in the protective film. A shrink region, where at least a portion of the plurality of films contained in the multilayer reflective film are shrunk, is formed at the bottom of the reference marks.
Abstract:
Provided is a reflective mask blank for manufacturing a reflective mask capable of forming a transfer pattern of diversified fine pattern shapes formed on a transferred substrate and having a transfer pattern capable of performing EUV exposure with a high throughput A reflective mask blank comprises a multilayer reflective film and an absorber film in this order on a substrate. When normalization is performed with a value of an evaluation function of a film having a refractive index of 0.95 and an extinction coefficient of 0.03 as 1, the absorber film comprises a material having such a refractive index and an extinction coefficient that a value of the normalized evaluation function of the absorber film is 1.015 or more, and the evaluation function is a product of a normalized image log slope (NILS) and a threshold of light intensity for exposure of a predetermined resist to light.