OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH COATING AND METHODS OF USE

    公开(公告)号:US20230161261A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17745576

    申请日:2022-05-16

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    CPC分类号: G03F7/70033

    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.

    HUMIDITY CONTROL OR AQUEOUS TREATMENT FOR EUV METALLIC RESIST

    公开(公告)号:US20230012705A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17581671

    申请日:2022-01-21

    IPC分类号: H01L21/027 H01L21/308

    摘要: A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes applying a photoresist composition over a substrate, thereby forming a photoresist layer over the substrate; performing a first baking process to the photoresist layer; exposing the photoresist layer to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation, thereby forming a pattern therein; performing a second baking process to the photoresist layer; and developing the photoresist layer having the pattern therein using a developer, thereby forming a patterned photoresist layer. The first baking process and the second baking process are conducted under an ambient atmosphere having a humidity level ranging from 55% to 100%.

    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210159087A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16697988

    申请日:2019-11-27

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed herein. The method includes forming a first layer of a first planarizing material over a patterned surface of a substrate, forming a second layer of a second planarizing material over the first planarizing layer, crosslinking a portion of the first planarizing material and a portion of the second planarizing material, and removing a portion of the second planarizing material that is not crosslinked. In an embodiment, the method further includes forming a third layer of a third planarizing material over the second planarizing material after removing the portion of the second planarizing material that is not crosslinked. The third planarizing material can include a bottom anti-reflective coating or a spin-on carbon, and an acid or an acid generator. The first planarizing material can include a spin-on carbon, and an acid, a thermal acid generator or a photoacid generator.

    PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PHOTORESIST PATTERN

    公开(公告)号:US20200272051A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16584234

    申请日:2019-09-26

    IPC分类号: G03F7/038 G03F7/16 G03F7/012

    摘要: A photoresist composition includes a conjugated resist additive, a photoactive compound, and a polymer resin. The conjugated resist additive is one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyacetylene, a polythiophene, a polyphenylenevinylene, a polyfluorene, a polypryrrole, a polyphenylene, and a polyaniline. The polyacetylene, polythiophene, polyphenylenevinylene, polyfluorene, polypryrrole, the polyphenylene, and polyaniline includes a substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an ether group, an ester group, an alkene group, an aromatic group, an anthracene group, an alcohol group, an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, and an amide group. Another photoresist composition includes a polymer resin having a conjugated moiety and a photoactive compound. The conjugated moiety is one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyacetylene, a polythiophene, a polyphenylenevinylene, a polyfluorene, a polypryrrole, a polyphenylene, and a polyaniline.

    METHOD OF CLEANING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY COLLECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20200073250A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16547317

    申请日:2019-08-21

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A method of cleaning an extreme ultraviolet lithography collector includes applying a cleaning composition to a surface of the extreme ultraviolet lithography collector having debris on the surface of the collector in an extreme ultraviolet radiation source chamber. The cleaning composition includes: a major solvent having Hansen solubility parameters of 25>δd>15, 25>δp>10, and 30>δh>6; and an acid having an acid dissociation constant, pKa, of −15

    PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200057375A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16534965

    申请日:2019-08-07

    摘要: An extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) method includes providing at least two phase-shifting mask areas having a same pattern. A resist layer is formed over a substrate. An optimum exposure dose of the resist layer is determined, and a latent image is formed on a same area of the resist layer by a multiple exposure process. The multiple exposure process includes a plurality of exposure processes and each of the plurality of exposure processes uses a different phase-shifting mask area from the at least two phase-shifting mask areas having a same pattern.