Thermomechanical modeling of the SCALPEL mask during exposure

Carl J. Martin; Roxann L. Engelstad; Edward G. Lovell; James Alexander Liddle

doi:10.1117/12.390094

21 July 2000 Thermomechanical modeling of the SCALPEL mask during exposure

Carl J. Martin, Roxann L. Engelstad, Edward G. Lovell, James Alexander Liddle

Proceedings Volume 3997, Emerging Lithographic Technologies IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390094
Event: Microlithography 2000, 2000, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

Thermal deformations of lithographic masks during the exposure process may become an important consideration for all candidate Next Generation Lithography technologies. In,the Electron Projection Lithography exposure process, an electron beam passes through thin membrane sections of the mask scattering the electrons of the pattern area. A small fraction of the e-beam energy is absorbed in the membranes producing a local temperature rise. This temperature rise produces thermomechanical distortions that can result in both image placement errors and image blur. Finite element methods have been used to model the exposure process of the Scattering with Angular Limitation Projection Electron-beam Lithography (SCALPEL) mask. Thermal and structural finite element models have been generated to simulate the response of the SCALPEL mask during the exposure process and predict the resulting thermomechanical distortions. The results of these finite element analyses and the contributions of the thermal deformations to image placement error are presented.

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Carl J. Martin, Roxann L. Engelstad, Edward G. Lovell, and James Alexander Liddle "Thermomechanical modeling of the SCALPEL mask during exposure", Proc. SPIE 3997, Emerging Lithographic Technologies IV, (21 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390094

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