METHOD FOR MONITORING A RETICLE

Reticles may comprise shading elements (SEs) for locally altering the reticle optical properties. However, such reticles may degrade over time as a result of repeated exposure to radiation in a lithography process, as the radiation may "heal" the SEs. Disclosed are techniques for monitorin...

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Hauptverfasser:	MACK, CHRIS, A, WATSON, STERLING, G, STOKOWSKI, STANLEY, E, LEVY, ADY, SAIDIN, ZAIN, K
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CALCULATING CINEMATOGRAPHY COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HOLOGRAPHY MATERIALS THEREFOR MEASURING MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES ORIGINALS THEREFOR PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Reticles may comprise shading elements (SEs) for locally altering the reticle optical properties. However, such reticles may degrade over time as a result of repeated exposure to radiation in a lithography process, as the radiation may "heal" the SEs. Disclosed are techniques for monitoring a reticle in order to maintain confidence about the reticle's optical properties and the uniformity of patterns on wafers that are to be printed using the reticle. Reticles undergo periodic inspection comprising reticle transmission measurement and/or aerial imaging of the reticle. When such inspection indicates sufficient reticle degradation, the reticle is tagged for correction prior to its subsequent use in a lithography process.