Development of the sputtering yields of ArF photoresist after the onset of argon ion bombardment

Modification of an advanced ArF excimer lithographic photoresist by 400 eV Ar ion irradiation was observed in situ in real time using both infrared spectroscopy and a quartz microbalance sensor. The photoresist sputtering yields had a characteristic behavior; the sputtering yields were higher than u...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2013-01, Vol.113 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Takeuchi, Takuya, Corbella, Carles, Grosse-Kreul, Simon, von Keudell, Achim, Ishikawa, Kenji, Kondo, Hiroki, Takeda, Keigo, Sekine, Makoto, Hori, Masaru
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Zusammenfassung:Modification of an advanced ArF excimer lithographic photoresist by 400 eV Ar ion irradiation was observed in situ in real time using both infrared spectroscopy and a quartz microbalance sensor. The photoresist sputtering yields had a characteristic behavior; the sputtering yields were higher than unity at the beginning, until an ion dose of 2 × 1016 ions cm−2. Thereafter, the yields decreased immediately to almost zero and remained constant with the yield at zero until a dose of approximately 4 × 1016 ions cm−2 was reached. At larger doses, the yields increased again and reached a steady-state value of approximately 0.6. This development of the sputtering yield after the onset of ion bombardment is explained by an ion-induced modification of the photoresist that includes preferential sputtering of individual groups, argon ion implantation and the generation of voids. All these effects must be taken into account to assess line-edge-roughness on a photoresist subjected to highly energetic ion irradiation.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.4772996