Photobase Generator Assisted Pitch Division

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dc.contributor.utaustinauthorGu, Xinyuen
dc.contributor.utaustinauthorKawakami, Takanorien
dc.contributor.utaustinauthorNagai, Tomokien
dc.contributor.utaustinauthorWillson, C. Granten
dc.creatorGu, X. Y.en
dc.creatorBates, C. M.en
dc.creatorCho, Y. J.en
dc.creatorKawakami, T.en
dc.creatorNagai, T.en
dc.creatorOgata, T.en
dc.creatorSundaresan, A. K.en
dc.creatorTurro, N. J.en
dc.creatorBristol, R.en
dc.creatorZimmerman, P.en
dc.creatorWillson, C. G.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-16T13:57:02Zen
dc.date.available2015-04-16T13:57:02Zen
dc.date.issued2010-02en
dc.description.abstractThe drive to sustain the improvements in productivity that derive from following Moore's law has led the semiconductor industry to explore new technologies that enable production of smaller and smaller features on semiconductor device. Pitch division techniques and double exposure lithography are approaches that print features beyond the fundamental resolution limit of state-of-art lenses by modifying the lithographic process. This paper presents a new technique that enables pitch division in the printing of gratings using only a single exposure that is fully compatible with the current manufacturing tools. This technique employs a classical photoresist polymer together with a photoactive system that incorporates both a photoacid generator (PAG) and a photobase generator (PBG). The PBG is added to the resist formulation in higher molar concentration than the PAG, but has a base production rate that is slower than the acid production rate of the PAG. The PBG functions as a dose-dependent base quencher, which neutralizes the acid in high dose exposure regions but not in the low dose regions. This photoactive system can be exploited in the design of both positive tone and negative tone resist formulations that provide a developed image of a grating that is twice the frequency of the grating on the mask. A simulation of this process was performed for a 52 nm line and space pattern using PROLITH and customized codes. The results showed generation of a 26 nm half pitch relief image after development. Through this new technique, a 45 nm half pitch line and space pattern was experimentally achieved with a mask that produces a 90 nm half pitch aerial image. This corresponds to a k(1) factor of 0.13. The principles, the materials design and the first lithographic evaluations of this system are reported.en
dc.description.departmentChemical Engineeringen
dc.identifier.citationXinyu Gu, Christopher M. Bates, Younjin Cho, Takanori Kawakami, Tomoki Nagai, Toshiyuki Ogata, Arunkumar K. Sundaresan, Nicholas J. Turro, Robert Bristol, Paul Zimmerman, C. Grant Willson. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVII, 763906 (Mar., 2010); doi:10.1117/12.846395en
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/12.846395en
dc.identifier.issn0277-786Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/29278en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.relation.ispartofserialAdvances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology Xxvii, Pts 1 and 2en_US
dc.rightsAdministrative deposit of works to UT Digital Repository: This works author(s) is or was a University faculty member, student or staff member; this article is already available through open access or the publisher allows a PDF version of the article to be freely posted online. The library makes the deposit as a matter of fair use (for scholarly, educational, and research purposes), and to preserve the work and further secure public access to the works of the University.en
dc.subjectpitch divisionen
dc.subjectphotobase generatoren
dc.subjectselective acid quenchingen
dc.subjectfrequencyen
dc.subjectdoublingen
dc.subjectmaterials science, multidisciplinaryen
dc.subjectopticsen
dc.subjectphysics, applieden
dc.subjectpolymeren
dc.subjectscienceen
dc.titlePhotobase Generator Assisted Pitch Divisionen
dc.typeConference proceedingsen

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