Radiation imagery chemistry: process – composition – or product th – Radiation modifying product or process of making – Radiation mask
Patent
1996-02-13
1997-04-15
Duda, Kathleen
Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product th
Radiation modifying product or process of making
Radiation mask
430311, G03F 900
Patent
active
056208189
ABSTRACT:
A method of determining quantitatively the exposure levels for photoresists in semiconductor photolithography employs a specially designed grating pattern on a mask. The mask is first used to expose a series of LIM image gratings of different dosages. Then a normal plane wave at a longer wavelength is incident on these gratings one by one, and some nonzero order diffraction efficiency of the grating is measured to determine quantitatively the correct dosage to be used. This method can make a determination of exposure dosage, without knowledge of underlying film thickness and refractive index, and handle either resist thickness change or underlying film thickness/refractive index change or both.
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Duda Kathleen
International Business Machines - Corporation
Soucar, Esq. Steven J.
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