WO2000025351A1 - Method and device for producing mask - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a mask used for manufacturing a micro device such as a semiconductor integrated circuit, an image sensor (CCD or the like), a liquid crystal display or the like using a lithography technique, and a method for manufacturing a device. This is particularly suitable for use in producing a mask for an electron beam exposure apparatus.
- a micro device such as a semiconductor integrated circuit, an image sensor (CCD or the like), a liquid crystal display or the like using a lithography technique, and a method for manufacturing a device.
- a pattern of a reticle (photomask) on which a circuit pattern to be formed is enlarged by about 4 to 5 times is formed on a wafer or the like via a reduction projection optical system.
- the transfer method of reducing and projecting on the substrate to be exposed is used.
- the optical projection exposure apparatus used at this time has an advantage that the exposure range of one shot is about 2 Omm square and the processing capacity is high.
- an electron beam exposure apparatus capable of exposing the pattern with higher precision.
- Conventional electron beam lithography systems have a lot of aberrations in the electron optics, and the exposure range for one shot is about 5 / m2, which is lower in processing capacity than optical projection lithography systems.
- Beam exposure apparatus that can transfer a pattern (for example, about 250 squares) in a lump is described in Jpn. J. Appl. Pys. Vol. 34 pp. 6658-6662, pp. 6663-6671 and pp. 6672-6678 (1995) and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 5-252131 It is attracting attention.
- a pattern formed in a pattern area of about 1 mm square on a mask made of a wafer such as a silicon wafer is reduced to about 1/4 by an electron optical system, and the size is reduced to 250.
- the image was collectively transferred to a pattern area of about / xm square.
- a plurality of patterns of about 250 xm square are prepared, and these are sequentially transferred while performing screen splicing. It has been proposed to expose a circuit pattern to one layer of an electronic device by using the same.
- each mask pattern is formed in a pattern region arranged at a predetermined interval, and each pattern region is formed. Either the area of the gap was not thickened and the area was kept thick, or a reinforcing material (bar) was provided at the interval of each pattern area.
- a plurality of pattern regions for forming each mask pattern are formed on a mask substrate at predetermined intervals. It arranged Te, etching each pattern area from the opposite side of the surface Masukupa turn is formed by forming a thin film portion, and c had to leave thicker the thickness of the spacing portion between the pattern region, the mask substrate After a resist is applied to the pattern forming surface of each of the above, a pattern is sequentially drawn on each pattern area by an electron beam drawing apparatus. Each mask pattern was formed from a resist pattern through a process such as etching.
- the mask pattern is directly drawn on the mask substrate by the electron beam drawing apparatus.
- the electron beam lithography system has a low processing capability, there is a disadvantage that the time required for manufacturing the mask is increased. In particular, when a plurality of masks are manufactured, the time required for manufacture becomes extremely long.
- a data conversion error occurs when converting pattern data into drawing data. If a drawing error occurs due to a de-conversion error or the like, the created mask must be completely re-created, resulting in an inconvenience that the time required for manufacturing the mask and the manufacturing cost are increased. was there.
- the method of manufacturing a mask according to the present invention comprises a plurality of patterns of a predetermined shape arranged on a substrate (1A; 1B) at least in a one-dimensional direction with a predetermined boundary area (I Ab; I B b) therebetween.
- a master mask (RA; RB) is prepared, and a reduced image of the master pattern of the master mask is transferred onto the substrate.
- a master mask is created by drawing a parent pattern obtained by enlarging a pattern to be transferred on, for example, a glass substrate.
- a pattern to be drawn is a coarser pattern than before and the drawing accuracy may be low, so that the drawing time can be shortened and data exchange error etc. probability also c decreases of occurrence of, when using a glass substrate, since the defect inspection and defect correction technique or the like is established, even if a writing error occurs, can be corrected easily portrayal error .
- the reduced image of the master mask is transferred onto a substrate such as a wafer by using, for example, an optical reduced projection exposure apparatus, so that a mask is manufactured with reduced drawing errors.
- a mask is manufactured with reduced drawing errors.
- the mask manufacturing cost can be greatly reduced.
- the magnification of the parent pattern ( ⁇ ⁇ . ⁇ ; PRB) to be drawn on the mask and mask (RA; RB) is large, not so high drawing accuracy is required.
- a high laser beam drawing apparatus can be used, which can further reduce the mask manufacturing time.
- the parent pattern is divided into a plurality of partial parent patterns.
- a plurality of master masks are formed by forming the respective partial parent patterns, and reduced images of the plurality of partial parent patterns are transferred onto the substrate while screen joining is performed. It is desirable to correct some of the formation positions.
- the mask manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has a plurality of pattern regions of a predetermined shape arranged on a substrate (1E) at least in a one-dimensional direction with a predetermined boundary region therebetween.
- the mask manufacturing method of the present invention can be implemented, and a plurality of masks can be manufactured from the set of master masks. Compared with the case where a plurality of masks are manufactured by the apparatus, the time required for manufacturing the mask can be reduced, and the mask can be manufactured at lower cost.
- a method for manufacturing a device is a method for manufacturing a device for forming a pattern (2) of a predetermined layer of a device having a multilayer structure on a first substrate (5C).
- the second step of producing a mask (R i (i l to N)) by drawing on multiple second substrates, and reducing the pattern of this master mask to 1/3 times
- WM4 working mask
- a plurality of working masks can be manufactured from the master mask (R i) using, for example, an optical projection exposure apparatus, and a plurality of working masks can be manufactured by an electron beam lithography apparatus.
- the time required for manufacturing the mask and, consequently, the time required for manufacturing the device can be reduced, and the device can be manufactured at lower cost as compared with the case where a manufacturing mask is manufactured.
- a plurality of types of devices are manufactured, if a pattern to be formed on the plurality of types of devices has a common part, a master mask drawn using the common part of the pattern as a parent pattern is manufactured.
- the same master mask can be used in common, and devices can be manufactured at lower cost.
- FIG. 1A shows an example of an embodiment of the mask manufacturing method of the present invention.
- FIG. 1B is a plan view showing a first working mask for an electron beam exposure apparatus manufactured by the method described above, and FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1A.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a second mask for an electron beam exposure apparatus that can be manufactured in an example of the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 (A) is a diagram showing an enlarged pattern of a circuit pattern transferred from the working mask WM 1 of FIG. 1 onto a wafer, and FIG. 3 (B) is a pattern obtained by dividing the pattern of FIG. 3 (A).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a master reticle manufactured by drawing. Fig.
- FIG. 4 (A) shows an enlarged pattern of the circuit pattern transferred from the working mask WM2 of Fig. 2 onto the wafer.
- Fig. 4 (B) shows the pattern of Fig. 4 (A) divided and drawn.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a master reticle manufactured by the above-described process.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a single mask manufactured by transferring patterns on a plurality of master reticles.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an optical reduction projection type exposure apparatus used when exposing a substrate for manufacturing a working mask.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the alignment optical system 16 of the reduction projection type exposure apparatus of FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a design process of a parent pattern formed on a mask reticle.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a manufacturing process of a working mask and a semiconductor device.
- the present invention is applied to a method for manufacturing a mask used in an electron beam exposure apparatus.
- FIG. 1A shows a working mask WM 1 for an electron beam exposure apparatus to be manufactured in this example.
- a working mask WAi 1 has a thickness of 100 m or more.
- Disk shape such as silicon wafer of about 1 mm
- a plurality of mask patterns P1A as original patterns are formed on a mask substrate 1A made of a wafer (wafer).
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1A. In FIG. 1B, the side opposite to the surface on which the mask pattern P 1 of the first king mask WM 1 is formed.
- a plurality of rows of thin film portions 1Aa having a thickness of about 20 / m or less as an example are formed.
- the surface of the thin film portion 1A corresponds to the pattern region of the present invention.
- the thin film portion 1Aa is engraved so as to have a rectangular shape with a width in the short side direction of about 1 to 2 mm.
- a mask pattern P1 # is formed on the surface of the mask substrate 1A opposite to the thin film portion 1Aa .
- a thickness of about 10% to 50% of the width in the short side direction is provided between the short side directions of the thin film portions 1Aa in a plurality of rows. Thick area (hereinafter referred to as “bar”) lAb is formed.
- the thickness of the crosspiece 1 Ab in this example is the same as the thickness of the mask substrate 1A.
- the cross section 1Ab of the mask substrate 1A may be thinned to about 30 m within a range where the electron beam cannot be transmitted.
- the thin film portions 1Aa and the beam portions 1Ab are alternately formed on the working mask WM1
- a plurality of rows of mask patterns P1A on the working mask WM1 are formed by an electron beam exposure apparatus.
- the reduced images of the mask patterns P 1 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ separated by the cross section 1 Ab are sequentially connected and transferred while performing screen splicing.
- Each mask pattern ⁇ 1 ⁇ is obtained by dividing an enlarged pattern of one circuit pattern finally formed on a wafer into widths of about 1 to 2 mm.
- each mask pattern ⁇ 1 ⁇ is formed as a large number of minute openings in the thin film portion lAa .
- the thin film portion l Aa is formed thick so as not to transmit much of the electron beam. It is.
- a silicon wafer having a surface of, for example, SiN (silicon nitride) formed on the surface is used as the mask substrate 1A, and the thin film portion 1Aa of the mask substrate is used. All the silicon in the corresponding region is removed, and each mask pattern P 1 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ is formed on the SiN film using a material such as tungsten (W) that scatters an electron beam.
- W tungsten
- FIG. 2 shows another example of a mastering mask for an electron beam exposure apparatus which can be manufactured by the mask manufacturing method of the present embodiment.
- the back side of the mask substrate 1 of the working mask WM2 is shown.
- a thin thin film portion 1Ba having a square shape of about 1 to 2 mm on one side is formed, and each thin film portion 1Ba has a thick cross section having a width of about 10 to 50% of the length of each side. They are arranged two-dimensionally vertically and horizontally across the part 1 Bb.
- a mask pattern P 1 B is formed on the surface of each thin film portion 1Ba as a pattern region.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 show the thin film portions 1Aa and IBa and the mask patterns ⁇ 1 ⁇ and ⁇ 1 ⁇ larger than the outer diameters of the mask substrates 1A and 1B .
- the electron beam exposure apparatus for transferring a pattern on a working mask onto a wafer according to the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned documents and publications, but is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 8-645222 and corresponding US Pat. 6 247 7 4, Also disclosed in U.S. Pat.No. 5,079,112, etc., and to the extent permitted by the national laws of the designated or designated elected country in this international application, the text above and the disclosure of the United States patent are incorporated by reference. Is part of the description. Further, a specific configuration of the working mask according to the present invention is disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat.No. 5,261,151, and is permitted by the national law of the designated country designated in the international application or the selected elected country. To the extent that this disclosure of this US patent is incorporated herein by reference.
- a master reticle was created by drawing a parent pattern obtained by enlarging a pattern including a boundary area corresponding to each mask pattern and each cross section at a predetermined magnification, and reducing the pattern on this master reticle to a mask substrate. Transfer to produce a working mask.
- a method for manufacturing the mass reticle will be described.
- FIG. 3 (A) is a circuit pattern to be transferred from the Wa one king mask WM 1 of FIG. 1 on the wafer by an electron beam transfer device shows an enlarged pattern P 5A at a predetermined magnification
- FIG. 4 (A) shows a pattern P5B obtained by enlarging a circuit pattern transferred from the working mask WM2 onto a wafer at a predetermined magnification.
- the master reticle RA shown in FIG. 3B is used when manufacturing the working mask WM 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the master reticle RB shown in FIG. 4B is used when manufacturing the working mask WM 2 shown in FIG. Is done.
- the pattern ⁇ 5 ⁇ of FIG. 3 (A) is divided and the parent pattern ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ arranged by sandwiching the boundary area is formed on the reticle RA by drawing. .
- the master reticle R ⁇ has the Pattern that is obtained by dividing P5B
- P KB is formed by drawing.
- each mask pattern P 1A on the working mask WM 1 in FIG. 1 is arranged with a width in the short side direction of 1 to 2 mm
- the parent pattern ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ on the mask reticle RA is reduced by, for example, 1 %.
- the parent pattern P RA on the mask reticle RA is arranged with a width in the short side direction of 5 to 10 mm. Then, when the mask pattern P 1A is transferred onto the wafer at a reduction ratio of 1 ⁇ 4 by an electron beam exposure apparatus, for example, the master pattern P 1A formed on the master reticle RA is finally manufactured.
- the master reticle RA is placed on the surface of the mask substrate 1A on which the thin film portion lAa is already formed, while maintaining the consistency with the position of the thin film portion 1Aa. Transfers a reduced image of pattern PRA . Therefore, the master reticle RA is manufactured such that the distance between the divided parent patterns PRA is equal to the distance between the thin film portions lAa on the working mask WM1, that is, the width of the beam portion 1Ab when the space is reduced. There is a need to. The same applies to the mass reticle RB.
- the area that can be transferred from one master reticle uses the latest optical projection exposure apparatus. Even in this case, the area is about 20 mm square, and it is further reduced to 1Z4 times. In this case, the area on the wafer is only about 5 mm square. Therefore, when actually manufacturing a working mask, a plurality of master reticles are manufactured, and their parent patterns are sequentially transferred to a substrate for a single mask while performing screen splicing.
- FIG. 5 shows a working mask WM3 manufactured using a plurality of masks and reticle.
- different masters are provided on the mask substrate 1C of the master mask WM3.
- P 1 6 Internal to P 1 6 is composed of a plurality of mask pattern with a width of about. 1 to 2 mm and spacing portions between each mask pattern, each pattern P 1 to P, the formation position of 6, for each mask pattern The position matches the thin film formed on the back surface of the mask substrate 1C.
- a desired pattern may be selected from a plurality of patterns formed on one master reticle and transferred onto the mask substrate 1C.
- the area may be divided equally, but a unit circuit having a specific function may be used.
- each pattern for example, it is desirable to divide each IP (Intellectual Property) part that constitutes the system LSI. That is, it is desirable to form a different master reticle for each unit circuit pattern such as the CPU core unit, the RAM unit, the ROM unit, the AZD conversion unit, and the DZA conversion unit.
- the same master reticle can be used for the common IP section, and the number of master reticle manufactured must be reduced. Can be. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of a peaking mask and, consequently, the manufacturing cost of various system LSIs.
- FIG. 8 shows a design process of a parent pattern formed on the master reticle of this example.
- a circuit pattern 2 of a certain layer of a finally manufactured semiconductor device is designed.
- an enlarged pattern 3 is created by enlarging the circuit pattern 2 by a factor ( ⁇ > 1), and a plurality of rectangular patterns 4 a obtained by dividing the enlarged pattern 3 are divided into short sides.
- the mask pattern 4 is created on the design data (including image data) of the combination by arranging the mask pattern at a predetermined interval L in the direction. That is, a boundary region 4b having a width L is formed between the patterns 4a.
- ⁇ is the reciprocal of the reduction ratio (1 / hi) of an electron beam exposure apparatus using a ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ -king mask
- ⁇ is, for example, 4, 5 or the like.
- a parent pattern 6 in which the mask pattern 4 is enlarged by a factor of ⁇ (i3> l) is created on design data (including image data), and the parent pattern 6 is divided vertically and horizontally into N partial parent patterns.
- Turns PI, P2, ⁇ , PN are created on the design data.
- j3 times is the reduction magnification (1) of the optical projection exposure apparatus used when reducing and transferring the pattern of the master reticle.
- / ⁇ ) is the reciprocal of, for example 4,5 etc.
- the method of dividing the partial parent patterns P1 to PN may be performed irregularly for each IP unit as described above.
- FIG. 9 shows the manufacturing process of the working mask and the semiconductor device of the present example.
- the electron beam lithography apparatus or the laser beam
- the drawing data is generated, and the partial parent patterns P i are respectively made to the same size to form a light-shielding film, and the resist pattern is applied to the pattern area 7 on the glass substrate.
- a master reticle R i as a parent mask is created by drawing, developing, etching, and the like.
- the working mask WM4 is completed by developing the photoresist applied on the mask substrate 1D and performing etching or the like.
- the mask pattern P 1 D on the king mask WM 4 is screen-spliced by an electron beam exposure apparatus at a reduction ratio of 1 1 ⁇ to each shot area S ⁇ ⁇ on the resist-coated wafer 5 C.
- a desired device is manufactured by repeating the exposure step and the pattern formation step, and then going through a dicing step and a bonding step.
- FIG. 6 shows an optical projection exposure apparatus used when exposing a substrate for manufacturing a working mask.
- Exposure light is emitted from an illumination optical system 12 consisting of an exposure light source, a fly-eye lens (or rod integrator) for uniformity of illumination, an illumination system aperture stop, a reticle blind (variable field stop), and a condenser lens system.
- the reticle RC on the reticle stage 10 is irradiated.
- the master reticle RC is, for example, a reticle as shown in FIG. 3 (B) or FIG. 4 (B).
- K r F excimer laser beam (wavelength 248 nm), A r F excimer laser beam (wavelength 1 93 nm), F 2 laser beam (wavelength 1 57 nm), harmonics of solid, single-THE Ultraviolet light having a wavelength of about 100 to 400 nm, such as a wave or an i-line (365 nm wavelength) of a mercury lamp, is used.
- the image of the RC reticle RC pattern image in the illumination area set by the reticle blind of the illumination optical system 12 is reduced via the projection optical system 15 at a magnification of 1 1] 3 (173 is 174, 1 for example. 5) is transferred onto a mask substrate 1 consisting of a wafer having a surface coated with a photoresist as a photosensitive thin film.
- the projection optical system 15 of this example is a bilateral telecentric bending system, but a catadioptric system or the like including a concave mirror may be used in addition to the optical axis of the projection optical system 15.
- the X axis is taken parallel to the plane of FIG. 6, the X axis is taken parallel to the plane of FIG. 6, and the ⁇ axis is taken perpendicular to the plane of FIG.
- a reticle alignment microscope (RA microscope) 11 is disposed above the vicinity of a pair of opposing sides of the master reticle RC, and the RA microscope 11 is used to align the alignment mark on the master reticle RC ( (Not shown), and the reticle stage 10 is driven based on the measurement result, thereby positioning the mass reticle RC with respect to the mask substrate 1 in the ⁇ plane ⁇ .
- RA microscope reticle alignment microscope
- the mask substrate 1E is held by a substrate holder (not shown) by vacuum suction (or non-adsorption three-point support), and the substrate holder is fixed on the sample stage 17.
- the sample stage 17 is movably mounted on the sample stage 20.
- the sample stage 20 positions the sample stage 17 in the X and Y directions by, for example, a linear motor system.
- the mask reticles RC to RG and the mask substrate 1E are transferred. It is necessary to perform positioning with high accuracy.
- a moving mirror 18 is fixed above the sample table 17, and the X coordinate, Y coordinate, and rotation angle of the sample table 17 are measured by the moving mirror 18 and the laser interferometer 19, and this measurement is performed.
- the control of the sample stage 20 is performed based on the value.
- the focus position (position in the optical axis AX direction) of the mask substrate 1E is measured by a not-shown auto-focus sensor, and the sample stage 17 is provided with a focus position and an inclination angle of the mask substrate 1E. Is controlled, the surface of the mask substrate 1 E can be adjusted to the image plane of the projection optical system 15.
- a shelf-shaped master reticle library 14 is arranged on the side of the reticle stage 10, and the master reticle RD to RG is placed on a support plate sequentially arranged in the Z direction in the master reticle library 14. Is placed.
- master reticles RC to RG for example, patterns such as partial parent patterns obtained by dividing parent pattern 6 in FIG. 8 or plural types of IP sections are formed by drawing. Therefore, the number of master reticles RC to RG is not limited to five, but may be increased or decreased as necessary.
- the mass reticle library 14 is supported by a slide device (not shown) so as to be movable in the Z direction, and is rotatable between the reticle stage 10 and the master reticle library 14 so as to be within a predetermined range in the Z direction.
- a reticle loader 13 that can be moved by the is provided. After adjusting the position of the master reticle library 14 in the Z direction with the slide device, the reticle loader 13 is used to adjust the position of the reticle to the desired support plate in the reticle library 14. It is configured to be able to transfer desired reticle RC to RG to and from restage 10.
- a mask substrate loader 21 for transporting the mask substrates 1E and 1F for the working mask is provided near the sample stage 20.
- the mask substrate loader 21 holds the mask substrate 1E, IF having a bar structure on the back surface without deformation, for example, by vacuum suction.
- a vacuum suction hole is formed according to the position. This is the same for the substrate holder (not shown) on the sample stage 17.
- the exposure apparatus is provided with an alignment optical system 16.
- FIG. 7 shows the vicinity of the alignment optical system 16 for detecting the backside illumination surface of the present example.
- the illumination optical system for alignment includes the light source 22 and the condenser lens 23 provided in the sample stage 17. Then, near-infrared light having a wavelength of about 700 to 100 nm is illuminated from the back surface of the mask substrate 1E, and the transmitted light is detected by an alignment optical system 16 including, for example, an imaging system. Assuming that the material of the mask substrate 1E is a silicon wafer, near-infrared light has a certain degree of transmittance to silicon, and the intensity of the transmitted light is the thickness of the mask substrate 1E, that is, the thickness of the mask substrate 1E.
- the position of the thin film portion 1Ea of the mask substrate 1E is detected based on the intensity of the transmitted light image, and the exposure is performed by aligning the reduced image of the parent pattern with the thin film portion 1Ea.
- the parent pattern on the mask When transferring to the plate 1E, first, an alignment of the master reticle RC is performed using the RA microscope 12 and a predetermined shot area on the mask substrate 1E is moved by moving the sample stage 17. Move to the exposure area of the projection optical system 15. The reticle blind of the illumination optical system 12 is adjusted so that only the desired pattern on the master reticle RC is illuminated.
- the pattern on the master reticle RC is illuminated by the illumination optical system 12, and a reduced image of the pattern is projected and exposed on the mask substrate 1 E via the projection optical system 15. If the images of the patterns in different areas on the master reticle RC are to be transferred to different shot areas on the mask substrate 1E, when the exposure for one shot area is completed, the illumination optical system 12 Adjust the reticle blind so that the next pattern to be transferred on the reticle RC is illuminated, and move the sample stage 17 to project the next shot area on the mask substrate 1E. The operation of moving to the exposure area 15 and exposing the master reticle RC pattern image is repeated in a step-and-repeat manner to expose the predetermined shot area on the mask substrate 1E. Is performed.
- the sample table 17 is moved to move the next shot area on the mask substrate 1E to the exposure area of the projection optical system 15.
- the master reticle RC on reticle stage 10 is returned to master reticle library 14 via reticle loader 13, and the next master reticle RD to be transferred is reticle via reticle loader 13. It is placed on stage 10.
- the reduced image of the master reticle RD is projected and exposed on the corresponding shot area on the mask substrate 1E via the projection optical system 15, and the step-and-repeat method is performed.
- the remaining shot areas on the mask substrate 1E are successively reduced images of the corresponding master reticles RE to RG. Is performed.
- the photoresist applied on the mask substrate 1E is developed, and a master reticule is formed through a etching step, a resist peeling step, and the like.
- a master reticule is formed through a etching step, a resist peeling step, and the like.
- Each pattern on RC to RG is formed on the mask substrate 1E in a state where the screens are joined.
- the position of the mask mark for alignment of the mask substrate 1E and the position of the pattern formed on the wafer when transferring the pattern of the mask substrate 1E to the wafer using an electron beam exposure apparatus are determined in the next step.
- marks for these alignments are formed on at least one of the mask reticle RC to RG. Have been.
- a batch exposure type projection exposure apparatus is used.
- a scanning exposure type reduction projection exposure apparatus such as a step and scan method may be used.
- a reduction transfer device other than the optical method for example, an electron beam exposure device with relatively low accuracy may be used.
- an optical reduction transfer device a master reticle manufactured using a glass substrate for which the manufacturing technology and the technology for correcting drawing errors have been established can be used. There is an advantage that inspection, inspection, and correction can be easily performed.
- the deformation (stress deformation) of this working mask is caused by the formation of the thin film part.
- it may be caused by the formation of a mask pattern.c
- a thin film part consisting of a rectangular area of about 1 mm in width or an area of about 1 mm square. If the density (degree of density) distribution has a large asymmetry, stress deformation occurs in the thin film portion according to the density difference of the mask pattern, and the formed mask pattern may be shifted from a desired position. There is.
- the stress deformation of the working mask due to the pattern density difference can be estimated by simulation based on the mask pattern data. Therefore, when manufacturing the master reticle, the amount of positional shift of the mask pattern due to stress deformation is estimated in advance, and the position of the parent pattern (partial parent pattern) on the master reticle is shifted by a predetermined amount, so that the pattern The displacement of the mask pattern due to the density difference can be corrected.
- the parent pattern (partial parent pattern) on the master reticle includes a plurality of subfields corresponding to the thin-film portion of the ⁇ -king mask and a boundary region corresponding to the cross section.
- the formation position of a part of the pattern is shifted from a predetermined design position by a predetermined amount so as to compensate for stress deformation due to the asymmetry of the pattern density.
- the formation position of all the subfields in the parent pattern (partial parent pattern), and the stress deformation due to the asymmetry, that is, the subfield in which the displacement of a part of the pattern exceeds a predetermined allowable value.
- the formation position need only be corrected for the field only.
- the projection optical system of the projection exposure apparatus used to manufacture the working mask It is preferable to shift the formation position of the parent pattern on the master reticle by a predetermined amount so that the amount of displacement of the mask pattern due to the distortion is also corrected.
- the mask manufacturing method according to the above-described embodiment is not limited to the case where a semiconductor device is manufactured.
- the present invention can be widely applied to a case where a display element or a thin film magnetic head is manufactured.
- a DFB semiconductor laser or a single wavelength laser in the infrared or visible region oscillated from a fiber laser for example, erbium (Er) (Or both erbium and ytterbium (Yb)) may be amplified by a fiber-doped amplifier, and a harmonic converted to ultraviolet light using a nonlinear optical crystal may be used.
- erbium Er
- Yb ytterbium
- the oscillation wavelength of a single-wavelength laser is in the range of 1.544 to 1.553 m
- the eighth harmonic in the range of 193 to 194 nm, that is, ArF excimer laser
- the 10th harmonic in the range of 157 to 158 nm A wave that is, ultraviolet light having substantially the same wavelength as that of the F 2 laser is obtained.
- quartz (Si 2 ) or fluorite is used as a glass material for the projection optical system.
- a material that transmits far ultraviolet rays such as (C a F 2 ) is used.
- the projection optical system is a refraction system, a reflection system, and a reflection lens configured by combining a refraction lens and a reflection optical element such as a concave mirror. It can be any of the folding systems (Ripo diopterics).
- a catadioptric system for example, as disclosed in US Pat. No.
- an illumination optical system and a projection optical system composed of multiple lenses are incorporated into the exposure apparatus main body to perform optical adjustments, and a reticle stage and sample stage (an alignment optical system for detecting the backside illumination surface) consisting of many mechanical parts. (Including 16) etc. to the exposure equipment main body, connect the wiring and piping, and make comprehensive adjustments (electrical adjustment, operation confirmation, etc.) to obtain the optical mask for manufacturing the working mask of the above embodiment. Can be manufactured. It is desirable that the projection exposure apparatus be manufactured in a clean room where the temperature, cleanliness, etc. are controlled.
- a glass substrate for an optical reduction projection type exposure apparatus can be used as the substrate of the master mask.
- the defect inspection and defect correction technology of the mask are established, even if a drawing error occurs, the drawing error can be easily corrected in a short time. it can. Therefore, for example, compared to a case where a pattern is directly drawn on a mask substrate for an electron beam transfer apparatus by an electron beam drawing apparatus, the entire manufacturing cost including correction can be reduced, and the mask manufacturing time can be shortened. it can.
- a plurality of masks can be manufactured from the master mask only by repeating exposure and transfer using, for example, an optical projection exposure apparatus, and the pattern of the plurality of masks is drawn by an electron beam drawing apparatus.
- the time required to manufacture all the masks is greatly reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be greatly reduced.
- the mask manufacturing apparatus of the present invention the mask manufacturing method of the present invention can be performed, and a plurality of masks can be manufactured from the master mask. Compared with the case where the pattern of a plurality of masks is directly drawn, the time required for manufacturing the mask can be reduced, and the mask can be manufactured at lower cost.
- the time required for manufacturing the mask and, consequently, the time required for manufacturing the device can be reduced as compared with the case where a plurality of working masks are manufactured using an electron beam lithography apparatus.
- the device can be manufactured at lower cost.
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