WO2021199183A1 - 荷電粒子線装置およびラフネス指標算出方法 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a charged particle beam device and a method for calculating a roughness index, and more particularly to a machine difference correction between charged particle beam devices in the measurement of a roughness index appearing at the edge of a pattern to be measured.
- the edge roughness of the pattern greatly affects the yield of the device as the pattern becomes finer.
- the degree of roughness varies greatly depending on the materials constituting the semiconductor device, the exposure apparatus, the properties and characteristics of the base substrate, and the like.
- the magnitude of roughness greatly affects the performance of the product, so measurement management of the roughness index in the mass production process is required.
- the measuring equipment used in the mass production process it is important that the difference in measured values (machine difference) between the equipment is small.
- SEMs scanning electron microscopes
- a measuring device particularly used for measuring the dimensions of a semiconductor is called an SEM type length measuring device.
- the SEM type length measuring device used for edge roughness measurement is required to reduce the difference in edge roughness measurement.
- Noise mixed in the SEM image can be considered as a factor of the machine difference in edge roughness measurement using the SEM type length measuring device.
- Patent Document 1 in order to remove noise from an SEM image, a single SEM image is obtained by differentiating the power spectral density obtained from one edge position and the power spectral density obtained from the other edge position. A method of removing the noise component of the above is disclosed. However, the method described in Patent Document 1 cannot remove device-specific noise components such as column vibration and power supply noise that are equally mixed in one edge position and the other edge position.
- Patent Document 2 the noise frequency and noise amplitude peculiar to the device are obtained from the SEM image obtained when the electron beam is deflected in only one direction, and the noise frequency and noise are used in the deflector for scanning the electron beam. A method of removing device-specific noise by feeding back the amplitude is described. However, the method described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that trial and error is required to identify the optimum phase because the phase is not known even if the amplitude of the signal to be fed back to the deflector is known.
- the charged particle beam apparatus is a charged particle beam optical system that scans a charged particle beam two-dimensionally with respect to a line pattern formed on a sample, and is irradiated with the charged particle beam.
- a detector that detects electrons emitted from the sample
- an image processing unit that calculates the roughness index of the line pattern formed on the sample from the scanned image obtained from the signal detected by the detector, and the roughness index calculation.
- the reference charged particle beam device which is the standard for machine difference management, inputs the first PSD data indicating the power spectrum density of the line pattern measured in advance for the line pattern formed on the first wafer.
- the image processing unit measures the power spectral density of the line pattern formed on the first wafer from the scanned image of the line pattern formed on the first wafer and obtains the second PSD data as the second PSD data.
- a correction method for correcting the power spectral density of the PSD data to the power spectral density of the first PSD data was sought, and a line formed on the second wafer was obtained from a scanned image of a line pattern formed on the second wafer.
- the power spectral density of the pattern is measured to obtain the third PSD data, the corrected power spectral density obtained by correcting the power spectral density of the third PSD data by the correction method is calculated, and the corrected power spectral density is used to calculate the second wafer. Calculate the roughness index of the line pattern formed above.
- FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the SEM type length measuring device.
- the main components of the SEM length measuring device are an electron beam optical system that irradiates the sample with an electron beam, a detection system that detects secondary electrons emitted from the sample due to the irradiation of the electron beam, and a vacuum chamber.
- the stage mechanism system arranged inside (not shown), the control system that controls the components of the SEM type length measuring device and processes various information, and the pattern dimensions and edge roughness are measured from the obtained SEM image. It is provided with an image processing system for performing.
- the primary electrons 102 generated by the electron source 101 are deflected by the deflector 104 and focused by the objective lens 103, and then irradiated to the sample 105 mounted on the movable stage 106.
- the operation of the objective lens 103 is controlled by the objective lens control unit 111
- the operation of the deflector 104 is controlled by the deflector control unit 112
- the operation of the movable stage 106 is controlled by the stage control unit 107.
- a negative electrode voltage may be applied to the sample 105 via the movable stage 106.
- the secondary electrons 108 generated due to the irradiation of the sample 105 with the primary electrons 102 by the electron beam optical system as described above are detected by the detector 109 constituting the detection system.
- the detector 109 is arranged closer to the electron source 101 than the deflector 104, but if the secondary electrons 108 can be detected, it may be between the deflector 104 and the objective lens 103, or with the objective lens 103. It may be arranged between the sample 105 and the sample 105.
- Examples of the detector 109 include an ET (Everhart-Thornley) detector composed of a scintillator, a light guide, and a photomultiplier tube, and a semiconductor detector. What kind of configuration can detect electrons?
- a detector may be used. Further, the detector 109 may be mounted at a plurality of positions. The signal detected by the detector 109 is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 110. A signal for each electron beam coordinate is generated by the image processing unit 113, a scanned image is displayed on the display unit 114, and the scanned image is also recorded on the recording unit 115.
- stage control unit 107 The operation of the stage control unit 107, the A / D converter 110, the objective lens control unit 111, the deflector control unit 112, the image processing unit 113, the display unit 114, the recording unit 115, and the PSD input unit 116 described later is performed by the workstation 117. Be controlled.
- FIG. 2 A schematic diagram of a scanning image obtained by the SEM type length measuring device shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG.
- the amount of variation in the edge position in the line pattern of FIG. 2 is the line edge roughness (LER).
- the LER measurement method will be described.
- FIG. 2 the line profile in the x direction at the y coordinate y n is shown in FIG.
- the minimum signal amount on the left side of the line profile is 0%
- the maximum signal amount is 100%
- the x coordinate at which the signal amount is 50% is the edge position at y coordinate y n. Determined as x n.
- This determination method is called the threshold method.
- the x-coordinates whose signal amount is other than 50% may be defined as the edge position x n.
- a method other than the threshold method for example, a differential value of a line profile may be used, or an edge position may be obtained by matching with a waveform obtained in advance.
- the power spectral density (hereinafter referred to as "PSD” (hereinafter referred to as "Power Spectrum Density”)) can be obtained by performing a Fourier analysis on the edge positions x n obtained by a plurality of y coordinates y n.
- PSD power spectral density
- LER is expressed as an integral with respect to the PSD frequency.
- the above-mentioned edge position calculation, PSD analysis, and LER calculation can be executed by the image processing unit 113, and the results are displayed on the display unit 114 and recorded on the recording unit 115.
- the acquired PSD (or LER) varies within the wafer surface. Therefore, for example, several hundred measurement points are provided on the wafer, and the PSD measured for the line pattern of each measurement point is averaged to obtain the PSD of the wafer.
- PSD Master a PSD of a pattern formed on a wafer used for machine difference management is acquired by a device (referred to as a “reference machine”) that serves as a reference for machine difference management (402).
- the PSD Master may be obtained from one device, or may be obtained as the average value of PSD obtained from a plurality of devices in a pattern used for machine difference management.
- the PSD Master is recorded in the recording unit 115.
- the device for performing the machine difference correction of the LER measurement value acquires the PSD'using the same wafer as when the PSD Master was obtained (403).
- the wafer used for measurement of the PSD ' is not necessarily the same as the wafer was determined PSD Master, if plurality of wafers that have the same LER and the wafer obtained the PSD Master has been confirmed, one that May be used.
- the PSD Master is read by the correction target machine (404).
- the PSD Master can be input from the PSD input unit 116.
- the difference between PSD'and PSD Master is calculated and defined as the correction function PSD Corr (405).
- PSD Corr PSD'-PSD Master ... (Equation 1)
- the correction function PSD Corr is recorded in the recording unit 115 (406).
- the PSD (PSD Obs ) of the pattern formed on an arbitrary wafer is measured by a device (referred to as a “correction target machine”) for performing the machine difference correction of the LER measurement value (412). ..
- PSD Corr recorded in the recording unit 115
- the difference PSD Obs'between PSD Obs and PSD Corr is calculated (413) as shown in (Equation 2).
- PSD Obs ' PSD Obs -PSD Corr ... (Equation 2)
- the LER (LER Corr ) after the machine error correction is calculated by integrating the PSD Obs'with respect to the frequency (414).
- the calculated LER Corr is displayed on the display unit 114 and recorded on the recording unit 115.
- PSD Corr PSD'and PSD Master in FIG. 4A
- PSD Obs ' PSD Obs and PSD Corr in FIG. 4B
- the PSD'and PSD Master are obtained on the same wafer (or a wafer having a LER of the same size), and the PSD of the pattern itself is the same. Therefore, the PSD Corr , which is the difference between PSD'and PSD Master , represents the difference in noise between the reference machine and the correction target machine. Therefore, from the obtained in any pattern in the correction object machine PSD Obs by subtracting the PSD Corr, PSD Obs' is obtained machinery difference component of noise is removed.
- the PSD obtained by the SEM type length measuring device contains both the roughness component and the noise component of the pattern itself. Further, the noise component contained in the PSD includes a noise component (random noise component) having a constant intensity at any frequency, and a method for removing this random noise component from the PSD is known (for example, Patent Documents). 1). In the second embodiment, a method of obtaining a correction function PSD Corr for machine error correction from the PSD after removing random noise is disclosed.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B The flows related to this embodiment are shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.
- the basic flow is the same as in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
- PSD (PSD'') in which the random noise component is gradually obtained is obtained from PSD'(605). ..
- PSD Master in corrected machine obtained from 'reads (606), PSD correction function PSDCorr defined by (Equation 3) Master' and PSD '' (six hundred and seven).
- PSD Corr PSD''-PSD Master '' ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ (Equation 3)
- the correction function PSD Corr is recorded in the recording unit 115 (608).
- the second embodiment it is possible to obtain a PSD obtained by correcting the difference component of the remaining noise with respect to the PSD from which the random noise has been removed.
- Example 1 Whether to use the method of Example 1 or the method of Example 2 may be selected according to the operation of the mass production process.
- the process control is performed by the LER calculated from the PSD obtained by removing the random noise independent of the frequency
- the process control is performed by the LER calculated from the PSD calculated by removing the random noise. If so, it is desirable to use Example 1.
- the mass production process can be managed by the control numerical values that reduce the machine difference while maintaining the continuity of the control numerical values.
- the correction function PSD Corr can be determined with high accuracy by performing the smoothing process on the correction function PSD Corr calculated by (Equation 1) or (Equation 3).
- a moving average may be used, or an arbitrary function may be used for approximation.
- the correction function PSD Corr is defined by the difference as in (Equation 1) and (Equation 3), but the correction function PSD Corr may be defined by another method.
- (Equation 4-1) defines the correction function PSD Corr as the ratio of PSD'and PSDMaster in Example 1.
- PSD Corr PSD Master / PSD'... (Equation 4-1)
- the PSD Obs'after the machine difference correction on any wafer can be calculated by (Equation 5-1).
- PSD Obs ' PSD Corr x PSD Obs ... (Equation 5-1)
- each PSD Corr PSD Master '/ PSD'' ... (Equation 4-2)
- the machine difference correction method is not limited to the correction method by the function as described above, and may be a correction method by machine learning.
- FIG. 8A, B a method for obtaining the arbitrary post-instrumental error correction at the wafer PSD Obs 'and PSD Obs' '' using a machine learning.
- FIG. 8A shows the learning step
- FIG. 8B shows the machine error correction step using the trained model.
- the type of machine learning is supervised learning, and as shown in FIG. 8A, the PSD'or PSD'' of the pattern formed on the wafer used for machine difference management acquired in the correction target machine is input as the reference machine. the acquired learning as PSD Master or PSD Master 'of the pattern of the same wafer is output performed in.
- Deep Neural Network Convolutional Neural Networks, Generative adversarial networks and the like can be used. Additional applicable as long as the algorithm can estimate the PSD Master or PSD Master 'from PSD' or PSD ''.
- PSD Obs'or PSD Obs ''' is output.
- the machine error correction method in the LER measurement described above is for acquiring the optical conditions for acquiring the SEM image used for the LER measurement, specifically, the irradiation energy of the sample 105 of the primary electron 102, the current amount of the primary electron 102, and the acquisition of the SEM image. It is desirable to set for each type of detector 109 to be used and the scanning speed at which the primary electron 102 is scanned on the sample 105. This is because the amount of noise superimposed on the SEM image changes when these optical conditions change.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of the GUI displayed on the display unit 114 by the PSD input unit 116.
- a display area 901 of the SEM image used for measurement at the top of the GUI screen wafer ID 903 indicating the wafer to be measured, measurement coordinates 904 indicating the measurement location, irradiation energy 905 which is the optical condition, probe current 906, magnification 907, scan.
- Method 908, detector type 909, and measurement item 910 can be specified.
- the area corresponding to the specified measurement coordinates is displayed on the SEM image (902).
- the machine error correction check box 911 is enabled.
- the GUI of PSD input unit 116 is displayed on the display unit 114, but the operator indicates an example of specifying the data of PSD Master or PSD Master ', between the reference apparatus and the correction target machine network in connecting, it is also possible that the data of the PSD Master or PSD Master 'via a network corresponding to a predetermined optical condition is input to the correction target machine.
- the present invention is not limited to the LER measurement described so far, and the present invention can be applied to the measurement of other roughness indexes of the line pattern, specifically, the measurement of the line width variation (LWR: Line Width Roughness).
- LWR Line Width Roughness
- the line width (line width) CD n at the y coordinate y n is measured, and the result of performing the Fourier analysis on the line width (line width) CD n obtained by a plurality of y n is defined as PSD.
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画像処理部は、第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンの走査像から、第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を計測して第2のPSDデータとし、第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度に補正する補正方法を求め、第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンの走査像から、第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を計測して第3のPSDデータとし、補正方法により第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正した補正パワースペクトル密度を算出し、補正パワースペクトル密度を用いて第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標を算出する。
PSDCorr=PSD’-PSDMaster ・・・(式1)
最後に、補正関数PSDCorrを記録部115に記録する(406)。
PSDObs’=PSDObs-PSDCorr ・・・(式2)
次に、PSDObs’を周波数について積分することで機差補正後のLER(LERCorr)を算出する(414)。算出されたLERCorrは表示部114に表示されるとともに、記録部115に記録される。
PSDCorr=PSD’’-PSDMaster’ ・・・(式3)
最後に、補正関数PSDCorrを記録部115に記録する(608)。
PSDCorr=PSDMaster/PSD’ ・・・(式4-1)
この場合、任意のウェハにおける機差補正後のPSDObs’は(式5-1)で算出できる。
PSDObs’=PSDCorr×PSDObs ・・・(式5-1)
実施例2の場合は、それぞれ、
PSDCorr=PSDMaster’/PSD’’ ・・・(式4-2)
PSDObs’’’=PSDCorr×PSDObs’’ ・・・(式5-2)
により、算出できる。
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- 試料上に形成されたラインパターンに対して荷電粒子線を二次元的に走査する荷電粒子線光学系と、
前記荷電粒子線が照射されることにより、前記試料から放出される電子を検出する検出器と、
前記検出器で検出された信号から得られる走査像から前記試料上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標を算出する画像処理部と、
前記ラフネス指標算出における機差管理の基準とされる基準荷電粒子線装置が、あらかじめ第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンについて計測したラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を示す第1のPSDデータを入力するパワースペクトル密度入力部とを有し、
前記画像処理部は、
前記第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンの走査像から、前記第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を計測して第2のPSDデータとし、前記第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を前記第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度に補正する補正方法を求め、
第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンの走査像から、前記第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を計測して第3のPSDデータとし、前記補正方法により前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正した補正パワースペクトル密度を算出し、
前記補正パワースペクトル密度を用いて前記第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標を算出する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1のウェハは機差管理に用いるラインパターンが形成されているウェハであり、前記第2のウェハは計測対象のラインパターンが形成されているウェハであり、
前記第1のウェハは複数のウェハのうちの1枚のウェハであり、前記複数のウェハのそれぞれに形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度は同一である荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1のPSDデータ及び前記第2のPSDデータは、前記第1のウェハ上に形成された複数のラインパターンについて計測したラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度の平均値である荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1のPSDデータは、複数の前記基準荷電粒子線装置がそれぞれ前記第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンについて計測したラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度の平均値である荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記ウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのエッジ位置を計測し、前記ウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標として、ラインエッジラフネス(LER)を算出する、または、
前記ウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのライン幅を計測し、前記ウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標として、ライン幅ラフネス(LWR)を算出する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記補正方法として、前記第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度と前記第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度との差分を求め、前記差分に基づき前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項6において、
前記差分を平滑化し、平滑化された前記差分に基づき前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記補正方法として、前記第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度と前記第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度との比を求め、前記比に基づき前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項8において、
前記比を平滑化し、平滑化された前記比に基づき前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記補正方法として、前記第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を入力とし、前記第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を出力とするモデルを学習させ、学習済みとなった前記モデルに前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を入力することにより、前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1乃至第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度は、周波数に依存しないランダムノイズ成分が除去されたパワースペクトル密度である荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記パワースペクトル密度入力部は、光学条件ごとに前記第1のPSDデータを入力する荷電粒子線装置。 - 請求項12において、
前記光学条件は、少なくとも前記荷電粒子線の前記試料における照射エネルギー、前記荷電粒子線の電流量、前記検出器の種類、前記荷電粒子線が前記試料上で走査される走査速度のいずれかを含む荷電粒子線装置。 - ラフネス指標算出における機差管理の基準とされる基準荷電粒子線装置が、あらかじめ第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンについて計測したラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を示す第1のPSDデータと、機差管理の対象とされる荷電粒子線装置が、前記第1のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンについて計測したラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を示す第2のPSDデータとを用いて、前記荷電粒子線装置が第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標を算出するラフネス指標算出方法であって、
前記第2のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を前記第1のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度に補正する補正方法を求め、
前記第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンの走査像から、前記第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのパワースペクトル密度を計測して第3のPSDデータとし、前記補正方法により前記第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度を補正した補正パワースペクトル密度を算出し、
前記補正パワースペクトル密度を用いて前記第2のウェハ上に形成されたラインパターンのラフネス指標を算出するラフネス指標算出方法。 - 請求項14において、
前記第1乃至第3のPSDデータのパワースペクトル密度は、周波数に依存しないランダムノイズ成分が除去されたパワースペクトル密度であるラフネス指標算出方法。
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