WO2024088871A1 - Projektionsbelichtungsanlage für die halbleiterlithographie und verfahren - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a projection exposure system for semiconductor lithography with optical elements provided with actuators and to a method for integrating the actuators.
- Projection exposure systems for semiconductor technology are used to produce the finest structures, particularly on semiconductor components or other microstructured parts.
- the functional principle of the systems mentioned is based on the use of a generally reduced-size image of structures on a mask, with a so-called reticle, on an element to be structured, a so-called wafer, provided with photosensitive material, in order to produce the finest structures down to the nanometer range.
- the minimum dimensions of the structures produced depend directly on the wavelength of the light used.
- the so-called DUV range In addition to the predominantly used light sources with an emission wavelength in the range of 100 nm to 300 nm, the so-called DUV range, light sources with an emission wavelength in the range of a few nanometers, for example between 1 nm and 120 nm, in particular in the range of 13.5 nm, have recently been increasingly used.
- the wavelength range described is also referred to as the EUV range.
- optical elements used for imaging for the application described above must be positioned with the highest precision and/or deformed if necessary in order to ensure sufficient imaging quality.
- optical elements designed as mirrors are designed so that the optical effective surface can be deformed in addition to positioning in up to six degrees of freedom.
- the optical effective surface is the surface of an optical element which, during normal operation of the associated system is exposed to radiation used for imaging and exposure.
- the deformation is caused by actuators arranged on the back of the mirror opposite the optical active surface.
- the actuators used can act on the optical element parallel to the optical active surface, but also perpendicular to it.
- a corresponding arrangement is shown in the German patent application DE 10 2020 210 773 A1.
- the cited document discloses an optical element in which actuators act on the optical element from the back of the optical element, i.e. the side opposite the optical active surface, and apply forces perpendicular to the optical active surface.
- a back plate is used as the abutment on which the actuators are supported.
- the use of the back plate has the consequence that the actuators are not optimally accessible for maintenance or repair purposes.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method which eliminates the disadvantages of the prior art described above.
- the actuator is designed to exert compressive or tensile forces perpendicular to the optical effective surface on the optical element.
- the at least one actuator is arranged in a recess of a base body of the optical element.
- the actuator can be connected to the base body via a bearing contact surface arranged in the recess.
- the above-mentioned connection of the Actuator with the base body can in particular absorb the forces that act on the actuator during control due to the elastic properties of the material of the optical element.
- the base body itself serves as a support for the actuator and the provision of a back plate, as is known from technology, is not necessary.
- the optical element comprises an intermediate body arranged between an optical body and the base body.
- the optical body is the part of the optical element that has the optical effective surface.
- the intermediate body now offers the possibility of introducing further functionality into the optical element.
- At least one cavity can be present between the base body and the optical body for at least partial mechanical decoupling of the optical body from the base body, which can be achieved, for example, by a corresponding design of the intermediate body.
- the at least one cavity can be arranged between the intermediate body and the base body.
- the at least one actuator can extend at least partially into the cavity mentioned; it is also conceivable that the at least one cavity is designed to be closed off from the at least one actuator.
- the closed design of the cavity results in the advantage that if the actuators are removed and cleaned, for example with water, no cleaning fluid gets into the cavity, so that there is no need to dry the cavity before mounting the actuators.
- an intermediate body can comprise fluid channels for controlling the temperature of the optical element. It is advantageous that an intermediate body can be more easily accessible for processing, in particular for creating the aforementioned fluid channels, than, for example, an optical body or the base body.
- a pin can be present at the bottom of the recess, in particular on the intermediate body, which is mechanically connected to the actuator via an effective contact surface, a certain mechanical Decoupling can be achieved perpendicular to the direction of action of the actuator. Transverse deformations that occur when the actuator is operating are in this case absorbed by the pin and are not transmitted to the vicinity of the optical effective surface.
- the distance between the optical effective surface and the effective contact surface is between 5 mm and 20 mm, it is possible to achieve a deformation of the optical effective surface with comparatively low actuator forces.
- the bearing contact surface can be formed on a shoulder in the recess.
- the bearing contact surface can be connected to the actuator in a simple manner via an adhesive connection.
- the distance between the bearing contact surface and the back of the base body being between 0 mm and 500 mm, preferably between 0 mm and 250 mm, particularly preferably between 50 mm and 150 mm.
- At least one clamping element can be arranged between the actuator and an inner surface of the recess.
- a clamping element is to be understood in particular as an element which is suitable for clamping the actuator in the recess by means of clamping forces.
- the clamping element can be designed in particular as a sleeve-shaped body.
- the clamping element can be clamped with its outer surface against an inner surface of the recess and with its inner surface against an outer surface of the actuator and in this way create a force-fitting connection.
- a method according to the invention for fixing an actuator in a recess in a base body of an optical element comprises the following steps:
- the clamping element can be tightened in particular by changing the temperature of the base body or the clamping element.
- the clamping element comprises a shape memory alloy, comparatively large forces can be realized through the temperature change.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic meridional section of a projection exposure system for EUV projection lithography
- Figure 2 shows a meridional section of a projection exposure system for DUV projection lithography
- Figure 3 shows a first embodiment of an optical element according to the invention
- Figure 4 shows a further embodiment of an optical element according to the invention
- Figure 5 shows a further embodiment of an optical element according to the invention.
- an illumination system 2 of the projection exposure system 1 has, in addition to a radiation source 3, an illumination optics 4 for illuminating an object field 5 in an object plane 6.
- the light source 3 can also be provided as a module separate from the rest of the illumination system. In this case, the illumination system does not include the light source 3.
- a reticle 7 arranged in the object field 5 is illuminated.
- the reticle 7 is held by a reticle holder 8.
- the reticle holder 8 can be displaced via a reticle displacement drive 9, in particular in a scanning direction.
- Figure 1 a Cartesian xyz coordinate system is drawn for explanation purposes.
- the x-direction runs perpendicular to the drawing plane.
- the y-direction runs horizontally and the z-direction runs vertically.
- the scanning direction in Figure 1 runs along the y-direction.
- the z-direction runs perpendicular to the object plane 6.
- the projection exposure system 1 comprises a projection optics 10.
- the projection optics 10 serves to image the object field 5 into an image field 11 in an image plane 12.
- the image plane 12 runs parallel to the object plane 6. Alternatively, an angle other than 0° between the object plane 6 and the image plane 12 is also possible.
- a structure on the reticle 7 is imaged onto a light-sensitive layer of a wafer 13 arranged in the region of the image field 11 in the image plane 12.
- the wafer 13 is held by a wafer holder 14.
- the wafer holder 14 can be displaced via a wafer displacement drive 15, in particular along the y-direction.
- the displacement of the reticle 7 via the reticle displacement drive 9 on the one hand and the wafer 13 via the wafer displacement drive 15 on the other hand can be synchronized with each other.
- the radiation source 3 is an EUV radiation source.
- the radiation source 3 emits in particular EUV radiation 16, which is also referred to below as useful radiation, illumination radiation or illumination light.
- the useful radiation has in particular a wavelength in the range between 5 nm and 30 nm.
- the radiation source 3 can be a plasma source, for example an LPP source (laser produced plasma, plasma generated using a laser) or a DPP source (gas discharged produced plasma, plasma generated by gas discharge). It can also be a synchrotron-based radiation source.
- the radiation source 3 can be a free-electron laser (FEL).
- the illumination radiation 16, which emanates from the radiation source 3, is bundled by a collector 17.
- the collector 17 can be a collector with one or more ellipsoidal and/or hyperboloidal reflection surfaces.
- the at least one reflection surface of the collector 17 can be exposed to the illumination radiation 16 in grazing incidence (Gl), i.e. with angles of incidence greater than 45° relative to the normal direction of the mirror surface, or in normal incidence (NI), i.e. with angles of incidence less than 45°.
- Gl grazing incidence
- NI normal incidence
- the collector 17 can be structured and/or coated on the one hand to optimize its reflectivity for the useful radiation and on the other hand to suppress stray light.
- the intermediate focal plane 18 can represent a separation between a radiation source module, comprising the radiation source 3 and the collector 17, and the illumination optics 4.
- the illumination optics 4 comprise a deflecting mirror 19 and a first facet mirror 20 arranged downstream of this in the beam path.
- the deflecting mirror 19 can be a flat deflecting mirror or alternatively a mirror with an effect that influences the bundle beyond the pure deflection effect.
- the deflecting mirror 19 can be designed as a spectral filter that separates a useful light wavelength of the illumination radiation 16 from false light of a different wavelength.
- first facet mirror 20 is arranged in a plane of the illumination optics 4 that is optically conjugated to the object plane 6 as a field plane, it is also referred to as a field facet mirror.
- the first facet mirror 20 comprises a plurality of individual first facets 21, which are also referred to below as field facets. Only a few of these facets 21 are shown in Fig. 1 as examples.
- the first facets 21 can be designed as macroscopic facets, in particular as rectangular facets or as facets with an arcuate or partially circular edge contour.
- the first facets 21 can be designed as flat facets or alternatively as convex or concave curved facets.
- the first facets 21 themselves can also be composed of a plurality of individual mirrors, in particular a plurality of micromirrors.
- the first facet mirror 20 can in particular be designed as a microelectromechanical system (MEMS system).
- MEMS system microelectromechanical system
- the illumination radiation 16 runs horizontally, i.e. along the y-direction.
- a second facet mirror 22 is arranged downstream of the first facet mirror 20. If the second facet mirror 22 is arranged in a pupil plane of the illumination optics 4, it is also referred to as a pupil facet mirror. The second facet mirror 22 can also be arranged at a distance from a pupil plane of the illumination optics 4. In this case, the combination of the first facet mirror 20 and the second facet mirror 22 is also referred to as a specular reflector. Specular reflectors are known from US 2006/0132747 A1, EP 1 614 008 B1 and US 6,573,978.
- the second facet mirror 22 comprises a plurality of second facets 23.
- the second facets 23 are also referred to as pupil facets.
- the second facets 23 can also be macroscopic facets, which can be round, rectangular or hexagonal, for example, or alternatively facets composed of micromirrors.
- macroscopic facets can be round, rectangular or hexagonal, for example, or alternatively facets composed of micromirrors.
- the second facets 23 can have planar or alternatively convex or concave curved reflection surfaces.
- the illumination optics 4 thus forms a double-faceted system.
- This basic principle is also known as a honeycomb condenser (Fly's Eye Integrator).
- the second facet mirror 22 may be arranged tilted relative to a pupil plane of the projection optics 10, as described, for example, in DE 10 2017 220 586 A1.
- the second facet mirror 22 is the last bundle-forming or actually the last mirror for the illumination radiation 16 in the beam path in front of the object field 5.
- a transmission optics can be arranged in the beam path between the second facet mirror 22 and the object field 5, which contributes in particular to the imaging of the first facets 21 in the object field 5.
- the transmission optics can have exactly one Mirrors, but alternatively also two or more mirrors, which are arranged one behind the other in the beam path of the illumination optics 4.
- the transmission optics can in particular comprise one or two mirrors for perpendicular incidence (Nl mirrors, normal incidence mirrors) and/or one or two mirrors for grazing incidence (Gl mirrors, grazing incidence mirrors).
- the illumination optics 4 has exactly three mirrors after the collector 17, namely the deflection mirror 19, the field facet mirror 20 and the pupil facet mirror 22.
- the deflection mirror 19 can also be omitted, so that the illumination optics 4 can then have exactly two mirrors after the collector 17, namely the first facet mirror 20 and the second facet mirror 22.
- the imaging of the first facets 21 by means of the second facets 23 or with the second facets 23 and a transmission optics into the object plane 6 is usually only an approximate imaging.
- the projection optics 10 comprises a plurality of mirrors Mi, which are numbered according to their arrangement in the beam path of the projection exposure system 1.
- the projection optics 10 comprises six mirrors M1 to M6. Alternatives with four, eight, ten, twelve or another number of mirrors Mi are also possible.
- the penultimate mirror M5 and the last mirror M6 each have a passage opening for the illumination radiation 16.
- the projection optics 10 are doubly obscured optics.
- the projection optics 10 have a numerical aperture on the image side that is greater than 0.5 and can also be greater than 0.6 and can be, for example, 0.7 or 0.75.
- Reflection surfaces of the mirrors Mi can be designed as free-form surfaces without a rotational symmetry axis.
- the reflection surfaces of the mirrors Mi be designed as aspherical surfaces with exactly one rotational symmetry axis of the reflection surface shape.
- the mirrors Mi can, just like the mirrors of the illumination optics 4, have highly reflective coatings for the illumination radiation 16. These coatings can be designed as multilayer coatings, in particular with alternating layers of molybdenum and silicon.
- the projection optics 10 have a large object-image offset in the y-direction between a y-coordinate of a center of the object field 5 and a y-coordinate of the center of the image field 11.
- This object-image offset in the y-direction can be approximately as large as a z-distance between the object plane 6 and the image plane 12.
- the projection optics 10 can in particular be anamorphic. In particular, it has different image scales ßx, ßy in the x and y directions.
- a positive image scale ß means an image without image inversion.
- a negative sign for the image scale ß means an image with image inversion.
- the projection optics 10 thus leads to a reduction in the ratio 4:1 in the x-direction, i.e. in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
- the projection optics 10 leads to a reduction of 8:1 in the y-direction, i.e. in the scanning direction.
- Image scales are also possible. Image scales with the same sign and absolutely the same in the x and y directions, for example with absolute values of 0.125 or 0.25, are also possible.
- the number of intermediate image planes in the x and y directions in the beam path between the object field 5 and the image field 11 can be the same or can be different depending on the design of the projection optics 10. Examples of projection optics with different numbers of such intermediate images in the x and y directions are known from US 2018/0074303 A1.
- Each of the pupil facets 23 is assigned to exactly one of the field facets 21 to form an illumination channel for illuminating the object field 5. This can result in particular in illumination according to the Köhler principle.
- the far field is broken down into a plurality of object fields 5 using the field facets 21.
- the field facets 21 generate a plurality of images of the intermediate focus on the pupil facets 23 assigned to them.
- the field facets 21 are each imaged onto the reticle 7 by an associated pupil facet 23, superimposing one another, to illuminate the object field 5.
- the illumination of the object field 5 is in particular as homogeneous as possible. It preferably has a uniformity error of less than 2%.
- the field uniformity can be achieved by superimposing different illumination channels.
- the illumination of the entrance pupil of the projection optics 10 can be defined geometrically.
- the intensity distribution in the entrance pupil of the projection optics 10 can be set. This intensity distribution is also referred to as the illumination setting.
- a likewise preferred pupil uniformity in the area of defined illuminated sections of an illumination pupil of the illumination optics 4 can be achieved by a redistribution of the illumination channels.
- the projection optics 10 can in particular have a homocentric entrance pupil. This can be accessible. It can also be inaccessible.
- the entrance pupil of the projection optics 10 cannot usually be illuminated exactly with the pupil facet mirror 22.
- the projection optics 10 is imaged, which telecentrically aligns the center of the pupil facet mirror 22 with the When imaging wafer 13, the aperture rays often do not intersect at a single point.
- a surface can be found in which the pairwise determined distance of the aperture rays is minimal. This surface represents the entrance pupil or a surface conjugated to it in the spatial space. In particular, this surface exhibits a finite curvature.
- the projection optics 10 have different positions of the entrance pupil for the tangential and the sagittal beam path.
- an imaging element in particular an optical component of the transmission optics, should be provided between the second facet mirror 22 and the reticle 7. With the help of this optical element, the different positions of the tangential entrance pupil and the sagittal entrance pupil can be taken into account.
- the pupil facet mirror 22 is arranged in a surface conjugated to the entrance pupil of the projection optics 10.
- the field facet mirror 20 is arranged tilted to the object plane 6.
- the first facet mirror 20 is arranged tilted to an arrangement plane that is defined by the deflection mirror 19.
- the first facet mirror 20 is arranged tilted to an arrangement plane which is defined by the second facet mirror 22.
- Figure 2 shows a schematic meridional section of another projection exposure system 101 for DUV projection lithography, in which the invention can also be used.
- refractive, diffractive and/or reflective optical elements 117 are used in the DUV projection exposure system 101 for imaging or illuminating the DUV radiation 116 in the range from 100 nm to 300 nm, in particular from 193 nm.
- the projection exposure system 101 essentially comprises an illumination system 102, a reticle holder 108 for receiving and precisely positioning a reticle 107 provided with a structure, by means of which the later structures on a wafer 113 are determined, a wafer holder 114 for holding, moving and precisely positioning this wafer 113 and a projection lens 110 with a plurality of optical elements 117, which are held in a lens housing 119 of the projection lens 110 via mounts 118.
- the illumination system 102 provides DUV radiation 116 required for imaging the reticle 107 on the wafer 113.
- a laser, a plasma source or the like can be used as a source for this radiation 116.
- the radiation 116 is shaped in the illumination system 102 via optical elements such that the DUV radiation 116 has the desired properties with regard to diameter, polarization, shape of the wavefront and the like when it strikes the reticle 107.
- the structure of the subsequent projection optics 101 with the lens housing 119 does not differ in principle from the structure described in Figure 1 except for the additional use of refractive optical elements 117 such as lenses, prisms, end plates and is therefore not described further.
- FIG 3 shows a first embodiment of an optical element according to the invention, as used in the projection exposure systems 1, 101 described in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
- the optical element is designed as a deformable mirror Mx.
- the mirror Mx comprises a base body 30, an intermediate body 31 and an optical body 32, on which the radiation that is exposed to useful radiation, i.e. radiation used for imaging and exposure, during operation of the associated projection exposure system 1, 101 is reflected.
- the intermediate body 31 comprises fluid channels 34 for controlling the temperature of the mirror Mx and a recess in the direction of the base body, so that a cavity designed as a decoupling pocket 42 is formed for the mechanical decoupling of the intermediate body 31 and the base body 30 in certain areas, which results in improved possibilities for deformation of the optical active surface 33.
- the three bodies 30, 31, 32 can be connected to one another via bonding, for example, although other connection technologies are also conceivable.
- the multi-part construction of the mirror Mx has the advantage that, as explained above, functional structures such as the fluid channels 34 can be realized more easily in terms of production technology.
- recesses designed as bores 35 are introduced, in which actuators 44 for deforming the optical active surface 33 of the mirror Mx are arranged.
- the bores 35 comprise a shoulder 37, which represents the transition from an initially larger bore diameter to a smaller bore diameter of the bore 35.
- the shoulder 37 has a first bearing contact surface 38, at which the actuator 44 is connected to the base body 30 with a corresponding contact surface.
- the bore 35 extends into the intermediate body 31, with a pin 40 with an active contact surface 41 for connecting a further contact surface of the actuator 44 being formed at the bottom of the bore.
- the pin 40 is used for mechanical decoupling, for example in cases in which there is an adhesive connection between the actuator 44 and the intermediate body 31. In these cases, the pin 40 absorbs lateral stresses, for example, so that deformations of the optical effective surface 33 due to these stresses do not occur or their influence is reduced.
- the tolerance chain of the individual position-determining features, such as the effective contact surface 41 of the pin 40 or the bearing contact surface 38 of the shoulder 37, is designed in such a way that an adhesive connection on the pin 40 can have a minimal thickness. The tolerances are compensated by an adhesive connection arranged between the actuator 44 and the shoulder 37.
- the tolerances can alternatively also be compensated by so-called spacers, i.e. washers manufactured to a predetermined thickness. compensated.
- spacers i.e. washers manufactured to a predetermined thickness. compensated.
- a significant advantage of the arrangement of the actuators 44 in holes 35 extending from the rear side 43 of the mirror is that the actuators 44 can be removed from the mirror Mx and replaced at any time with a reasonable amount of effort, such as by locally heating the adhesive connections.
- the fluid channels 34 formed in the intermediate body 31 can be flowed through with a temperature control medium while the adhesive connections are being heated.
- the connection of the actuators 44 to the mirror Mx can be varied by varying several parameters.
- the distance between the effective contact surface 41 of the pin 40 and the optical effective surface 33 can be varied, which can be in a range of 5 mm to 20 mm depending on the design.
- the adhesive connection of the actuators 44 to the bearing contact surface 38 of the shoulder 37 can be arranged as close as possible to the rear side 43 of the base body 30 to simplify the replacement of an actuator 44 for better accessibility.
- the position of the fluid channels 34 in the intermediate body 31 can also be varied. It is also conceivable that the fluid channels 34 take on the function of the decoupling pocket 42.
- Figure 4 shows a further embodiment of an optical element designed as a mirror Mx, which comprises a base body 50, an intermediate body 51 and an optical body 52 with an optical effective surface 33.
- the base body 50 has recesses designed as bores 53 with a constant bore diameter and a flat bottom 58.
- cavities designed as decoupling pockets 55 and pins 56 for decoupling the lateral forces are formed, as already explained in Figure 3.
- the pins 56 act with their effective contact surface 57 directly on the underside of the intermediate body 51 facing the base body 50.
- the direction of action of the actuators not shown in the figure is shown in the form of arrows.
- the actuators are connected to the base body 50 via the bottom 58 of the bore 53.
- the decoupling pockets 55 are completely closed. In cases where, for example, the mirror Mx is cleaned from its rear side, the decoupling pockets 55 are not reached by a cleaning medium, so that cleaning is simplified overall. Due to the closed design of the decoupling pockets 55, there is also no need to clean them. Furthermore, the design of the decoupling pockets 55 shown in the figure allows the distance between the pins 56 and the optical effective surface 33 to be further reduced, which can be advantageous depending on the design.
- Figure 5 shows a further embodiment of the invention, in which the mirror Mx has a base body 60 and an optical body 61 with an optical effective surface 62. Between the base body 60 and the optical body 61, a cavity is formed as a decoupling pocket 71.
- the base body 60 in turn has holes 63 with shoulders 64, in which a sleeve 68 made of shape memory alloys (SMA) is arranged as clamping elements.
- SMA shape memory alloys
- the actuators 66 are then inserted into the sleeves 68 and pressed with a defined contact force F, which is shown as an arrow in Figure 5, against the rear side 72 of the optical body 61 opposite the optical active surface 62, whereby a play-free connection of the actuators 66 to the optical body 61 can be ensured. If the contact force F is applied, the conversion of the microstructure of the material of the sleeves 68 is activated, for example by heating, and this is thereby brought into a closed operating state. The outer surfaces 67 of the actuators 66 are thus securely connected via the sleeves 68 by clamping to the inner surfaces 69 of the bores 63 of the base body 60, which serve as bearing contact surfaces.
- a defined contact force F which is shown as an arrow in Figure 5
- the sleeves 68 can be brought back into the open operating state by heating and a resulting further change in the microstructure of the material of the sleeves 68.
- the use of sleeves 68 made of shape memory alloy has the advantage that the sleeves 68 can be reused and that the immediate switching of the sleeve 68 from an open operating state to a closed operating state enables comparatively quick assembly.
- shape memory alloys advantageously have significantly lower long-term drifts and almost no aging.
- the shape memory alloy is also characterized by a high volume-specific work capacity compared to other possible connecting elements, such as piezo-active or magnetostrictive actuators. This leads to a very small space requirement for fixing the actuator 66.
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