Coatings on reflective mask substrates
Abstract
A process for creating a mask substrate involving depositing: 1) a coating on one or both sides of a low thermal expansion material EUVL mask substrate to improve defect inspection, surface finishing, and defect levels; and 2) a high dielectric coating, on the backside to facilitate electrostatic chucking and to correct for any bowing caused by the stress imbalance imparted by either other deposited coatings or the multilayer coating of the mask substrate. An film, such as TaSi, may be deposited on the front side and/or back of the low thermal expansion material before the material coating to balance the stress. The low thermal expansion material with a silicon overlayer and a silicon and/or other conductive underlayer enables improved defect inspection and stress balancing.
- Inventors:
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- Oakland, CA
- Livermore, CA
- Gilbert, AZ
- San Jose, CA
- Austin, TX
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874264
- Patent Number(s):
- 6352803
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- coatings; reflective; mask; substrates; process; creating; substrate; involving; depositing; coating; thermal; expansion; material; euvl; improve; defect; inspection; surface; finishing; levels; dielectric; backside; facilitate; electrostatic; chucking; correct; bowing; caused; stress; imbalance; imparted; deposited; multilayer; film; tasi; front; andor; balance; silicon; overlayer; conductive; underlayer; enables; improved; balancing; thermal expansion; surface finish; /430/428/
Citation Formats
Tong, William Man-Wai, Taylor, John S, Hector, Scott D, Mangat, Pawitter J. S., Stivers, Alan R, Kofron, Patrick G, and Thompson, Matthew A. Coatings on reflective mask substrates. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web.
Tong, William Man-Wai, Taylor, John S, Hector, Scott D, Mangat, Pawitter J. S., Stivers, Alan R, Kofron, Patrick G, & Thompson, Matthew A. Coatings on reflective mask substrates. United States.
Tong, William Man-Wai, Taylor, John S, Hector, Scott D, Mangat, Pawitter J. S., Stivers, Alan R, Kofron, Patrick G, and Thompson, Matthew A. Tue .
"Coatings on reflective mask substrates". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874264.
@article{osti_874264,
title = {Coatings on reflective mask substrates},
author = {Tong, William Man-Wai and Taylor, John S and Hector, Scott D and Mangat, Pawitter J. S. and Stivers, Alan R and Kofron, Patrick G and Thompson, Matthew A},
abstractNote = {A process for creating a mask substrate involving depositing: 1) a coating on one or both sides of a low thermal expansion material EUVL mask substrate to improve defect inspection, surface finishing, and defect levels; and 2) a high dielectric coating, on the backside to facilitate electrostatic chucking and to correct for any bowing caused by the stress imbalance imparted by either other deposited coatings or the multilayer coating of the mask substrate. An film, such as TaSi, may be deposited on the front side and/or back of the low thermal expansion material before the material coating to balance the stress. The low thermal expansion material with a silicon overlayer and a silicon and/or other conductive underlayer enables improved defect inspection and stress balancing.},
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