抵抗
极紫外光刻
材料科学
极端紫外线
平版印刷术
电子束光刻
微电子
光刻
纳米技术
光电子学
图层(电子)
薄膜
光学
物理
激光器
作者
Ajay Ravi,Jingwei Shi,Jacqueline Lewis,Stacey F. Bent
摘要
As lithographic techniques advance in their capabilities of shrinking microelectronics devices, the need for improved resist materials, especially for extreme ultraviolet (EUV), has become increasingly pressing. In this work, we study the molecular layer deposition (MLD) of an Al-based hybrid thin film resist, known as “alucone,” extending our previous research that tested the Hf-based hybrid thin film “hafnicone” as an EUV resist. Alucone is grown at 100 ºC using the metal precursor trimethylaluminum and the organic precursor ethylene glycol. Like hafnicone, alucone behaves as a negative tone resist that can resolve 50-nm line widths, though preliminary data suggest that alucone’s line patterns are more sharply defined than those of hafnicone. Whereas hafnicone’s sensitivity is 400 μC/cm2 using 3 M HCl as the developer, alucone’s sensitivity is not yet as good (4800 μC/cm2 using 0.125 M HCl). Our study of alucone offers new insight into structural features of an MLD film that can lead to desired EUV-responsive behavior. This insight may accelerate the development of vapor-deposited inorganic resists for use in electron-beam and EUV lithography.
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