Optical Thin-Film Decomposition for DUV Positive Tone Resist Process Monitoring
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چکیده
New metrology for characterizing chemically amplified resist is needed in order to meet the stringent demands of the DUV lithographic technologies. In this paper, we present a general model for DUV resist optical constants. In this model, we assume that the photoresist is homogeneous and can be decomposed into several “components” according to their distinct and signatures over a broad range of wavelengths. Each component is described by a Kramers-Kronig based dispersion relation. A global optimization with about 18 parameters is solved for the optical thin-film decomposition, using an intelligent simulated annealing algorithm. Various de-noising techniques that can be used on the collected data are also described.
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