E-Beam Coating Technology for EUVL Optics Eric Louis, Andrey Yakshin, Sebastian Oestreich, Peter Görts, Marc Kessels, Edward Maas and Fred Bijkerk Institute Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Stephan Müllender and Markus Haidl Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany Johannes Tümmler, Frank Scholze, and Gerhard Ulm Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany 2 nd International EUV Lithography Workshop, 17-19 October 2000, San Francisco, California
multilayer work Multilayer performance - R = 69.5 % @ 13.0 nm > 68 % routinely - temporal stability - contamination under EUV exposure - resistivity to cleaning Scaling of coating technology - coating realistic test surfaces (6 inch) flat & curved - automation of process - first results volume production Conclusions
Mo/Si Reflectivity SXR measurement at PTB/BESSY (R @ 1.5 off-normal, time scan) Uncapped Mo/Si E-beam deposition method 80 70 69.5% +/- 0.2% @ 13.0 nm 60 50 40 = 0.50 nm 30 20 10 0 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 Wavelength (nm)
Temporal behaviour Mo/Si coatings Peak reflectivity @ 13.0 nm (near-normal incidence) unexposed ML (storage in air) 69.0 68.5 68.0 top layer Si + SiO 2 67.5 67.0 top layer Si + C-cap 66.5 66.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Time (months) Peak reflectivity SiO 2 cap: no loss 1.5 year C cap: < 0.2% loss 1.5 year (PTB uncertainty: +/- 0.2%) d-spacing No measurable change in λ max No sign of reflectivity loss over 1.5 year period
Lifetime of EUVL optics under radiation loads Issues to be assessed surface degradation (oxidation, etc.) surface contamination (carbon deposition) Model: Jonkers & Bisschops physisorption equilibrium: few monolayers EUV induced cracking chemisorption stack degradation (intermixing, change of layer microstructure, etc.) Feasibility of cleaning the optics cleaning by UV-generated O 3 Ref: S. Oestreich et al; SPIE 4146-07, San Diego 2000 Rijnhuizen - Laser Plasma & XUV Optics 1
Exposure under clean conditions Collaboration with Roman Klein, PTB, Berlin 9.5 h @ 2.5 mw/mm 2 (total: 84.6 J/mm 2 ) 3x10-8 mbar mainly water no C x H y added unbaked system No ML degradation in vacuum without C x H y Rijnhuizen - Laser Plasma & XUV Optics 2
Exposure under C x H y -rich conditions 0.13 mw/mm 2 (total: 4.6 J/mm 2 ) partial C 30 H 22 O 4 ~2x10-10 mbar (Santovac-5 at 39 C) total ~1x10-7 mbar Measurable reflectance loss in C x H y -rich conditions SEM analysis shows C-contamination Rijnhuizen - Laser Plasma & XUV Optics 3
Ozone cleaning of ML mirrors Collaboration with Bas Mertens, TNO/TPD, Delft, NL UV produced ozone O 3 O Low heat load Standard ML samples (not contaminated) Settings typically lead to 4 nm/min removal of C (TNO/TPD data on carbon contaminated samples) Mo/Si mirrors withstand O 3 -treatment Rijnhuizen - Laser Plasma & XUV Optics 4
multilayer work Multilayer performance - R = 69.5 % @ 13.0 nm > 68 % routinely - temporal stability - contamination under EUV exposure - resistivity to cleaning Scaling of coating technology - coating realistic test surfaces (6 inch) flat & curved - automation of process - first results volume production Conclusions
Uniformity on 6 flat Status deposition on 6 flat ULE substrate SXR measurement at PTB/BESSY (centroid wavelength of R(λ) @ 1.5 off-normal) 1.00% 0.80% 0.60% 0.40% 0.20% 0.00% -0.20% ± 0.05 % -0.40% -0.60% -0.80% -1.00% -80-60 -40-20 0 20 40 60 80 Distance to centre of substrate [mm] Uniformity coating within ± 0.05% over 6 diameter Ref: E. Louis et al; SPIE 4146-06, San Diego 2000
Uniformity on 6 curved deposition on 6 RoC 381 mm substrate SXR measurement at PTB/BESSY (centroid wavelength of R(λ) @ 1.5 off-normal) 1.00% 0.80% 0.60% 0.40% 0.20% 0.00% -0.20% ± 0.05 % -0.40% -0.60% -0.80% -1.00% -80-60 -40-20 0 20 40 60 80 distance to centre of substrate [mm] Uniformity coating within ± 0.05% over 6 diameter on RoC 381 mm Ref: E. Louis et al; SPIE 4146-06, San Diego 2000
Upgrade productivity e-beam deposition Current set-up at multi-purpose R&D facility, not optimized for production fully automated process present electron-gun used at low power upgrade to faster deposition feasible: full stack Mo/Si in 4.5 hours demonstrated Further enhancement investigated with commercial coating equipment evaporation flux of e-beam scales with power e-beam commercial equipment materials change time ~ seconds pilot experiments high-speed deposition carried out show good perspective for high R coatings Full stack deposition within 1-1.5 hours feasible Experimental verification in progress
pilot experiment commercial e-beam system full stack Mo/Si multilayer no in-situ monitoring during growth 1.E+00 Cu-K reflectivity ( = 0.154 nm) 1.E-01 1.E-02 1.E-03 1.E-04 1.E-05 1.E-06 1.E-07 1.E-08 0 2 4 6 8 10 angle [degrees] Pilot experiments result in periodical stack with smooth interfaces( rms = 0.3 nm)
Result pilot experiment commercial equipment SXR measurement at PTB/BESSY (R @ 1.5 off-normal) full stack Mo/Si produced in commercial e-beam evaporator high speed deposition process 70% 60% 63.7% +/- 0.2% @ 14.4 nm 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 12.5 13 13.5 14 14.5 15 15.5 Wavelength (nm) Pilot experiments result in high reflectivity Process not yet fully optimized; missing factors identified
Conclusions R=69.5% obtained (R > 68% routinely) R and centroid stable over 1.5 year period No reduction R under EUV exposure in clean vacuum Multilayers withstand UV/O 3 treatment perspective to resolving C-contamination Uniformity centroid within ± 0.05% over 6 on flat and curved surface Coating process fully automated First ML s from commercial e-beam equipment: R = 63.7% perspective to volume production Rijnhuizen - Laser Plasma & XUV Optics 5
Acknowledgements Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen) ASM Lithography (Veldhoven) Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter http://www.fom.nl/ and /www.rijnh.nl/ Technology Foundation (Utrecht) Bernd Meyer, David Rost, and Roman Klein, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany Norbert Koster and Bas Mertens, TNO/TPD, Delft, The Netherlands Han de Witte, Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands