Critical Dimension and Real-Time Temperature Control for Warped Wafers

Ho, Weng Khuen; Tay, Arthur; Fu, Jun; Chen, Ming; Feng, Yujun

doi:10.3182/20080706-5-kr-1001.00158

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“…The corresponding temperature results are tabulated in Tables 2 and 3 and shown in Figure 8 as experimental run ( 5) and run (6). As expected, using the real-time control method, the 140 μm warped wafer can also reach the steady-state temperature within 50 s, with a much better temperature uniformity than steady-state control method (Figure 9).…”

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“…The most temperature sensitive step in the lithography sequence is the postexposure bake step. Requirements call for the temperature to be controlled within 0.1 °C across the wafer at temperatures between 70 and 150 °C. , A number of recent investigations also showed the importance of proper bake plate operation, both in steady-state and transient, on CD control. ,− Two approaches exist in addressing this issue in industry. The first approach involves the development of less temperature sensitive photoresist.…”

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Modeling and Real-Time Control of Multizone Thermal Processing System for Photoresist Processing

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We present a real time, in situ method to control the spatial temperature uniformity of a semiconductor substrate during the various bake steps in the lithography sequence. Significantly, the wafer temperature settles down to steady state within 50 s under closed-loop control. The corresponding maximum temperature nonuniformity during transient is less than 1 °C and the steady state temperature nonuniformity is less than 0.1 °C. Specifically, we have developed a complete thermal diffusion model for the entire bake plate-and-wafer system, so that the transient thermal behavior is accurately captured during the baking process. By monitoring the bake plate temperature and fitting the data into the model, an updated model can be estimated and the desired wafer temperature can then be calculated and controlled in real time. Experimental results confirm the efficacy of the approach and its superiority over traditional run-to-run control techniques.

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Section: ■ Thermal Modeling Of the Systemmentioning

confidence: 58%