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Status of Ion Projection Lithography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Wilhelm H. Bruenger ,
Rainer Kaesmaier ,
Hans Loeschner  and
Reinhard Springer
Wilhelm H. Bruenger
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) Fraunhoferstr. 1, D-25524 Itzehoe, Germany, e-mail: bruenger@isit.fhg.de
Rainer Kaesmaier
Affiliation:
Infineon Technologies AG, D-81541 Munich, Germany
Hans Loeschner
Affiliation:
IMS - Ionen Mikrofabrikations Systeme GmbH, A – 1020 Vienna, Austria
Reinhard Springer
Affiliation:
IMS-Chips, Allmandring 30 a, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Abstract

As part of the European MEDEA project on Ion Projection Lithography (IPL), headed by Infineon Techologies, a process development tool (PDT) has been assembled at IMS, Vienna, with the final target of 50 nm resolution in a 12.5 mm exposure field at 4× demagnification. The ion-optical system (PDT-IOS) has been integrated, including the LEICA mask changer and a sophisticated metrology stage with in-situ diagnostics. In parallel, the LEICA wafer stage and the vacuum compatible off-axis ASML wafer alignment system have been realized. At the moment (Nov00) the He+ ion beam is aligned until the mask level. Ion beam proximity wafer exposures directly behind the mask show a performance of the illumination optics as predicted. 150 mm stencil masks with 125mm diameter, 3μm Si membranes, 50mm × 50mm design field, have been produced by IMS-Chips, Stuttgart. There is expectation to start the PDT-IOS test phase in Q1/01. Using the experimental ion projector at the Fraunhofer-Institute ISiT in Berlin recent resolution tests have demonstrated 50 nm lines and spaces without proximity effect in standard Shipley DUV resist UVIIHS at an exposure dose of 0.5 μC/cm2 for 75 keV He+ions. This was accomplished by 8.5 × demagnification of a new generation of stencil test masks from IMSChips. One further promising application of IPL is the resistless structuring of thin magnetic films to produce magnetic nano dots for future ≥ 100 G bit/in2 storage devices. A consortium of IBM Germany - Speichersysteme Mainz, Fraunhofer-ISiT, LEICA Jena and IMS-Chips in cooperation with IMS-Vienna has been formed to evaluate this technology.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 636: Symposium D – Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods of Nanofabrication-From Ultralarge Scale , 2000 , D5.5.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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