Scanning force microscopy measurements of latent image topography in chemically amplified resists
Scanning force microscopy measurements of latent image topography in chemically amplified resists
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化学放大抗蚀剂中潜像形貌的扫描力显微镜测量
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1996
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F. Cerrina
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L. Ocola;D. Fryer;G. Reynolds;A. Krasnoperova;F. Cerrina
Noncontact scanning force microscopy topography measurements of exposed and undeveloped photoresists are reported. A negative chemically amplified photoresist, SAL605, was patterned by electron beam direct writing of 1 μm line linear gratings, and 5 mm pads. A relief image of exposed unbaked resist has been observed of the order of a few A, and then monitored as a function of time after exposure. This relief image undergoes a topography transformation with postexposure bake (PEB), yielding a ridge located at the exposed–unexposed region interface, extending several nanometers in vertical and about one micrometer laterally. The effect has been investigated as a function of PEB time and exposure dose. Correlations of the observed phenomena with optical film thickness monitoring techniques and previously reported data on the photoresist chemical changes during exposure and PEB are discussed. Two independent mechanisms contributing to the image formation are identified. The data show that the local chemistry ...