Simulations of impacts on aerial image performance of defocus on different resolution enhancement technologies

  • Yaning Li
  • , Yanqiu Li*
  • , Yiyu Sun
  • , Pengzhi Wei
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As lithographic technology continues to advance, the size of nodes has continually been decreased while the control of defocus has become stringent in the actual lithography process. Defocus is always uncertain in the practical exposure process due to multi-factor impact, which is supposed to be considered as an important element of the aerial imaging model. It's necessary to analyze the influence of defocus on the aerial image. In this paper, aerial image approximates to a second-order polynomial for different defocus through Taylor series expansion. Then the respective and the joint impacts of the first-order defocus term and the second-order defocus term on aerial image for various conditions have been studied by simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTwelfth International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021
EditorsYue Yang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510649897
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 23 Jul 202126 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12057
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics, CIOP 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period23/07/2126/07/21

Keywords

  • Aerial image
  • Defocus
  • Lithography performance
  • Taylor series expansion

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