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| 5F056 | ELECTRON BEAM EXPOSURE | |
| H01L21/30 ,541-21/30,551 | ||
| H01L21/30,541-21/30,551 | AA | AA00 EXPOSURE METHOD |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | ||
| . Direct drawing methods | . . Gaussian beams e.g. spot beams | . . Fixed-shape beams | . . Variable-shape flat beams | . . Variable-shape line beams | . . Character-selection beams e.g. stencils | . . Blanking aperture arrays | . . Other beam-reshaping methods * | |||||
| AA12 | AA13 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA19 | AA20 | ||||||
| . . Raster-scan methods | . . Vector-scan methods | . . Single-stage deflection scanning | . . Two-stage deflection scanning | . . Deflection scanning of three or more stages | . . Step-and-repeat types | . . Stage continuously moving types | ||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA29 | AA30 | |||||
| . Transfer systems by using pattern masks | . . by using projection masks | . . by using photoelectric masks | . . Proximity exposure | . . Unit magnification exposure | . . Reduction exposure | . . Step-and-repeat types | . . Batch-transfer systems | |||||
| AA31 | AA33 | AA35 | AA40 | |||||||||
| . using a plurality of exposure systems together * | . having a plurality of beam sources | . Simultaneous exposure of a plurality of chips | . Other exposure methods * | |||||||||
| BA | BA00 DETECTION OR MEASUREMENT OBJECT |
BA01 | BA02 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 | |||
| . Beam current amount | . Distribution of beam current density or the intensity | . Beam diameter i.e. one dimension | . Beam cross-sectional shape or rotation i.e. two dimensional | . Information about beam edges | . Position of beam irradiation on sample surface | . Beam position in lens barrel | . Other detection or measurement * | |||||
| BB | BB00 DETECTION OR MEASUREMENT MEANS |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |||
| . Electron detectors | . . A plurality of detectors | . Faraday cups | . Beam reflectors | . . Targets | . . Wires | . . Knife edges | . Other detection or measurement means | |||||
| BC | BC00 DETECTED SIGNAL PROCESSING |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | BC08 | BC10 | ||
| . A plurality of detections of signal processing | . Differentiation of signals | . Integration of signals e.g. moments or centres of gravity | . Sum or difference of signals e.g. of a plurality of detectors | . Setting of threshold values | . Elimination of error signals or noise | . Use of signal frequency analysis or filters | . Display indication | . Other signal processing * | ||||
| BD | BD00 POSITIONING MARK |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD08 | BD09 | ||
| . Chip-field marks | . Wafer marks | . Reference marks | . Mark structure * | . Methods for reading marks | . . Scanning over marks | . Cleaning marks e.g. peeling of resists | . Protection of marks | . Methods for arranging marks e.g. fields or pads | ||||
| CA | CA00 DATA PROCESSING METHOD |
CA01 | CA02 | CA04 | CA05 | CA07 | CA09 | |||||
| . Conversion from design data to device driving data | . . Creation of field data | . . . Field settings matched to patterns | . . dividing into shot patterns | . . Elimination of multiple exposures | . . Processing of errors occurred with data conversion | |||||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | ||||||
| . Working or correction of data | . . Black and white inversion | . . Resizing | . . Mirror-image inversion | . . Rotation | . . Reduction or enlargement | . . Merging | ||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA25 | CA26 | CA28 | CA30 | ||||||
| . Bulk data processing and high speed processing | . . Data compression or expansion | . . Processing of repeated data | . . Data transfer | . . Parallel processing | . Data errors | . Other data processing * | ||||||
| CB | CB00 CONTROL OBJECT |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB05 | CB07 | CB08 | CB09 | ||||
| . Electron guns | . . Acceleration voltage | . . Amount of beam current | . Blanking | . Beam shapers | . . Mutual relation among shaping apertures | . Beam slackness | ||||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB16 | CB18 | CB19 | |||||
| . Deflectors for scanning | . . Deflection speed | . . Deflection width or gain | . . Main and secondary deflection | . . Pattern formation by scanning | . . Correction of electric characteristics of deflectors | . Beam rotation | . . Misalignment between aperture-edge direction and scanning direction | |||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | CB24 | CB25 | CB26 | CB28 | CB29 | CB30 | ||||
| . Stages | . . Position | . . Moving speed | . . Vibration | . . Control direction e.g. Z theta direction | . . Feed width | . Axis alignment or axis passage | . Elimination of astigmatism | . Elimination of other aberrations excluding deflection distortion * | ||||
| CB31 | CB32 | CB33 | CB34 | CB35 | CB40 | |||||||
| . Lenses | . . Focus | . . . by measurement of beam diameter or beam shape | . . . Regular focusing by deflection | . . . by measurement of sample surface height | . Other control * | |||||||
| CC | CC00 DRAWING METHOD 1 (PURPOSE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF DRAWING ACCURACY) |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC05 | CC07 | CC08 | CC09 | CC10 | ||
| . Accuracy of irradiation position* | . . Deflection distortion | . . Wafer distortion e.g. expansion contraction warp or unevenness | . . Drift in position of beam irradiation e.g. charge-up | . . Errors in stage positions | . Positioning accuracy | . . Superimposition e.g. registration | . . Joining of patterns between fields | . . Orthogonality or cross-matching of coordinate systems | ||||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC15 | CC16 | |||||||
| . Size and shape accuracy of drawing pattern | . . Proximity effects between figures | . . Proximity effects within figures | . . Space-charge effects or Coulomb effects | . . Post-polymerisation effects | . . Increasing degrees of temperature in samples | |||||||
| CD | CD00 DRAWING METHOD 2 (METHOD FOR IMPROVEMENT OF DRAWING ACCURACY) |
CD01 | CD02 | CD03 | CD04 | CD05 | CD06 | CD07 | CD09 | CD10 | ||
| . applying input correction to electro-optical systems | . . Reading corrected values in memory | . . Producing corrected values by means of correction formulas | . . Producing corrected values by interpolation | . Temperature adjustment | . Irradiation time or non-irradiation time | . Techniques for changing beam diameter | . Correction of pattern dimensions or shape i.e. reduction methods | . Outline pattern process | ||||
| CD11 | CD12 | CD13 | CD14 | CD15 | CD16 | CD17 | CD18 | CD19 | CD20 | |||
| . Correction methods for amounts of irradiation | . . Techniques for corrected beam irradiation e.g. ghost effects | . . Correction for every splitting pattern or shot | . . Changing with time | . . Irradiation by separate amounts of irradiation | . Joining patterns and multiple irradiation | . Correction methods for acceleration voltage | . Control of density of beam current | . Neutralising charges | . Other drawing methods * | |||
| H01L21/30,541@P | DA | DA00 SAMPLE TREATMENT |
DA01 | DA02 | DA04 | DA05 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | ||
| . characterised by resists or layers including resists | . . Multi-layer resists * | . . Specific names of resist substances e.g. macromolecules | . . . Resist substances other than macromolecular compounds | . . Actions and properties of resist layers * | . . . Prevention of electron reflection or scattering of electrons | . . . Improvement of resistance to plasma or etching | . . . Preventing effects from heat | |||||
| DA11 | DA13 | DA15 | DA17 | |||||||||
| . Pre-treatment of exposure * | . After-treatment of exposure * | . characterised by ambient gas * | . Processing apparatuses for resists | |||||||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA30 | |||||
| . Methods of pattern formation during exposure | . . Plural exposures e.g. electron beams plus electron beam or electron beam plus other beams | . . Prevention of charge-up | . . Direct formation of patterns by means of beams e.g. deposition or evaporation | . . applying voltage to samples | . . specifying treatment temperatures | . . Specifying beam attributes e.g. acceleration voltage or current density | . Others | |||||
| H01L21/30,541@A;21/30,541@B;21/30,541@G;21/30,541@L | EA | EA00 DRAWING APPARATUS |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA08 | EA10 | ||
| . Electron-optical systems * | . . Electron guns | . . Blanking devices | . . Apertures | . . Lenses | . . Deflectors | . . characterised by assembly of electron-optical systems * | . Electric components in general | |||||
| EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA18 | |||||
| . Mirror systems * | . . Lens barrels drawing chambers or extra chambers * | . . Wafer loaders | . . Stages | . . Cassettes or adsorption devices | . . Vacuum systems | . . Bases | . . Plates for blocking scattered electrons | |||||
| H01L21/30,541@S;21/30,541@T | FA | FA00 TRANSFER EXPOSURE |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA10 | |
| . Transfer devices | . . Light sources or electron sources | . . Electron-optical systems | . . Mirror systems | . Mask structures | . Positioning or alignment | . Methods for improvement of transfer accuracy or resolution | . . Proximity effects | . Others * |