Method of manufacturing an X-ray exposure mask and device for controlling the internal stress of thin films
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1. A method of manufacturing an X-ray msk comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support;
(b) form an X-ray absorber thin film on said X-ray transmitting thin film;
(c) patterning said X-ray absorbe thin film with a desired pattern to from an X-ray absorber pattern; and
(d) ion-implanting, prior to step (c), at least one inert element with an atomic number greater than that of neon in only a surface layer of said X-ray absorber thin film.
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Abstract
An X-ray mask can be manufactured by forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support, forming an X-ray absorber thin film on the X-ray transmitting thin film, and patterning the X-ray absorber thin film with a desired pattern to form an X-ray absorber pattern. Prior to the patterning, at least one inert element with an atomic number greater than that of neon is ion-implanted in the X-ray absorber thin film.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing an X-ray msk comprising the steps of:
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(a) forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support; (b) form an X-ray absorber thin film on said X-ray transmitting thin film; (c) patterning said X-ray absorbe thin film with a desired pattern to from an X-ray absorber pattern; and (d) ion-implanting, prior to step (c), at least one inert element with an atomic number greater than that of neon in only a surface layer of said X-ray absorber thin film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of manufacturing an X-ray mask comprising the steps of:
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(a) forming an X-ray absorber thin film on a transparent support; (b) forming an X-ray absorber pattern by patterning said X-ray absorber thin film in desired pattern; and (c) implanting ions in the top and sides of said pattern by oblique ion implantation to said X-ray absorber pattern. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of manufacturing an X-ray mask comprising the steps of:
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(a) forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support, (b) forming an X-ray absorber thin film on said X-ray transmitting thin film, (c) patterning said X-ray absorber thin film to form an X-ray absorber pattern, (d) ion implanting, prior to step (c), at least one inert gas element with an atomic number greater than that of neon in only a surface layer of said X-ray absorber thin film such that said X-ray absorber thin film has a compressive stress no greater than 2×
108 dyn/cm2, and(e) heat-treating said X-ray absorber after process (d) such that the internal stress of said X-ray absorber pattern is no greater than 1×
108 dyn/cm2.
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16. A method of manufacturing an X-ray mask comprising the steps of:
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(a) forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support, (b) forming an X-ray absorber thin film on said X-ray transmitting thin film, (c) patterning said X-ray absorber thin film to form an X-ray absorber pattern, and (d) while measuring the internal stress of said X-ray absorber thin film and controlling the quantity of ions implanted according to the measured internal stress, ion-implanting at least one inert gas element with an atomic number greater than that of neon in only a surface layer of said X-ray absorber thin film to reduce the internal stress of said X-ray absorber thin film so as to control said internal stress to a desired value.
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17. A method of manufacturing an X-ray mask comprising the steps of:
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(a) forming an X-ray transmitting thin film on a mask support; (b) forming an X-ray absorber thin film on said X-ray transmitting thin film; (c) patterning said X-ray absorber thin film with a desired pattern to form an X-ray absorber pattern; and (d) ion-implanting, prior to step (c), at least one inert element having an atomic number greater than that of neon in a surface layer of said X-ray absorber thin film, thereby forming an internal stress-alleviating layer comprising said ion-implanted surface layer, leaving a non-implanted lower layer of said absorber thin film, said stress-alleviating layer reducing the internal stress of said X-ray absorber thin film by canceling its stress with the stress of said non-implanted lower layer.
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