Projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method based on the aerial image detection
Technical field
The present invention relates to the projection lens of lithography machine aberration, particularly a kind of projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method that detects based on aerial image.
Background technology
Make the field at integrated circuit, the projection imaging litho machine that the pattern on the mask is transferred on the silicon chip via imaging system is known.Projection objective system is one of crucial subsystem in the litho machine.
The projection objective aberration is the key factor that influences image forming quality of photoetching machine.Projection objective wave aberration can be divided into strange aberration and idol poor.Wherein, strange aberration comprises that mainly coma and three ripples are poor, and the idol difference mainly comprises spherical aberration and astigmatism.Strange aberration changes the graph position of making public to the silicon chip, thereby causes the alignment error.The optimal focal plane of the figure of idol official post exposure changes, thereby influences the resolution of litho machine.Along with constantly diminishing of lithographic feature size, the especially use of RET, the projection objective aberration becomes more and more obvious to the influence of photoetching quality.Therefore, for alignment precision and the resolution that guarantees litho machine meets the demands, comprehensive, high-precision wave aberration detection technique is indispensable.
In the former work, we proposed a kind of photoetching projection objective lens wave aberration detection technique based on the aerial image principal component analysis (PCA) (referring to formerly the technology [1], Lifeng Duan; Xiangzhao Wang, Anatoly Y.Bourov, Bo Peng; And Peng Bu, " In situ aberration measurement technique based on principal component analysis ofaerial image, " Opt.Express 19; 18080-18090 (2011)).The test badge of formerly technological employing level and vertical both direction; Under a kind of light illumination mode; Test badge forms aerial image through projection objective; Utilize the transmission-type image-position sensor be positioned on the work stage to obtain the aerial image light distribution of mask test badge under different lighting conditions afterwards, and according to the wave aberration of aerial image light intensity Inversion Calculation projection objective.Formerly the technology for detection precision is high, and speed is fast; But, can only be used to detect low order aberration Z because the mask test badge has only both direction
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Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method that detects based on aerial image.The mask label space that has different orientation through the imageing sensor measurement that is installed on the work stage can be used in and detects Z as light distribution
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37Totally 33 Ze Nike aberrations.
Technical solution of the present invention is following:
A kind of projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method that detects based on aerial image; The measuring system that this method adopts comprises the light source, the illuminator that can adjust lighting system and illumination numerical aperture that are used to produce illuminating bundle, is used for the bearing test mask and can realizes pinpoint mask platform, be used for mask graph be imaged onto projection objective system on the silicon chip, can pinpoint sextuple scanning work stage, be installed in 6 DOF and scan aerial image sensor on the work stage and the data handling machine that links to each other with work stage, it is characterized in that this method may further comprise the steps:
1. the simulation space image set foundation of closing:
Adopt traditional B ox-Behnken Design statistical sampling mode or other statistical sampling mode to set zernike coefficient Z
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37Combination ZM.The parameter of selected litho machine: the lighting system of illuminator and partial coherence factor thereof; The wavelength that uses of litho machine laser instrument is λ; The numerical aperture NA of projection objective; Arrangement test mask on mask platform, the test badge on this test mask are isolated lines combination or isolate idle pattern that this combination comprises m isolated lines or isolate sky and each isolated lines or isolated sky to have different direction orientations.Described m isolated lines or isolated empty different directions are oriented to 0 °, and 180 °/N, 2 * 180 °/N; 3 * 180 °/N ..., (N-1) * 180 °/N; Any m direction during 180 ° N+1 direction is orientated altogether, wherein m and N are positive integer and the m≤N more than or equal to 6; The aerial image acquisition range: the directions X acquisition range is [L, L], and Z direction acquisition range is [F, F]; The aerial image sampling number: the directions X sampling number is M, and it is N that the Z direction is gathered sampling number; With above-mentioned parameter design and zernike coefficient combination ZM input computing machine, adopt PROLITH or other lithography simulation software to carry out emulation, obtain the simulation space image set and close AIM;
2. the demarcation of sensitivity matrix between aerial image characteristic coefficient and the zernike coefficient:
The simulation space image set is closed AIM carry out traditional principal component analysis (PCA), obtain the major component and the corresponding characteristic coefficient that can characterize aerial image.The simulation space image set is closed AIM uses formula (1) to carry out traditional principal component analysis (PCA):
AIM=PC·V (1)
Wherein, PC is the major component that simulation space image set that principal component analysis (PCA) obtains closes, and V representes the characteristic of correspondence coefficient that the simulation space image set closes;
Described characteristic coefficient V and described zernike coefficient are made up ZM as given data, adopt conventional least square fitting method to use formula (2) meter sensitivity matrix S:
V=ZM·S (2)
Wherein, be the aerial image characteristic coefficient of demarcation and the sensitivity matrix between the zernike coefficient.
3. start litho machine and gather aerial image:
Parameter to the projection objective of litho machine to be detected is provided with, and parameter synchronization suddenly 1.; Start litho machine; The illumination light that light source sends obtains corresponding lighting system after the illuminator adjustment; Shine the test mask on the mask platform; Utilize the aerial image sensor measurement through the corresponding aerial image of multi-direction test badge that projection objective converges, after the check measurement result is errorless, will surveys aerial image and import said computer stored;
4. finding the solution of Ze Nike aberration:
Computing machine is to described actual measurement aerial image; Carry out the major component match according to conventional method; Obtain surveying the characteristic coefficient of aerial image; The characteristic coefficient of this actual measurement aerial image carries out least square fitting with the sensitivity matrix S that step obtains in 2. by conventional method, obtains the Ze Nike aberration of the projection lens of lithography machine of surveying.
Described setting photo-etching machine illumination pattern comprises traditional lighting and off-axis illumination.
The span of described L is: 3000nm >=L >=450nm; The span of F is 5000nm >=F >=2000nm; The span of M is M >=20, and the span of N is N >=13.
Described light source comprises mercury lamp, 193nm LASER Light Source, 248nm LASER Light Source, 157nm LASER Light Source, EUV light source.
Described imageing sensor comprises CMOS, CCD or photodiode.
Described travelling workpiece platform is included in x, the y plane and moves and moving along the z direction along what any direction carried out.
Said projection objective is total transmissivity formula, total-reflection type and catadioptric formula projection objective, and the numeric aperture values of projection objective is 0≤NA≤1.
With compared with techniques formerly, the present invention has the following advantages:
The present invention proposes a kind of projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method that detects based on aerial image, through adopting multidirectional test mask mark, increased sample information, all high-precision test Ze Nike aberration Z the projection objective pupil
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Description of drawings
The projection objective wave aberration in-situ measuring method system construction drawing that Fig. 1 the present invention is adopted based on the aerial image detection.
The structural representation of the mask mark that Fig. 2 the present invention is adopted.
The projection objective wave aberration precision figure that Fig. 3 uses the present invention to measure.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with embodiment and accompanying drawing the present invention is described further, but should be with this embodiment restriction protection scope of the present invention.
See also Fig. 1 earlier, Fig. 1 is the measuring system structural representation that the present invention adopts.Produce the light source 1 of illuminating bundle; Light source sends the illuminator 2 of beam waist, light distribution, partial coherence factor and the lighting system of light beam under being used to adjust; Also can realize pinpoint mask platform 4 Deng enough bearing test masks 3; Be used for the projection objective 5 that mask graph is imaged onto on the silicon chip and numerical aperture is adjustable, can scan work stage 6 and be installed in the aerial image sensor 7 on the sextuple scanning work stage, the data handling machine 8 that links to each other with work stage by pinpoint 6 DOF.
Concrete measuring process comprises following four steps:
1. the simulation space image set foundation of closing:
Adopt traditional B ox-Behnken Design statistical sampling mode to set zernike coefficient Z
5~Z
37Combination ZM.The parameter of selected litho machine: the lighting system of illuminator is the ring illumination in the off-axis illumination mode, and its partial coherence factor is [σ
Outσ
In]=[0.68 0.44]; The wavelength that uses of litho machine laser instrument is 193nm; The numerical aperture NA of projection objective is 0.75; Arrangement test mask on mask platform, the test badge on this test mask is isolated lines combination, this combination comprises that 8 isolated lines and each isolated lines have different direction orientations.The different directions of described 8 isolated lines is oriented to 0 °, and is 30 °, 45 °, 60 °, 90 °, 120 °, 135 °, 150 °, as shown in Figure 2; The aerial image acquisition range: the directions X acquisition range is [900nm, 900nm], and Z direction acquisition range is [3500nm, 3500nm]; The aerial image sampling number: the directions X sampling number is 61, and it is 57 that the Z direction is gathered sampling number; With above-mentioned parameter design and zernike coefficient combination ZM input computing machine, adopt PROLITH or other lithography simulation software to carry out emulation, obtain the simulation space image set and close AIM;
2. the demarcation of sensitivity matrix between aerial image characteristic coefficient and the zernike coefficient:
The simulation space image set is closed AIM carry out traditional principal component analysis (PCA), obtain the major component and the corresponding characteristic coefficient that can characterize aerial image.The simulation space image set is closed AIM to carry out traditional principal component analysis (PCA) and can use formula (1) to carry out.
AIM=PC·V (3)
Wherein, PC is the major component that simulation space image set that principal component analysis (PCA) obtains closes, and V representes the characteristic of correspondence coefficient that the simulation space image set closes.
Characteristic coefficient V described in the formula (1) and the step zernike coefficient combination ZM described in 1. as given data, is adopted conventional least square fitting method meter sensitivity matrix.The meter sensitivity matrix uses formula (2) to carry out
V=ZM·S (4)
Wherein, S is the aerial image characteristic coefficient of demarcation and the sensitivity matrix between the zernike coefficient.
3. start litho machine and gather aerial image:
Parameter to the projection objective of litho machine to be detected is provided with, and parameter synchronization suddenly 1.; Start litho machine; The illumination light that light source sends obtains corresponding lighting system after the illuminator adjustment; Shine the test mask on the mask platform; Utilize the aerial image sensor measurement through the corresponding aerial image of multi-direction test badge that projection objective converges, after the check measurement result is errorless, will surveys aerial image and import said computer stored;
4. finding the solution of Ze Nike aberration:
Computing machine is to described actual measurement aerial image; 2. described major component PC carries out the major component match according to conventional method with step; Obtain surveying the characteristic coefficient of aerial image, the characteristic coefficient of this actual measurement aerial image carries out least square fitting with the sensitivity matrix S that step obtains in 2. by conventional method; Obtain the Ze Nike aberration of the projection lens of lithography machine of surveying, solving result is as shown in Figure 3.
With respect to formerly the technology [1], this method can more comprehensive high Precision Detection projection objective wave aberration.