Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics (한국광학회지)

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Defect Inspection of Phase Shift Photo-Mask with Digital Hologram Microscope

디지털 홀로그램 현미경을 이용한 위상차 포토마스크 결함 측정

  • Published : 2007.10.25
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Abstract

We report here on the application of a digital holographic microscope as a metrology tool for the inspection and the micro-topography reconstruction of different micro-structures of phase shift photo-mask (PSM). The lithography by phase shift photo-mask uses the interference and the pattern of the PSM is not imaged by general optical microscope. The technique allows us to obtain digitally a high-fidelity surface topography description of the phase shift photo-mask with only one hologram image acquisition, allowing us to have relatively simple and compact set-ups able to give quantitative information of PSM.

디지털 홀로그래피 현미경을 이용하여 반도체 공정에 사용되는 위상차 포토마스크의 결함을 측정하였다. 이러한 위상차 포토마스크는 위상차를 이용하여 반도체 문양을 만들기 때문에 일반 현미경으로는 패턴을 알 수 없을 뿐 아니라 위상마스크의 결함은 더욱더 찾기 어렵다. 디지털 홀로그래피 현미경을 이용하면 한 장의 홀로그램을 이용하여 위상차 포토마스크의 3차원 구조와 결함을 동시에 측정할 수 있다.

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