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数字光栅调焦调平传感器的工艺适应性OA北大核心CSTPCD

Process adaptability for digital grating-based focusing and leveling sensors

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数字光栅位移测量技术将CMOS相机的像素阵列当作一个"数字化"的光栅,通过构造光学光栅像和数字光栅的周期差,利用微米级的光学光栅像,实现纳米级的位移测量.其可以应用于光刻机的调焦调平传感器中,结合倾斜入射的检测光路,对晶圆表面高度进行精确测量.在实际测量中,晶圆表面意外出现的图形会干扰光学光栅的反射成像,进而影响图像处理结果.针对上述问题,本文提出一种数字光栅位移测量的工艺适应性方法,以数字光栅周期为单位,对存在干扰图案时的CMOS图像进行光强重建和光强曲线恢复.该方法能在晶圆基底出现较大面积图案时表现出很好的稳定性,且可以适应多种表面缺陷,如划痕、颗粒、污渍和沟槽等.实验结果表明,经图像光强重建后,光强曲线的均方误差大幅减小,修正后的Z向测量误差在±33 nm(±3σ=±41.2 nm)以内.该方法能增强数字光栅调焦调平传感器的工艺适应性,为调焦调平方法提供技术参考.

In the digital grating displacement measurement technique,the CMOS pixel array of the camera is regarded as a'digitized'grating.The micron-scale grating images can realize nanoscale displacement meas-urements by constructing the period difference between optical grating and digital grating.Combined with the detection light path of oblique incidence,it can be applied to the lithography machine's focusing and lev-eling sensor to measure the wafer surface height accurately.In the actual measurement,the unexpected pat-terns on the wafer surface interfere with the reflection imaging of the optical grating,then affect the image processing results.In this paper,a process adaptability method for digital grating displacement measurement is proposed,which reconstructs the light intensity and recovers the light intensity curve from the CMOS im-age when interference patterns exist.The proposed method shows good stability when the large area pattern appears on the wafer substrate,and can adapt to multiple surface defects such as scratches,particles,stains and grooves.The experimental results show that the mean square error of the light intensity curve is signific-antly reduced and the method's Z-direction error correction is within±33 nm(±3σ=±41.2 nm)after recon-structing the light intensity.This method can enhance the process adaptability of the digital grating focusing and leveling sensor.Therefore,it can serve as a technical reference for the focusing and leveling method.

曾海峰;李世光;李显杰

中国科学院微电子研究所,北京 100029||中国科学院大学,北京 100049||江苏影速集成电路装备股份有限公司,江苏无锡 214142江苏影速集成电路装备股份有限公司,江苏无锡 214142

电子信息工程

调焦调平数字光栅位移测量工艺适应性

focusing and levelingdigital gratingdisplacement measurementprocess adaptability

《中国光学(中英文)》 2024 (005)

1150-1161 / 12

10.37188/CO.2024-0021

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