Method of forming resist patterns in a semiconductor device and a semiconductor washing liquid used in said method
OwnerMan-Sok Hyoninventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a resist patterning method of preventing resist pattern collapse, which is occurred as the minimum pattern size becomes smaller, in photolithography for making semiconductor device and also introduce novel rinse liquid in which fluorocarbon surfactant having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group is dissolved in deionezed water and have low surface tension for preventing resist pattern collapse in wet development method. With this invention, the fine resist pattern can be obtained without resist pattern collapse from conventional wet development method with no additional specific instrument for prevention of resist pattern collapse.
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(Amended) A method of forming a resist pattern of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
- coating a photoresist onto a wafer and baking the wafer;
- exposing the wafer using a mask with using 365 nm, 248 nm, 193 nm, 157 mn, EUV(13 nm), X-ray or e-beam or ion as the light source and baking the wafer;
- developing the exposed photoresist with developer so that a photoresist pattern is formed;
- cleaning the wafer with deionized water and evaporating a portion of the deionized water by rotating the wafer at a low speed having the range from 10 to 200 rpm;
- rinsing the wafer with the deionized water to which fluorocarbon surfactant having hydrophobic group of fluorocarbon and hydrophilic group having sulfuric acid or alcohol group is added;
- completing the photoresist pattern by rotating the wafer at a high speed having range from 2000 to 4000 rpm so that the deionized water to which fluorocarbon surfactant having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group is added is evaporated.
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(Amended) A method of forming a resist pattern of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
- coating a photoresist onto a wafer and baking the wafer;
- exposing the wafer using a mask and baking the wafer;
- developing the exposed photoresist with developer so that a photoresist pattern is formed;
- cleaning the wafer with deionized water and evaporating a portion of the deionized water by rotating the wafer at a low speed having the range from 10 to 200 rpm;
- rinsing the wafer with the deionized water to which hydrocarbon compound having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group is added. This novel rinse liquid contains hydrocarbon surfactants having the chemical formula of CaHbOcSdNePf, where a is an integer ranging from 1 to 30, b is an integer ranging from 1 to 60, c is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, d is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, e is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, f is an integer ranging from 0 to 2. If the compound is alcohol, a is an integer ranging from 5 to 30, b is an integer ranging from 1 to 60, c is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, d is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, e is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, f is an integer ranging from 0 to 2.;
- completing the photoresist pattern by rotating the wafer at a high speed having the range from 2000 to 4000 rpm so that the deionized water to which hydrocarbon compound having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group is added is evaporated.
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(Amended) The rinse liquid in which the hydrocarbon compound having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group is dissolved in deionized water. The chemical formula of the hydrocaron compound is CaHbOcSdNePf, where a is an integer ranging from 1 to 30, b is an integer ranging from 1 to 60, c is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, d is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, e is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, f is an integer ranging from 0 to 2. If the compound is alcohol, a is an integer ranging from 5 to 30, b is an integer ranging from 1 to 60, c is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, d is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, e is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, f is an integer ranging from 0 to 2.
- more specifically describing, the rinse liquid is made by the hydrocarbon compound whose the hydrophobic group is saturated hydrocarbon or unsaturated hydrocarbon and the hydrophilic group is carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid or sulfuric acid or alcohol
- specific chemicals of the exapmle is following chemical the rinse liquid is made by the following chemical dodecyl sulfuric acid C12H25SO4H, dodecyl monooxyethylene sulfuric acid C12H25(OCH2CH2)SO4H, dodecyl dioxyethylene sulfuric acid C12H25(OCH2CH2)2SO4H, dodecyl trioxyethylene sulfuric acid C12H25(OCH2CH2)3SO4H, dodecyl hexaoxyethylene sulfuric acid, C12H25(OCH2CH2)6SO4H.
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(Amended) The rinse liquid is made by using the salt compound of the hydrocarbon surfactant having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group with NHaR+bOH− where a is an integer ranging from 0 to 4, b is an integer ranging from 0 to 4, R is CH3, C4H9, C3H7, C2H4OH, or moiety having alkyl or alcohol or ether whose number of carbon is ranging from 1 to 20.
- More specifically describing, the rinse liquid is made by using the salt compound of hydrocarbon compound having hydrophobic group and hydrophilic group with NHaR+bOH− which is one of following compound;
- ammoniumhydroxide, Tetramethyl ammoniumhydroxide, Tetrabutyl ammoniumhydroxide, Tetrapropyl ammoniumhydroxide, ethanol ammoniumhydroxide, diethanol ammoniumhydroxide, triethanol ammoniumhydroxide
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