M Switkes, M Rothschild, TA Shedd… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
One of the major concerns in the emerging technology of liquid immersion lithography is the possibility of defects due to bubble formation in the immersion liquid. We have performed …
The filling of an oval disk-shaped micro-chamber by liquid is analyzed with reference to micro-systems with inlets and outlets of various widths, which are fabricated using MEMS …
W Chen, Y Chen, J Zou, X Fu, H Yang… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Immersion lithography has been proposed as a method for improving optical lithography resolution to 50 nm and below. The premise behind the concept is to increase the refraction …
H Chen, W Chen, J Zou, X Fu - Microelectronic engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
Liquid renovation is perhaps the best method to reduce contamination in immersion lithography, but it brings lens distortion because of the high density and viscosity of the …
Immersion lithography machine is the only new equipment used at present for the IC production line below 45 nm. Immersion control system is one of the key components of …
DW Bassett, RT Bonnecaze - … of Vacuum Science & Technology B …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The viability of fluid management in immersion lithography for laser mask writing is demonstrated. The so-called “drag-a-drop” method is proposed, where a droplet of fluid is …
JJ Chen, WZ Liu, J Der Lin, JW Wu… - … BioMEMS, and Medical …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An analysis of the liquid filling processes in an oval disk-shaped micro chamber is demonstrated while associated with the micro systems at various widths of inlet and outlet …
The important roles of fluid dynamics in immersion lithography (IL) and step-and-flash imprint lithography (S-FIL) are analyzed experimentally and theoretically. In IL there are …