EUV sources: progress towards industrialization
Transcript of EUV sources: progress towards industrialization
Alberto Pirati, Sjoerd Lok, Rudy Peeters, Eric Verhoeven, Christophe Smeets, Daniel Smith , Arthur Minnaert, Martijn
van Noordenburg, Joerg Mallmann, Judon Stoeldraijer, Christian Wagner, David Brandt, Daniel Brown, Herman
Boom, Hans Meiling, Roderik van Es
EUVL, October 2015. Maastricht
EUV sources: progress towards industrialization
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The path towards industrialization
Throughput
Availability
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EUV source supports NXE Industrialization Roadmap
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2015 125 >75 >80% >1000
2016 250 >125 >90% >1500
NXE:33X0B throughput performance at >60 wafers per hour
NXE:3350B ATP conditions:
26x33mm, 96 fields, 20mJ/cm2
Field performance
Factory acceptance
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NXE:3350 Imaging: 16nm dense lines and 20nm iso space achieve <1.0nm Full Wafer CDU, on two machines
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Imaging 16nm dense linesCDU
Intrafield at best focus nm ≤1.4 0.5 0.7
Intrafield at ±30 nm off focus nm ≤1.8 0.6 0.8
Full wafer at best focus nm ≤1.6 0.6 0.8
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Imaging 20nm isolated spacesCDU – H
Intrafield at best focus nm ≤1.1 0.4 0.4
Intrafield at ±30 nm off focus nm ≤2.5 0.7 0.9
Full wafer at best focus nm ≤1.3 0.6 0.5
Tested with new ATP – 0mm field spacing and 15x9 grid (exposed at ~62 W/hr)
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Two NXE:3350Bs show excellent matched machine overlay performance below 2.2 nm
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99.7%x: 2.0 nmy: 2.2 nm
XYMMO_MMO_150819_1525_wec (S2F)Wafer plot stacked
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99.7%x: 2.0 nmy: 1.9 nm
XYMMO_BMMO_150818_2144_wec (S2F)Wafer plot stackedSystem 1 System 2 System 2
Modelling: 5s flyer removal w2w, 10par per chuck removed, worst 99.7% of all points (standard NXE:3350B ATP) (exposed at ~62 W/hr)
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… and excellent dedicated chuck overlay performance
below 1.3 nm
Spec 1.5 nmSpec 1.5 nm
Modelling: 5s flyer removal w2w, worst 99.7% of all points (standard NXE:3350B ATP) (exposed at ~62 W/hr)
NXE:3300B install base migrating from 40W to 80W configurationUpgrade completed on 5 systems, on going on one more system
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NXE:3300B: stable 80W performance over one monthCustomer system
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NXE:3350B: stable 95W performance over 10 daysAt ASML factory
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Power scaling towards 250W on goingDose optimization required towards 190W
EUV Power 183W
Run time 2 minutes
Conversion efficiency 4.9%
Dose overhead 12.6%
Dose error Out of spec
EUV Power 130W
Run time 1 hour
Conversion efficiency 4.5%
Dose overhead 25%
Dose error In spec
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EUV source supports NXE Industrialization Roadmap
TimingSource
power [W]
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Today 80 >55 >70% >500
2015 125 >75 >80% >1000
2016 250 >125 >90% >1500
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Focus 2015: improving source availabilityField upgrades executed/planned throughout 2015 to support >70% system
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Automation
Collector lifetime
Droplet generator reliability
Drive laser reliability
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Collector lifetime in 80W configuration towards ~6 months Estimated lifetime
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Collector: temperature optimization for power scaling
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1. Decrease collector temperature to
enhance EUV self cleaning effect
EUV induced etching effect restores
collector reflectivity
Collector: flow optimization for power scaling
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1. Collector protective flows,
increase with source power
Test results on NXE:3350B source at 95W:
estimated lifetime >6 months
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Droplet generator: >1.5x lifetime improvement in
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40W Droplet Generator
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Six EUV sources capable of >70% availability Best 4 weeks average at customers
Availability = productive + stand-by + engineering time
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EUV source availability improving towards 70%5 field systems – upgrades reduce variability
Availability = productive + stand-by + engineering time
Average +/- standard deviation of 5 sources, 4 weeks average
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Solutions towards
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EUV source supports NXE Industrialization Roadmap
TimingSource
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Today 80 >55 >70% >500
2015 125 >75 >80% >1000
2016 250 >125 >90% >1500
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7 field NXE:3300B at 500 wafers per day1,000 wafers per day capability demonstrated
Maximum number of customer wafer exposures in a 24 hour period
Customer systems (NXE:3300B)
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Four-week marathon test: >15,000 wafers exposedAvailability at 70%, wafers met requirements for dose, CD and overlay
Semicon TaiwanSeptember 2015
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EUV source supports NXE Industrialization Roadmap
TimingSource
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Today 80 >55 >70% >500
2015 125 >75 >80% >1000
2016 250 >125 >90% >1500
Done Capability demonstrated On track
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Summary: EUV towards production insertion
At customers
• 8 NXE:3300B systems shipped and qualified, 1 NXE:3350B completed qualification at 62 wafers per hour
• 7 systems capable of 500 wafers per day, stable performance over 4 weeks demonstrated
• 80W configuration implemented on majority of install base
• More than 1000 wafers per day demonstrated during endurance test on one NXE:3300B
• 6 sources demonstrated >70% availability capability
• Demonstrated 130W power, optimization towards >180W on going