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Carbon Nanotube Scanning Probe for Surface Profiling of DUV and 193 nm Photoresist Pattern
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2001.
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Abstract
- The continual scaling down of semiconductors to 100 nm and below necessitates a characterization technique to resolve high aspect ratio features in the nanoscale regime. This paper reports the use of atomic force microscope coupled with high aspect ratio multi-walled carbon nanotube scanning probe tip for the purpose of imaging surface profile of photoresists. Multi-walled carbon nanotube tips used in this work are 5-10 nm in diameter and about a micron long. Their exceptional mechanical strength and ability to reversibly buckle enable to resolve steep, deep nanometer-scale features. Images of photoresist patterns generated by 257 nm interference lithography as well as 193 nm lithography are presented to demonstrate multi-walled carbon nanotube scanning probe tip for applications in metrology.
- Subjects :
- Electronics And Electrical Engineering
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- RTOP 704-40-32
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20020039540
- Document Type :
- Report