Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of fabricating nanoscale linear arrays of microstructures and microchannels by use of thin films of self-assembling block copolymers, and devices resulting from those methods.
As the development of nanoscale mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological devices and systems increases, new processes and materials are needed to fabricate nanoscale devices and components. Conventional optical lithographic processing methods are not able to accommodate fabrication of structures and features much below a 100 nm level. The use of self-assembling diblock copolymers presents another route to patterning at nanometer dimensions. Diblock copolymer films spontaneously assemble into periodic structures by microphase separation of the constituent polymer blocks after annealing, for example, by thermal annealing above the glass transition temperature of the polymer or by solvent annealing, forming ordered domains at nanometer-scale dimensions. Following self-assembly, one block of the copolymer can be selectively removed and the remaining patterned film used as an etch mask for patterning nanosized features into the underlying substrate. Since the domain sizes and periods (Lo) involved in this method are determined by the chain length of a block copolymer (MW), resolution can exceed other techniques such as conventional photolithography, while the cost of the technique is far less than electron beam lithography or EUV photolithography, which have comparable resolution.
The film morphology, including the size and shape of the microphase-separated domains, can be controlled by the molecular weight and volume fraction of the AB blocks of a diblock copolymer to produce lamellar, cylindrical, or spherical morphologies, among others. For example, for volume fractions at ratios greater than about 80:20 of the two blocks (AB) of a diblock polymer, a block copolymer film will microphase separate and self-assemble into periodic spherical domains with spheres of polymer B surrounded by a matrix of polymer A. For ratios of the two blocks between about 60:40 and 80:20, the diblock copolymer assembles into a periodic hexagonal close-packed or honeycomb array of cylinders of polymer B within a matrix of polymer A. For ratios between about 50:50 and 60:40, lamellar domains or alternating stripes of the blocks are formed. Domain size typically ranges from 5 nm to 50 nm.
Diblock copolymer thin films of cylindrical and lamellar phases may both form striped phases relative to an interface. For cylindrical phase films, a striped pattern results from parallel cylinder orientation, while for lamellar phase films, a striped pattern results from perpendicular domain orientation. From a top down view, perpendicular-oriented lamellae and parallel-oriented cylinders appear similar, e.g., as parallel lines.
Graphoepitaxy techniques using defined topography such as trench edges have been used in an attempt to orient and order copolymer domains and control registration and alignment of the self-assembled blocks to form a desired pattern. By comparison, thin films prepared on a flat substrate and annealed do not have any preferential orientation of domains and will assemble into a disordered fingerprint-like structure despite extensive annealing. Although registered and ordered arrays of cylinders have been produced within trenches, the fabrication of an ordered array of repeat structures outside of the confines of the trenches and over large areas has not been realized in a manufacturable process.
It would be useful to provide a method of fabricating films of linear arrays of ordered nanostructures that overcome these problems.
Embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the following accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only. Throughout the following views, reference numerals will be used in the drawings, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout the several views and in the description to indicate same or like parts.
The following description with reference to the drawings provides illustrative examples of devices and methods according to embodiments of the invention. Such description is for illustrative purposes only and not for purposes of limiting the same.
In the context of the current application, the terms “semiconductor substrate,” “semiconductive substrate,” “semiconductive wafer fragment,” “wafer fragment,” or “wafer” will be understood to mean any construction comprising semiconductor material, including but not limited to, bulk semiconductive materials such as a semiconductor wafer (either alone or in assemblies comprising other materials thereon), and semiconductive material layers (either alone or in assemblies comprising other materials). The term “substrate” refers to any supporting structure including, but not limited to, the semiconductive substrates, wafer fragments or wafers described above.
“Lo” is the inherent pitch (bulk period or repeat unit) of structures that self-assemble upon annealing from a self-assembling (SA) block copolymer or a blend of a block copolymer with one or more of its constituent homopolymers.
Processing conditions of embodiments of the invention use a graphoepitaxy technique utilizing sidewalls of trenches as constraints to induce orientation and registration of a first film of a self-assembling diblock copolymer to form an ordered linear array pattern registered to the sidewalls of the trenches. The first polymer film is then used as a template or base layer for inducing ordering of a subsequently deposited lamellar-phase block copolymer film such that, upon annealing, lamellar domains within the trenches orient perpendicularly and are registered to underlying structures, resulting in a stacked double- or multi-layer structure having a striped pattern.
Steps in a method for fabricating thin films from self-assembling (SA) block copolymers that define nanometer-scale linear array patterns according to embodiments of the invention are illustrated in
The method first forms a multi-layer pattern within trenches by forming a polymer base film or template with ordered structures within the trenches for inducing the ordering of an overlying lamellar phase block copolymer film such that the lamellar domains are oriented perpendicularly and registered to the underlying assembled domains of the base film.
The base layer within the trenches can be formed from a lamellar-phase block copolymer film, which upon annealing, forms a registered lamellar array of alternating polymer-rich blocks that extend the length and are oriented parallel to the sidewalls and perpendicular to the floor of the trenches. In other embodiments, the base layer is formed from a cylindrical-phase block copolymer material, which upon annealing, forms lines of half-cylinders in a polymer matrix extending the length and oriented parallel to the sidewalls and floor of the trenches. The assembled base film is then used as a template for inducing the ordering of an overlying lamellar-phase block copolymer film such that the lamellar domains of the annealed film are oriented perpendicularly and registered to the underlying pattern of the base film within the trenches.
To produce a base polymer film within the trenches using a lamellar-phase block copolymer, the surface of the sidewalls and edges of the trenches are preferential wetting by one block of the copolymer and the trench floors are neutral wetting (equal affinity for both blocks of the copolymer) to allow both blocks of the copolymer material to wet the floor of the trench. Entropic forces drive the wetting of a neutral wetting surface by both blocks, resulting in the formation of a layer of perpendicular lamellae across the width of each trench.
In an embodiment shown in
A neutral wetting surface can be provided, for example, by applying a neutral wetting polymer to form the layer 12 on the surface of the substrate 10. In the use of a self-assembling (SA) diblock copolymer composed of PS-b-PMMA, a random PS:PMMA copolymer brush layer (PS-r-PMMA)), which exhibits non-preferential or neutral wetting toward PS and PMMA can be applied by spin-coating onto the surface of substrate 10. The brush can be affixed by grafting (on an oxide substrate) or by cross-linking (any surface) using UV radiation or thermal processing. For example, a random copolymer solution composed of PS and PMMA with hydroxyl end group(s) (e.g., about 58% PS) can be applied to the surface of the substrate 10 as a layer about 5 nm to 10 nm thick and end-grafted by heating at about 160° C. for about 48 hours.
In another embodiment, a surface that is neutral wetting to PS-b-PMMA can be prepared by spin-coating a blanket layer of a photo- or thermally cross-linkable random copolymer such as a benzocyclobutene- or azidomethylstyrene-functionalized random copolymer of styrene and methyl methacrylate (e.g., poly(styrene-r-benzocyclobutene r-methyl methacrylate (PS-r-PMMA-r-BCB))) onto the surface of the substrate 10 prior to forming the material layer 14. For example, such a random copolymer can comprise about 42% PMMA, about (58-x)% PS and x% (e.g., about 2% to 3%) of either polybenzocyclobutene or poly(para-azidomethylstyrene)). An azidomethylstyrene-functionalized random copolymer can be UV cross-linked (e.g., 1-5 mW/cm2 exposure for about 15 seconds to about 30 minutes) or thermally cross-linked (e.g., at about 170° C.). A benzocyclobutene-functionalized random copolymer can be thermally cross-linked (e.g., at about 200° C. for about 4 hours or at about 250° C. for about 10 minutes).
Another neutral wetting surface for PS-b-PMMA can be provided by hydrogen-terminated silicon, which can be prepared by a conventional process, for example, by a fluoride ion etch of a silicon substrate 10 (with native oxide present, about 12 Å to 15 Å) for example, by immersion in aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and buffered HF or ammonium fluoride (NH4F), by HF vapor treatment, by exposure to hot H2 vapor, or by a hydrogen plasma treatment (e.g., atomic hydrogen).
Referring now to
The sidewalls 22 of the trenches 16 are preferential wetting by one block of the copolymer to induce formation of lamellae as the blocks self-assemble. The material layer 14 defining the surfaces of trenches 16 can be an inherently preferential wetting material, or in other embodiments, a layer of a preferential wetting material can be applied onto the surfaces of the trenches 16.
For example, in the use of poly(styrene-block-methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA), an oxide (e.g., silicon oxide, SiOx) or a clean silicon surface (with native silicon oxide) exhibits preferential wetting toward the PMMA block to result in the assembly of a thin (e.g., ¼ pitch) interface layer of PMMA and alternating PMMA and PS lamellae (e.g., ½ pitch) within each trench in the use of a lamellar-phase block copolymer material. Other preferential wetting surfaces to PMMA can be provided, for example, by silicon nitride, silicon oxycarbide, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) polymer grafted to a sidewall material such as silicon oxide, and resist materials such as methacrylate-based resists. For example, a PMMA that is modified with a moiety containing one or more hydroxyl (—OH) groups (e.g., hydroxyethylmethacrylate) can be applied by spin coating and then heated (e.g., to about 170° C.) to allow the OH groups to end-graft to the oxide sidewalls 22 and ends 24 of the trenches 16. Non-grafted material can be removed from the neutral wetting layer 12 by rinsing with an appropriate solvent (e.g., toluene). See, for example, Mansky et al., Science, 1997, 275, 1458-1460, and In et al., Langmuir, 2006, 22, 7855-7860, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Referring now to
The sidewalls, edges and floors of the trenches influence the structuring of the array of nanostructures within the trenches. The boundary conditions of the sidewalls of the trenches in both the x- and y-axis impose a structure wherein each trench contains n number of features (i.e., cylinders or lamellae). Factors in forming a single array or layer of nanostructures within the trenches include the width and depth of the trench, the formulation of the block copolymer to achieve the desired pitch (Lo), and the thickness (t) of the copolymer film.
The trenches 16 are constructed with a width (wt) such that a block copolymer (or blend) will self-assemble upon annealing into a single layer of “n” structures spanning the width (wt) of the trench 16, with each structure (i.e., cylinders or lamellae) being separated by a value of Lo (from center-to-center). The width (wt) of the trenches 16 is a multiple of the inherent pitch value (Lo) of the polymer being equal to or about nLo (“n*Lo”), typically ranging from about n*10 to about n*100 nm (with n being the number of features or structures). In embodiments of the invention, the depth (Dt) of the trenches 16 is greater than or at about Lo in using a lamellar-phase block copolymer for the base layer (
The trenches 16, 16′ can be formed using a lithographic tool having an exposure system capable of patterning at the scale of Lo (10 nm to 100 nm). Such exposure systems include, for example, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, proximity X-rays, and electron beam (e-beam) lithography, as known and used in the art. Conventional photolithography can attain (at smallest) about 58 nm features.
Referring now to
As illustrated in
As shown in
A typical thickness (tl) of a lamellar-phase block copolymer film 26 is about ∀ 20% of the Lo value of the polymer (e.g., about 10 nm to 100 nm) to form, for example, alternating polymer-rich lamellar blocks having a width of about Lo (e.g., 25 nm to 35 nm). The thickness (tl) of a cylindrical-phase block copolymer film 26 is less than Lo to form parallel-oriented half-cylinders of one block having a diameter of about Lo in a matrix of another block within each trench 16. The thickness of the copolymer film layer can be measured, for example, by ellipsometry techniques.
Although diblock copolymers are used in the illustrative embodiments, other types of block copolymers (i.e., triblock or multiblock copolymers) can be used. Examples of diblock copolymers include poly(styrene-block-methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA), polyethyleneoxide-polyisoprene, polyethyleneoxide-polybutadiene, polyethyleneoxide-polystyrene, polyethyleneoxide-polymethylmethacrylate, polystyrene-polyvinylpyridine, polystyrene-polyisoprene (PS-b-PI), polystyrene-polybutadiene, polybutadiene-polyvinylpyridine, and polyisoprene-polymethylmethacrylate, among others. Examples of triblock copolymers include poly(styrene-block methyl methacrylate-block-ethylene oxide). One of the polymer blocks of the block copolymer should be selectively and readily removable in order to fabricate an etch mask or template from the annealed film.
In embodiments in which the base or template layer is formed from a lamellar-forming diblock copolymer, the volume fractions of the two blocks (AB) are generally at a ratio between about 50:50 and 60:40. An example of a lamellae-forming symmetric diblock copolymer is PS-b-PMMA with a weight ratio of about 50:50 (PS:PMMA) and total molecular weight (Mn) of about 51 kg/mol.
In other embodiments in which the base layer is formed using a cylindrical-phase diblock copolymer, the volume fractions of the two blocks (AB) are generally at a ratio between about 60:40 and 80:20. An example of a cylindrical phase diblock copolymer material is PS-b-PMMA (Lo=35 nm) composed of about 70% PS and 30% PMMA (weight ratio of 70:30) with a total molecular weight (Mn) of 67 kg/mol to form about 20 nm diameter half-cylinder PMMA domains in a matrix of PS. To achieve an annealed base film in which the half-cylinders or lamellae are surface exposed, the Chi value of the polymer blocks (e.g., PS and PMMA) at common annealing temperatures is generally small such that an air interface is equally or non-selectively wetting to both blocks.
The block copolymer material can also be formulated as a binary or ternary blend comprising an SA block copolymer and one or more homopolymers of the same type of polymers as the polymer blocks in the block copolymer, to produce blends that swell the size of the polymer domains and increase the Lo value of the polymer. The volume fraction of the homopolymers can range from 0% to about 40%. An example of a ternary diblock copolymer blend is a PS-b-PMMA/PS/PMMA blend, for example, 46K/21K PS-b-PMMA containing 40% 20K polystyrene and 20K poly(methylmethacrylate). The Lo value of the polymer can also be modified by adjusting the molecular weight of the block copolymer, e.g., for lamellae, Lo˜(MW)2/3.
Optionally, ellipticity (“bulging”) can be induced in the structures by creating a slight mismatch between the trench and the spacer widths and the inherent pitch (Lo) of the block copolymer or ternary blend, as described, for example, by Cheng et al., “Self-assembled One-Dimensional Nanostructure Arrays,” Nano Lett., 2006, 6(9), 2099-2103, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein, which then reduces the stresses that result from such mismatches.
Referring now to
The constraints provided by the width (wt) of the trenches and the character of the copolymer composition combined with preferential or neutral wetting surfaces within the trenches results, upon annealing, in a single layer of n elements across the width (wt) of the trench. The number “n” or pitches of elements (e.g., lamellar blocks or half-cylinders) within a trench is according to the width (wt) of the trench and the molecular weight (MW) of the block copolymer.
For example, as shown in
In another embodiment, as illustrated in
The resulting morphologies of the annealed base film 28, 28′ (i.e., perpendicular orientation of lamellae or parallel orientation of half-cylinders 30′) can be examined, for example, using atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), or scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
The annealed and ordered base film 28, 28′ is then treated to cross-link the polymer segments to fix and enhance the strength of the self-assembled polymer blocks 30, 32 and 30′, 32′ within the trenches 16, 16′ (e.g., to cross-link the PS segments). The polymers can be structured to inherently cross-link (e.g., upon UV exposure), or one or both of the polymer blocks of the copolymer material can be formulated to contain a cross-linking agent.
For example, in one embodiment, the trench regions can selectively be exposed through a reticle to cross-link only the self-assembled film 28, 28′ within the trenches 16, 16′. A wash can then be applied with an appropriate solvent such as toluene, to remove the non-cross-linked portions of the film 28, 28′ (e.g., on the spacer or crest 20, 20′) leaving the registered self-assembled base film within the trenches 16, 16′ and exposing the surface of material layer 14, 14′ above/outside the trenches 16, 16′ (e.g., the crest 20, 20′). As shown in
In another embodiment, the entire annealed film 28, 28′ can be cross-linked globally. A photoresist layer can be applied to pattern and expose the areas of the film outside the trench regions (e.g., over the crests 20, 20′), and the exposed portions of the film 28, 28′ can be removed, for example, by an oxygen (O2) plasma treatment. The photoresist can then be removed (e.g., stripped). A neutral wetting film can then be formed on the exposed portions of the material layer 14, 14′ above the regions of the trench 16, 16′ (e.g., the crests 20, 20′). In other embodiments, a film of a photo-cross-linkable, neutral wetting random copolymer can be globally applied (e.g., cast) and photoexposed through a reticle to selectively cross-link the neutral wetting film only over the portions of the material layer 14, 14′ above the trenches 16, 16′ (e.g., the crests 20, 20′). Non-grafted or non-cross-linked portions of the neutral wetting film (e.g., within the trenches 16, 16′) can then be removed, for example, by a solvent rinse (e.g., toluene). See, for example, Hawker et al., “Improving the Manufacturability and Structural Control of Block Copolymer Lithography,” Abstracts of Papers, 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., Sep. 10-14, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
Referring now to
The lamellar-phase block copolymer layer 36 is cast over the neutral wetting layer 34, 34′ (e.g., over crest 20) and the base film 28 within the trenches 16 to a thickness (t2) at or about the Lo value of the block copolymer material 36 such that, upon annealing, the copolymer film layer 36 will self-assemble to form a single layer of perpendicular-oriented lamellar domains each having a width (w2) of about Lo.
As shown in
Current methods for annealing a block copolymer film to cause microphase separation of the polymer blocks involve placing the film-coated substrate into a vacuum oven and heating the entire film globally and simultaneously at a single set temperature and time period. However, while global heating may produce a film that is ordered and registered within the trenches, on areas of the substrate beyond the confines of the trenches that lack constraints or topographic features to which the copolymer film can self-align or that will drive the self-assembling blocks in a set direction, the block copolymer film will self-assemble into randomly ordered structures in a meandering fingerprint-type configuration. See, for example, R. Ruiz, R. L. Sandstrom and C. T. Black, “Induced Orientational Order in Symmetric Diblock Copolymer Thin-Films,” Advanced Materials, 2007, 19(4), 587-591. That layout and the lack of ordering of repeat structures make the film unusable for most templating applications.
Rather than performing a global heating of the film, embodiments of the invention utilize techniques for performing an anneal of the copolymer film by a localized application of thermal energy to portions of the polymer film that have registry to them.
With reference to
As illustrated in
Following the annealing and ordering of the copolymer film 38 within region “A”, the zone of thermal heating (“thermal corona”) is expanded laterally, using the initially formed self-assembled lamellar structure 38 over the trenches 16 to induce an ordering effect on the adjacently situated unannealed portion of the polymer film 36 beyond the edges 24 of the trenches 16 (region “B1”). In some embodiments, the localized heating of the lamellar-forming film 36 is performed to limit heating to about three through four to six through eight pitches or repeat units, Lo, of the copolymer film 30 at a time, e.g., to dashed line of region “B1” in
In one embodiment, depicted in
In another embodiment, illustrated in
In yet another embodiment, selective localized heating of the lamellar-phase film 36 can be provided by selectively applying an absorptive material layer 50 to substrate 10 prior to depositing the neutral wetting layer 12 and the material layer 14, as shown in the embodiment depicted in
In some embodiments, such as shown in
In another embodiment, the film 36 can be annealed in a moving temperature gradient (zone annealed). For example, as illustrated in
Referring now to
For example, as illustrated in
Referring to
In another embodiment, the selective removal of PS phase domains 32, 42 will result in openings (slits) 58 separated by PMMA lamellar domains 30, 40.
In some embodiments, the resulting films have a corrugated surface that defines a linear pattern of fine, nanometer-scale, parallel slits (openings) 58 about 5 nm to 50 nm wide and several microns in length (e.g., about 10 μm to 4000 μm), the individual slits 58 separated by a polymer matrix 42 about 5 nm to 50 nm wide. For example, removal of the PMMA domains affords a PS mask of sub-lithographic dimensions, for example, a pitch of about 35 nm (e.g., a 17.5 nm PS domain). A smaller pitch can be dialed in by using lower molecular weight diblock copolymers.
The films can be used, for example, as a lithographic template or etch mask to pattern (arrows ↓↓) the underlying substrate 10 (and layer 14), for example, by a non-selective RIE etching process, to delineate a series of channels or grooves 60, shown in phantom in
The films provide linear arrays having long range ordering and registration for a wide field of coverage for templating a substrate. The films are useful as etch masks for producing close-pitched nanoscale channels and grooves that are several microns in length, for producing features such as floating gates for NAND Flash with nanoscale dimensions. By comparison, photolithography techniques are unable to produce channels much below 60 nm wide without high expense. Resolution can exceed other techniques such as conventional photolithography, while fabrication costs utilizing methods of the disclosure are far less than electron beam (E-beam) or EUV photolithographies which have comparable resolution.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement that is calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific embodiments shown. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations that operate according to the principles of the invention as described. Therefore, it is intended that this invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof. The disclosures of patents, references and publications cited in the application are incorporated by reference herein.
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/337,567, filed Dec. 27, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,409,449, issued Apr. 2, 2013, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/714,336, filed Mar. 6, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,083,953, issued Dec. 27, 2011, the disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated in its entirety by this reference.
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