Direct Patterning Of Polyimide By Pulsed Electron Beams In Soft Vacuum

Jayaram Krisinaswamy; Lumin Li; George Collins; Hiroyuki Hiraoka; Mary Ann Caolo

doi:10.1117/12.940366

30 June 1987 Direct Patterning Of Polyimide By Pulsed Electron Beams In Soft Vacuum

Jayaram Krisinaswamy, Lumin Li, George Collins, Hiroyuki Hiraoka, Mary Ann Caolo

Proceedings Volume 0773, Electron-Beam, X-Ray, and Ion-Beam Lithographies VI; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940366
Event: Microlithography Conferences, 1987, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

We recently reported on a proximity, flood exposure process using pulsed electron beams.1 We showed replication of 0.5 um feature sizes from an electron transmitting stencil mask on to 3 um PMMA film via 28 KV pulsed electron beams produced in air and helium at 50 mTorr. In this paper, we describe the direct patterning of a commercial polyimide spin coated on a silicon wafer and cured at 100°C by exposure to 28 KV pulsed electron beams (current pulse duration 500 nsec, FWHM and 100 pulses) produced in 50 mTorr air and helium. The exposed region of polyimide cross-linked and the region covered by the 7 um line on the electron microscope grid used as stencil mask was unaffected. Patterning was completed by wet development in N-methylpyrolidone at 21°C for 15 secs. We present developed thickness vs exposure characteristics and SEM photographs of developed patterns.

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Jayaram Krisinaswamy, Lumin Li, George Collins, Hiroyuki Hiraoka, and Mary Ann Caolo "Direct Patterning Of Polyimide By Pulsed Electron Beams In Soft Vacuum", Proc. SPIE 0773, Electron-Beam, X-Ray, and Ion-Beam Lithographies VI, (30 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940366

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