• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 51, Issue 3, 0322001 (2022)
Shuang GONG1、2, Baoxi YANG1、2、*, and Huijie HUANG1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1China Laboratory of Information Optics and Opto-Electronics Technology,Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201800,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20225103.0322001 Cite this Article
    Shuang GONG, Baoxi YANG, Huijie HUANG. Optimization Design of Illumination Uniformity of Relay Lens in Lithography Illumination System[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(3): 0322001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the optical principle of projection lithography
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the optical principle of projection lithography
    Schematic of partial coherent illumination
    Fig. 2. Schematic of partial coherent illumination
    Calculation of solid angle of off-axis beam
    Fig. 3. Calculation of solid angle of off-axis beam
    Diagram of exit pupil regionalism
    Fig. 4. Diagram of exit pupil regionalism
    Structure diagram of relay lens set of illumination system
    Fig. 5. Structure diagram of relay lens set of illumination system
    Relative illumination of conventional illumination of different σ
    Fig. 6. Relative illumination of conventional illumination of different σ
    Relative illumination of annular illumination of different σ
    Fig. 7. Relative illumination of annular illumination of different σ
    Simulation for relay lens set of illumination system
    Fig. 8. Simulation for relay lens set of illumination system
    Simulated relative illumination of conventional illumination of different σ
    Fig. 9. Simulated relative illumination of conventional illumination of different σ
    Simulated relative illumination of annular illumination of different σ
    Fig. 10. Simulated relative illumination of annular illumination of different σ
    Experimental device of illumination uniformity
    Fig. 11. Experimental device of illumination uniformity
    Illumination field and normalized integrated illumination profile
    Fig. 12. Illumination field and normalized integrated illumination profile
    Experimental relative integrated illumination of different σ
    Fig. 13. Experimental relative integrated illumination of different σ
    ItemParameters
    Magnification-2.5×
    Image field of view104 mm×32 mm
    Numerical apertureNA=0.205 (σ=1)
    Variable range of σ[0.16,1]
    Illumination uniformity≤2.5% (transient)
    Table 1. Parameters of the Relay Lens
    Relative pupil or σ13/41/21/41/8
    Image NA0.205 000.153 750.102 50.051 250.025 62
    Table 2. Numerical aperture corresponding to coherence factor under conventional illumination
    Relative pupil or σ[1,3/4][3/4,1/2][1/2,1/4][1/4,1/8]
    Image NA[0.205,0.153 75][0.153 75,0.102 5][0.102 5,0.051 25][0.051 25,0.025 62]
    Table 3. Numerical aperture corresponding to coherence factor under annular illumination
    Conventional illuminationAnnular illumination
    Target valueNon⁃uniformity ≤2.5%
    Relative pupil13/41/21/41/81~3/43/4~1/21/2~1/41/4~1/8
    Uniformity /%0.250.380.710.690.760.850.290.710.68
    Table 4. Illumination uniformity of convention illumination and annular illumination under different coherence factors
    Conventional illuminationAnnular illumination
    Target valueNon⁃uniformity ≤2.5%
    Relative pupil13/41/21/41/81~3/43/4~1/21/2~1/41/4~1/8
    Uniformity/%0.130.220.200.320.320.160.480.230.33
    Table 5. Simulated illumination uniformity of convention illumination and annular illumination under different coherence factors
    Conventional illuminationAnnular illumination
    Target valueNon⁃uniformity ≤1.5%
    Relative pupil0.280.880.47~0.720.54~0.830.64~0.88
    Uniformity/%1.13%0.35%0.65%0.81%1.21%
    Table 6. Experimental illumination uniformity of convention illumination and annular illumination
    Shuang GONG, Baoxi YANG, Huijie HUANG. Optimization Design of Illumination Uniformity of Relay Lens in Lithography Illumination System[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(3): 0322001
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