Method for forming multi-layer film and patterning process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9785049-B2
Application number	US-201615379123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Jan 12, 2016
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for forming a multi-layer film, including (i) forming an under layer film on a substrate by applying an under layer film material containing one or more species selected from resins having a repeating unit shown by the formula (1), resins having a repeating unit shown by the formula (2), and compounds shown by the formula (3), each containing a fluorene structure, and curing the same by heat treatment at 300° C. to 800° C. for 10 to 4,000 seconds; (ii) forming a titanium nitride film or a titanium oxynitride film on the under layer film; (iii) forming a hydrocarbon film on the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film; and (iv) forming a silicon oxide film on the hydrocarbon film. This can form a multi-layer film with reduced reflectance useful for a patterning process with high dimensional accuracy in dry etching.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for forming a multi-layer film on a substrate, comprising the steps of:
(i) forming an under layer film on the substrate by applying an under layer film material containing one or more species selected from the group consisting of resins having a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (1) in which a fluorene structure is contained, resins having a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (2) in which a fluorene structure is contained, and compounds shown by the following general formula (3) in which a fluorene structure is contained, and curing the same by heat treatment at a temperature of 300° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower for 10 to 4,000 seconds;
(ii) forming a titanium nitride film or a titanium oxynitride film on the under layer film;
(iii) forming a hydrocarbon film on the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film by applying a hydrocarbon film material; and
(iv) forming a silicon oxide film on the hydrocarbon film by applying a silicon oxide film material,

wherein X represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, or a carbazole ring; R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a glycidyl group, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; each R 3 independently represents a single bond, a carbazole ring, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenylene group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an arylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and optionally contains one or more groups selected from an ether group, an ester group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a glycidyloxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkeny group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyny group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and an alkynyloxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; R 4 and R 5 independently represent a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, and a hydrogen atom(s) in the benzene ring or the naphthalene ring is/are optionally substituted by a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and when R 6 is an aryl group, a hydrogen atom(s) in the aryl group is/are optionally substituted by a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a halogen atom, a glycidyloxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkeny group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyny group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkynyloxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and “p” and “q” independently represent an integer of 0 to 2.

2. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 1 , wherein applying of the materials in the steps (i), (iii), and (iv) is carried out by a spin coating method.

3. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 1 , wherein forming of the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film in the step (ii) is carried out by a sputtering method or a CVD method.

4. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 2 , wherein forming of the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film in the step (ii) is carried out by a sputtering method or a CVD method.

5. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 1 , wherein the under layer film having a film thickness of 30 to 20,000 nm is formed in the step (i), the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film having a film thickness of 3 to 100 nm is formed in the step (ii), the hydrocarbon film having a film thickness of 5 to 100 nm is formed in the step (iii), and the silicon oxide film having a film thickness of 10 to 20 nm is formed in the step (iv).

6. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 2 , wherein the under layer film having a film thickness of 30 to 20,000 nm is formed in the step (i), the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film having a film thickness of 3 to 100 nm is formed in the step (ii), the hydrocarbon film having a film thickness of 5 to 100 nm is formed in the step (iii), and the silicon oxide film having a film thickness of 10 to 20 nm is formed in the step (iv).

7. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 3 , wherein the under layer film having a film thickness of 30 to 20,000 nm is formed in the step (i), the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film having a film thickness of 3 to 100 nm is formed in the step (ii), the hydrocarbon film having a film thickness of 5 to 100 nm is formed in the step (iii), and the silicon oxide film having a film thickness of 10 to 20 nm is formed in the step (iv).

8. The method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 4 , wherein the under layer film having a film thickness of 30 to 20,000 nm is formed in the step (i), the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film having a film thickness of 3 to 100 nm is formed in the step (ii), the hydrocarbon film having a film thickness of 5 to 100 nm is formed in the step (iii), and the silicon oxide film having a film thickness of 10 to 20 nm is formed in the step (iv).

9. A patterning process comprising the steps of:
(A) forming a photoresist film on the multi-layer film which has been formed on the substrate by the method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 1 ;
(B) forming a photoresist pattern by subjecting the photoresist film to exposure and development;
(C) transferring the pattern to the silicon oxide film by dry etching using the photoresist pattern as a mask;
(D) transferring the pattern to the hydrocarbon film by dry etching using the silicon oxide film to which the pattern has been transferred as a mask;
(E) transferring the pattern to the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film by dry etching using the hydrocarbon film to which the pattern has been transferred as a mask;
(F) transferring the pattern to the under layer film by dry etching using the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film to which the pattern has been transferred as a mask; and
(G) transferring the pattern to the substrate by dry etching using the titanium nitride film or the titanium oxynitride film and the under layer film to which the pattern has been transferred as a mask.

10. A patterning process comprising the steps of:
(A) forming a photoresist film on the multi-layer film which has been formed on the substrate by the method for forming a multi-layer film according to claim 2 ;
(B) forming a photoresist pattern by subjecting the photoresist film to exposure and development;
(C) transferring the pattern to the silicon oxide film by dry etching using the photoresist pattern as a mask;
(D) transferring the pattern to the hydrocarbon film by dry etching using the silicon oxide film to which the pattern has been transferred as a mask;
(E) transferring th

Assignees

• Shinetsu Chemical Co

Inventors

• Hatakeyama Jun
• Kori Daisuke

Classifications

• H10P50/287

  by chemical means · CPC title

• H10P50/285

  of materials not containing Si, e.g. PZT or Al2O3 · CPC title

• H10P50/267

  using plasmas · CPC title

• H10P76/405

  characterised by their composition, e.g. multilayer masks · CPC title

• H10P50/283

  by chemical means · CPC title