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Pattern Transfer Process Using Innovative Polymers in Combined Thermal and UV Nanoimprint Lithography (TUV-NIL)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Francesca Brunetti ,
Stefan Harrer ,
Giuseppe Scarpa ,
Paolo Lugli ,
Mike Kubenz ,
Christine Schuster  and
Freimut Reuther
Francesca Brunetti
Affiliation:
Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, Munich, 80333, Germany Electronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale del Politecnico 1, Rome, 00133, Italy
Stefan Harrer
Affiliation:
Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, Munich, 80333, Germany
Giuseppe Scarpa
Affiliation:
Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, Munich, 80333, Germany
Paolo Lugli
Affiliation:
Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universität München, Arcisstrasse 21, Munich, 80333, Germany
Mike Kubenz
Affiliation:
Micro Resist technology GmbH, Berlin, 12555, Germany
Christine Schuster
Affiliation:
Micro Resist technology GmbH, Berlin, 12555, Germany
Freimut Reuther
Affiliation:
Micro Resist technology GmbH, Berlin, 12555, Germany
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Abstract

We performed combined thermal and ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (TUV-NIL) using a recently developed nanoimprint polymer (mr-NIL 6000 from Micro Resist technology GmbH) and achieved an imprinted feature size of 50 nm. We used commercially available 2-inch-diameter transparent quartz molds (NIL Technology, Denmark and Obducat, Sweden) comprising 150 nm to 190 nm-deep features of various shapes and aspect ratios with lateral dimensions ranging between 50 nm and 300 nm. The imprint polymer was spun onto a silicon substrate, covered with an oxide layer. After the TUV-NIL step, residual polymer layers at the bottom of the imprinted features were removed by oxygen plasma etching. Imprinted patterns were then transferred into the silicon oxide layer underneath by reactive ion etching (RIE). In a final step the residual polymer was stripped off the silicon oxide surface in an oxygen asher. All imprinted features as well as the corresponding pattern transfer results showed good surface and sidewall characteristics.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1002: Symposium N – Printing Methods for Electronics, Photonics and Biomaterials , 2007 , 1002-N03-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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