Industries use extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources with a wavelength of 13.5 nm to achieve sub-10 nm patterning capabilities. However, the stochastic limitations arising from the patterning processes are still considered a challenge to high-precision pattern transfer. We explore a unique approach combining area-selective atomic layer deposition (AS-ALD) and vapor phase infiltration (VPI) to fabricate a hard mask layer with atomic precision. In AS-ALD, tuning the precursor provides a variable for achieving selectivity. We develop Al2O3 and HfO2 ALD processes with various precursors and perform AS-ALD over patterned polypeptoid (PP) and polystyrene (PS) brushes as growth and non-growth areas, respectively. Results show that ALD can occur within the PP brushes, while PS brushes can inhibit the adsorption of the precursor. We introduce the effect of ALD precursor selection to achieve high-precision pattern transfer based on the chemical reactivity between ALD precursor and EUV-patterned materials.
Bottom-up nanofabrication with area-selective deposition provides a viable way to minimize edge placement error in semiconductor manufacturing. Here we developed a class of polymers, polypeptoids, as growth promoters that enhance nucleation and growth of metal oxides in vapor phase infiltration for area-selective deposition, generating aluminum oxide hard masks for pattern transfer with high selectivity. This material platform, with its capability to efficiently promote metal oxide growth and versatility in monomer-level chemical functionality control, will enable new area-selective deposition and pattern transfer methods.
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