Impact of Resist Shrinkage and Its Correction in Nanoimprint Lithography

Akira Horiba, Masaaki Yasuda, Hiroaki Kawata, Makoto Okada, Shinji Matsui, Yoshihiko Hirai

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 2012 · 13 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Relative critical dimension (CD) errors in nanoimprint lithography are estimated by numerical simulation for various pattern sizes. From the results, transfer functions to estimate the CD errors are proposed, which are expressed similarly to a low- or high-pass filter in terms of the spatial frequency. Using the transfer functions, the mold pattern sizes are corrected to compensate the shrinkage.

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