Dependency of Adhesion Behavior on Thermal Stress Distribution in Photoresist Micropatterns

Abstract
We report an excellent correlation between adhesive behavior in HF aqueous solution and internal distribution of thermal stress in a photoresist pattern. The stress distribution was analyzed using the two-dimensional finite element modeling in the cross section of the photoresist pattern. The large envelope shape, which indicates weak adhesion, was confirmed by the concentration of stress at the resist-substrate interface. In particular, the hardened layer of the photoresist pattern surface has the effect of forming the two-step shape of the etching envelope due to isotropic and lateral intrusion.

This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit: