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Lithography Materials and Services

Market-leading Microlithography Materials to Support Advanced Patterning

DuPont designs microlithography materials to improve existing microlithography processes as well as support advanced patterning processes. Our long history in lithography technology includes many industry-first enabling technology innovations. We lead the market in terms of our breadth of offerings, including ArF photoresists, KrF photoresists, i/g line photoresists, and organic bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) materials.

By collaborating with you to understand your technical challenges, we develop materials solutions to meet them. The more advanced the process, the more critical it is to work in partnership to design specific materials.

DuPont is here to support you with your biggest (and smallest) lithography challenges! 

 
 
 
  • Microlithography, or photolithography, is an imaging technology that is critical to etch steps in semiconductor manufacturing. It is used to transfer circuitry patterns from a photomask to a silicon wafer, after which etch processes complete the pattern

  • Driven by ubiquitous high-performance, low-power computing needs, the semiconductor manufacturing industry continues to shrink feature sizes to make faster and smaller transistors with higher storage acapacity. This requires high-quality and high-performing lithography materials.

Lithography Materials and Services

  • Photoresists

    Photoresists

    DuPont’s robust, production-proven photoresist product line offers materials options that meet the requirements across generations of lithography processes.

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    Positive tone ArF (193 nm) dry photoresists optimized for trench and line/space applications

    Positive tone ArF (193 nm) dry photoresists optimized for trench and line/space applications

    Positive tone 193 nm immersion resists with an excellent process window, CD uniformity and low defectivity

    Positive tone 193 nm immersion resists with an excellent process window, CD uniformity and low defectivity

    Positive tone 193 nm implant resists with good profile through pitch and excellent substrate compatibility

    Positive tone 193 nm implant resists with good profile through pitch and excellent substrate compatibility
     
     
     
  • Advanced Overcoats

    Advanced Overcoats

    Used in conjunction with photoresists, DuPont’s advanced overcoat materials are designed to prevent defects and improve the lithography process window, enabling finer feature patterns.

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  • Anti-Reflectants & Functional Sublayers

    Anti-Reflectants & Functional Sublayers

    Anti-reflective coatings and sublayers boost the effectiveness of lithography by widening and improving the process and reflectivity windows.

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    AR™ 10L is an organic, thermally cross-linking bottom anti-reflectant coating (BARC) for 248 nm (KrF) photoresists. It is designed to provide a universal anti-reflective surface for high- and low-temperature resist platforms and offers excellent compatibility with most ESCAP HYBRID and Acetal resists. AR™ 10L is a conformal 1st min., 248 nm anti-reflectant and is typically used in the range of 400-1200A over transparent thin films on reflective substrates.

    An organic, thermally cross-linking BARC for 248 nm photoresists

    An organic gap filling material for extremely narrow trenches

    An organic gap filling material for extremely narrow trenches

    An organic, thermally cross-linking bottom anti-reflectant for 248 nm (KrF) photoresist

    A family of cross-linkable BARCs that can etch 30% faster than photoresists
     
     
     
  • Ancillary Lithography Materials

    Ancillary Lithography Materials

    DuPont’s roots run deep in its production-proven line of ancillary lithography products. From developers, removers, and other enhancement chemistries, we support a total lithography solution.

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  • Electronic Grade Polymers

    Electronic Grade Polymers

    DUV and 193nm photoresist performance begins with the polymer, and DuPont electronic grade polymers continue to improve upon existing techniques for polymer manufacture, isolation, and evaluation.

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