Formation of a composite pattern including a periodic pattern self-aligned to a prepattern

• Main Authors: DOERK GREGORY S, SANDERS DANIEL P, RETTNER CHARLES T, CHENG JOY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.08.2015
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS

A chemical pattern layer including an orientation control material and a prepattern material is formed over a substrate. The chemical pattern layer includes alignment-conferring features and additional masking features. A self-assembling material is applied and self-aligned over the chemical pattern layer. The polymeric block components align to the alignment-conferring features, while the alignment is not altered by the additional masking features. A first polymeric block component is removed selective to a second polymeric block component by an etch to form second polymeric block component portions having a pattern. A composite pattern of the pattern of an etch-resistant material within the chemical pattern layer and the pattern of the second polymeric block component portions can be transferred into underlying material layers employing at least another etch.