Process study of ZEP520 positive electron-beam resist and its application in single-electron transistor

Shibing Long; Zhigang Li; Xinwei Zhao; Baoqin Chen; Ming Liu

doi:10.1117/12.572561

27 January 2005 Process study of ZEP520 positive electron-beam resist and its application in single-electron transistor

Shibing Long, Zhigang Li, Xinwei Zhao, Baoqin Chen, Ming Liu

Proceedings Volume 5645, Advanced Microlithography Technologies; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.572561
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

The process of resist is of great importance to the resolution of e-beam direct-writing exposure. ZEP520 is an excellent positive e-beam resist, which has high resolution, high sensitivity, high contrast as well as good dry etch resistance. In this paper, the e-beam exposure process of ZEP520 on Si and GaAs substrates and its application in nanoelectrode-pair and single-electron transistor have been studied. On Si substrate, the contrast, sensitivity and resolution of ZEP520 have been investigated in detail, and the influence of exposure dose and resist thickness on the size of ZEP520 patterns has been discussed. The contrast of 425nm-thick ZEP520 on Si is 2.70. The sensitivity of ZEP520 is <5 μC/cm². The size of ZEP520 lines and circular holes decreases with exposure dose decreasing and thickness increasing. 70 nm wide lines and 110-nm-diameter dots can be exposed on Si substrate using 110 nm thick ZEP520. The flaws of ZEP520 on GaAs can be eliminated by fore-baking the GaAs substrate; and 130 nm wide lines can be exposed on GaAs using ZEP520. In regard to application, a nanoelectrode-pair with a 60 nm space has been fabricated using ZEP520. And a kind of in-plane singe-electron transistor (SET) has also been fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, which has a 110 nm wide Si Coulomb island and shows Clear Coulomb staircases in I_ds from the I_ds-V_ds characteristics and differential conductance (dI_ds/dV_ds) oscillations from the dI_ds/dV_ds-V_ds characteristics at 2 K.

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Shibing Long, Zhigang Li, Xinwei Zhao, Baoqin Chen, and Ming Liu "Process study of ZEP520 positive electron-beam resist and its application in single-electron transistor", Proc. SPIE 5645, Advanced Microlithography Technologies, (27 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.572561

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