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In most cases the time from taking HSQ out of the fridge to spin coat, and between spin coat and exposure as well as the time between exposure and development impacts on the resolution achieved.
It is therefore not recommended to use HSQ as a trainings resist.


The details of the process is shown below in the table:
The details of the process is shown below in the table:
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It should be noticed that to reduce the broadening of patterns caused by forward and backward scattered electrons, the HSQ resist was first thinned down to below 50nm using BHF before exposure. PEC could also improve the resolution. In most cases the time from taking HSQ out of the fridge to spin coat, and between spin coat and exposure as well as the time between exposure and development impacts on the resolution achieved.
It should be noticed that to reduce the broadening of patterns caused by forward and backward scattered electrons, the HSQ resist was first thinned down to below 50nm using BHF before exposure. PEC could also improve the resolution.  
It is therefore not recommended to use HSQ as a trainings resist.
The etch rate of HSQ with different concentration of BHF is shown as below.
The etch rate of HSQ with different concentration of BHF is shown as below.



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  • This work was done by Bingdong Chang and Xiaoli Zhu in 2016;
  • This page was edited by Bingdong Chang 23 October 2017.

High resolution patterns (sub-10nm dots with 20nm pitch, sub-10nm lines with 50nm pitch) can be patterned with HSQ resist. Some SEM images are shown as below:

In most cases the time from taking HSQ out of the fridge to spin coat, and between spin coat and exposure as well as the time between exposure and development impacts on the resolution achieved. It is therefore not recommended to use HSQ as a trainings resist.

The details of the process is shown below in the table:

It should be noticed that to reduce the broadening of patterns caused by forward and backward scattered electrons, the HSQ resist was first thinned down to below 50nm using BHF before exposure. PEC could also improve the resolution. The etch rate of HSQ with different concentration of BHF is shown as below.

The details of the process is shown below in the table:

The patterns were successfully transferred into silicon by dry etching (with ASE, recipe Pxnano2)

Notice that roughness could be generated during etch by redeposition of HSQ hard mask. For more details, please contact Bingdong Chang (bincha@dtu.dk).