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The correct way to determine the best dose-defocus settings is to generate a so-called Bossung plot (known from projection lithography), which plots the printed linewidth as a function of dose and defocus. From this, the most stable region of parameter space is chosen, i.e. the region where the linewidth changes the least when dose and defocus changes. Any deviation from the design linewidth may be corrected using the CD bias parameter. This typically involves SEM imaging of resist cross-sections, and quickly becomes time consuming. However, in most cases, inspection of a dose-defocus matrix (easily generated using the series exposure function) in an optical microscope will get you most of the way.  
The correct way to determine the best dose-defocus settings is to generate a so-called Bossung plot (known from projection lithography), which plots the printed linewidth as a function of dose and defocus. From this, the most stable region of parameter space is chosen, i.e. the region where the linewidth changes the least when dose and defocus changes. Any deviation from the design linewidth may be corrected using the CD bias parameter. This typically involves SEM imaging of resist cross-sections, and quickly becomes time consuming. However, in most cases, inspection of a dose-defocus matrix (easily generated using the series exposure function) in an optical microscope will get you most of the way.  


'''Data represent dose-defocus tests on Si unless otherwise stated'''
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!Thickness
!Exposure mode
!Dose
!Defoc
!Resolution
!Comments
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!rowspan="2"| AZ 5214E
|rowspan="2"| 1.5 µm
| Fast
| 70 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>  (Jehem Oct 2020)
| 0 (Jehem Oct 2020)
| 2 µm (due to stitching)
| Dev: SP60s
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| Quality
| 70 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup> (Jehem Oct 2020)
| 0 (Jehem Oct 2020)
| 1.25 µm
| Dev: SP60s
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!rowspan="2"| AZ MiR 701
|rowspan="2"| 1.5 µm
| Fast
| 300 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>  (Jehem Feb 2020)
| 0 (Jehem Feb 2020)
| 2 µm (due to stitching)
| PEB: 60s@110°C, Dev: SP60s
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
| Quality
| 180-200 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup> (Taran Mar 2020)
| 0-1 (Jehem Mar 2020)
| 1 µm
| PEB: 60s@110°C, Dev: SP60s
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!rowspan="2"| AZ 5214E image reversal
|rowspan="2"| 2.2 µm
| Fast
| 43 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup> (Taran Mar 2020)
| 0 (Jehem Feb 2020)
| >2 µm (a lot of stitching)
| Reversal bake: 120s@110°C, Flood exposure: 200mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>, Dev: SP60s
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
| Quality
| 43 mJ/cm<sup>2</sup> (Taran Mar 2020)
| 0 (Jehem Feb 2020)
| 2 µm (due to stitching)
| Reversal bake: 120s@110°C, Flood exposure: 200mJ/cm<sup>2</sup>, Dev: SP60s
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'''AZ nLOF 2020''' has also been tested. It seems to work even at 405nm, but the dose is so high (>10000) that exposure would be slower than Aligner: Maskless 02.


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