Patent ID: 9612522
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: C23C,G03F,G06F,G06Q,G08B

Claim:
1. An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blank production system comprising: a substrate handling vacuum chamber for creating a vacuum; a substrate handling platform, in the vacuum, for transporting an ultra-low expansion substrate loaded in the substrate handling vacuum chamber; and multiple sub-chambers, accessed by the substrate handling platform, for forming an EUV mask blank including: a multi-layer stack, formed above the ultra-low expansion substrate, for reflecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, and an absorber layer, formed above the multi-layer stack, for absorbing the EUV light at a wavelength of 13.5 nm includes the absorber layer has a thickness of less than 80 nm and less than 2% reflectivity, wherein the absorber layer includes a single layer of Nickel (Ni), Platinum (Pt), Silver (Ag), Zinc (Zn), Tin (Sn), Gold (Au), Lead (Pb), Indium (In), Hafnium (Hf), Cadmium (Cd), Bismuth (Bi), Antimony (Sb), or Tellurium (Te).