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US 11,372,326 · App. 17/012,912 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Pellicle comprising graphite thin film

Inventors: Yuki Kawashima (Osaka, JP); Shuhei Ozaki (Osaka, JP); Masamitsu Tachibana (Osaka, JP); Takeo Watanabe (Hyogo, JP); Tetsuo Harada (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION; UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO
G03F1/62G03F1/64
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Patent No.
US 11,372,326
App. No.
17/012,912
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pellicle that can achieve both a high EUV transmittance and a uniformity in EUV transmittance by including a graphite thin film having a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less and a surface roughness (Sa) of 0.1 nm or more and 500 nm or less.

Claims (22)

1. A pellicle comprising:

a graphite thin film, wherein the graphite thin film has a surface roughness (Sa) of 0.1 nm or more and 500 nm or less,

wherein the graphite thin film has a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and

wherein the graphite thin film has a ratio (I (D)/I (G)) of a D-band intensity (I (D)) to a G-band intensity (I (G)) in a Raman spectrum of 0 or more and 0.5 or less.

2. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film has a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less.

3. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film has a density of 2.10 g/cm 3 or more and 2.26 g/cm 3 or less.

4. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film has a surface roughness (Sa) of 1 nm or more and 350 nm or less.

5. A pellicle composite comprising:

the pellicle according to claim 1 ; and

a frame.

6. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film is multiple graphene layers in which each graphene layer is stacked on one another and the number of graphene layers is 15 or more.

7. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film has a ratio (I (D)/I (G)) of a D-band intensity (I (D)) to a G-band intensity (I (G)) in a Raman spectrum of 0 or more and 0.1 or less.

8. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film contains 99% or more by moles of carbon.

9. The pellicle according to claim 1 , wherein the graphite thin film has an electrical conductivity of 10,000 S/cm or more.

10. A method for producing a pellicle,

wherein the pellicle comprises a graphite thin film,

wherein the method comprises baking a carbonized film under tension at a temperature of 2200° C. or more to give the graphite thin film,

wherein the graphite thin film has a surface roughness (Sa) of 0.1 nm or more and 500 nm or less and a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and

wherein the graphite thin film has a ratio (I (D)/I (G)) of a D-band intensity (I (D)) to a G-band intensity (I (G)) in a Raman spectrum of 0 or more and 0.5 or less.

11. The method for producing the pellicle according to claim 10 , the method further comprising a step of carbonizing a polymer film under tension to give the carbonized film.

12. The method for producing the pellicle according to claim 10 , wherein the carbonized film is baked while sandwiched between pieces of graphite in at least a part of the baking.

13. The method for producing the pellicle according to claim 11 , wherein the polymer film is carbonized while sandwiched between pieces of graphite.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: KAWASHIMA, YUKI; OZAKI, SHUHEI; TACHIBANA, MASAMITSU; WATANABE, TAKEO; HARADA, TETSUO
To: KANEKA CORPORATION; UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO
Reel/Frame 053912/0187 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-043100 · Mar 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019008330 · Mar 4, 2019
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