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Granted Patent B2
US 12,281,243 · App. 17/884,077 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Method of removing an adhesive for an EUV mask and method of reusing an EUV mask

Inventors: Byungchul Yoo (Yongin-si, KR); Byunghoon Lee (Osan-si, KR); Myungjun Kim (Osan-si, KR); Jikang Kim (Osan-si, KR); Jeonghwan Min (Osan-si, KR); Kyoungchae Seo (Osan-si, KR); Changyoung Jeong (Osan-si, KR)
Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; FINE SEMITECH CORP.
C09J163/00B08B3/04B08B3/08G03F1/22G03F1/82
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Patent No.
US 12,281,243
App. No.
17/884,077
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adhesive for an EUV mask includes an epoxy resin composition in an amount of 50 wt % to 80 wt % based on a total weight of the adhesive, the epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin, a hardener, a toughening agent, a filler, and a curing accelerator, and an inorganic filler in an amount of 20 wt % to 50 wt % based on the total weight of the adhesive, the inorganic filler including one or more of aluminum hydroxide or calcium carbonate.

Claims (31)

1. A method of reusing an EUV mask, the method comprising:

i) applying an adhesive on the EUV mask;

ii) attaching a stud on the adhesive;

iii) disposing a frame and a pellicle membrane on the stud;

iv) separating the frame and pellicle membrane from the stud;

v) detaching the stud from the EUV mask; and

vi) removing the adhesive from the EUV mask, wherein:

the adhesive includes an epoxy resin composition in an amount of 50 wt % to 80 wt % and an inorganic filler in an amount of 20 wt % to 50 wt % based on the total weight of the adhesive,

the epoxy resin composition includes an epoxy resin, a hardener, a toughening agent, a filler, and a curing accelerator, and

the inorganic filler includes aluminum hydroxide,

wherein operation vi) includes:

swelling the adhesive by adding water into the adhesive remaining on the EUV mask to form a swollen adhesive, and

removing the swollen adhesive by adding a strong acid to the swollen adhesive.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the epoxy resin composition includes:

the epoxy resin in an amount of 15 wt % to 40 wt % based on a total weight of the epoxy resin composition,

the hardener in an amount of 40 wt % to 70 wt % based on the total weight of the epoxy resin composition,

the toughening agent in an amount of 7 wt % to 13 wt % based on the total weight of the epoxy resin composition,

the filler in an amount of 3 wt % to 7 wt % based on the total weight of the epoxy resin composition, and

the curing accelerator in an amount of 1 wt % to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the epoxy resin composition.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler has an average particle size of 0.1 μm to 10 μm.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein adding the water and adding the strong acid are simultaneously performed.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the water is deionized water, and the strong acid is sulfuric acid.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the frame and the pellicle membrane have a pellicle adhesive layer therebetween, and

the pellicle adhesive layer is the same adhesive as the adhesive applied on the EUV mask.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the frame and the pellicle membrane have a pellicle adhesive layer therebetween, and;

the pellicle adhesive layer includes the same epoxy resin composition as the adhesive applied on the EUV mask, and the pellicle adhesive layer does not include an inorganic filler.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein operations i) to vi) are repeatedly performed.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stud includes a convex portion and the frame includes a corresponding concave portion.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stud and the frame physically combine together.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0094032 · Aug 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16801677 · Feb 26, 2020
Related Publication 20220380643A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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