Characterization of the alignment system on a laboratory extreme ltraviolet lithography tool

A laboratory extreme ultraviolet ltihography tool (EUVL) has been assembled at Sandia National Laboratories. Its major components include a Schwarzschild camera with 0.1 micrometers resolution integrated with a laser plasma source and a magnetically levitated stage. Other subsystems are a grazing-incidence optical system to maintain focus, and a through-the- lens Moire alignment system for overlay. This exposure tool is being used to study integration issues for EUVL. Experiments have been performed to characterize the alignment system's performance. The measured sensitivity of the alignment system is 25 nm 3(sigma) .