How we are making the 0.5-NA Berkeley mirco-field exposure tool stable and productive

Vibration levels in MET5 exposures were reduced from 1.5 nm RMS to 0.8 nm RMS by tuning the vibration isolation system and removing non-compliant hardware. Frequency doubling exposures were improved by replacing the Fourier synthesis pupil scanner mirror. Focus-exposure-matrix outliers have been solved by patching a bug in the control software. 9 nm half-pitch lines and 8 nm half-pitch lines were printed in 11 nm thick MOx resist.