Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 30, Issue 1, 12(2022)

Research progress of maskless lithography based on digital micromirror devices

Siqi ZHANG1... Sihan ZHOU1, Zhuojun YANG1, Zhi XU2, Changyong LAN1 and Chun LI1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu0699, China
  • 2Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan5349, China
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    Schematic diagram of DMD maskless lithography system
    Schematic diagram of DMD chip structure[6]
    Schematic diagram of homogenization technologies
    Schematic diagram of light path of4f double telecentric structure
    Wobulation lithography technology. (a)-(c) Step lithography combined with wobulation lithography technology[12]; (a) Principle of wobulation lithography; (b) Pattern obtained by non-wobulated method; (c) Pattern obtained by superimposing 1/2 pixels; (d)-(f) Scanning lithography combined with wobulation lithography technology[13]; (d) Edge saw-tooth size obtained by non-wobulated technology; (e) Edge saw-tooth size obtained by superimposing 1/2 pixel; (f) Edge saw-tooth size obtained by superimposing 1/4 pixels
    Optical proximity correction technology[14]
    Oblique scan lithography[18]
    DMD combined with DPN[22].(a) Schematic diagram of DPN; (b) Pattern with a size of 9 mm×9 mm; (c) Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image, which is composed of an array of planar resistors and capacitors with a line width of 120 nm;(d)-(g) Four enlarged examples of nano-scale circuit elements, their positions are marked with red boxes in (c)
    Maskless optical projection nanolithography[23]
    Double grayscale DMD maskless lithography[32]
    Oscillation-assisted grayscale lithography[33].(a) Oscillation-assisted grayscale lithography system; (b) Projection pattern (200 μm×200 μm) and normalized light intensity distribution between non-oscillation and oscillation projection; (c)-(d) Characterization of the roughness of the microlens array manufactured under non-oscillation and oscillation; (e)-(f) The miniaturized image formed by the microlens manufactured under the oscillation frequency of 200 Hz with non-oscillation; (g) The designed mixed grayscale image; (h) Mixed curvature microlens array
    Molding process of micro-stereolithography[35]
    Multi-material micro-stereolithography based on syringe pump[38]
    Preparation of planar micro-nano devices with visual DMD lithography system. (a) Process of preparation of micro-nano devices; (b) Optical image of a field effect transistor prepared
    Preparation of metamaterials by digital lithography. (a)-(e) Preparation of metamaterials by LCOS lithography[43]; (a) Mechanical response to compressive loading of a bend-dominated tetrakaidecahedron unit cell; (b) Mechanical response to compressive loading of a stretch-dominated octet-truss unit cell; (c)-(e) Octet-truss microlattices with varied constituent materials; (f)-(m) DMD lithography to prepare large-area, multi-scale metamaterials[44]; (f)-(h) Bulk hierarchical lattice structure of the octagonal lattice structure cell that is mainly stretched; (i)-(m) SEM images show the cross-sectional decomposition of the structure level of the multi-scale metamaterial cell shown in(h)
    Microfluidic maskless lithography[50]
    Lithography system using different resin photocrosslinking structures[54]
    • Table 1. Representative research results related to improvement of linewidth resolution of DMD maskless lithography

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      Table 1. Representative research results related to improvement of linewidth resolution of DMD maskless lithography

      ResolutionTechnological progressMicromirror pitch of DMD/μmObjective lens magnificationPhotoresistLight sourceResearch unitYear
      500 nm26High magnification objective100×TSMR-8900LB, 500 nm430 nm, LEDKyushu University2012
      120 nm22DMD combined with dip pen technologyNorthwestern University2013
      186 nm27High magnification objective5.4200×AZ-MIR701,250 nm405 nm, LEDSeoul National University2020

      150 nm28

      32 nm23

      Use femtosecond laser and high magnification objective lens13.6850×、100×AR-N7520,170 nm、155 nm400 nm, femtosecond laserChinese Academy of Sciences2021
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    Siqi ZHANG, Sihan ZHOU, Zhuojun YANG, Zhi XU, Changyong LAN, Chun LI. Research progress of maskless lithography based on digital micromirror devices[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2022, 30(1): 12

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    Category: Modern Applied Optics

    Received: Aug. 20, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2022

    The Author Email: LI Chun (lichun@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20223001.0012

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