摘要:
An exposure method for transferring a device pattern to a resist, wherein the device pattern includes a first element and a second element having a linewidth narrower than the first element. The method includes a first exposure step for exposing the resist by use of an interference fringe, produced by interference of two light beams, through an exposure amount substantially not greater than a threshold of the resist, and a second exposure step for exposing the resist with a light pattern related to the first and second elements. A light component, of the light pattern, related to the first element bears an exposure amount greater than the threshold, a light component, of the light pattern, related to the second element bears an exposure amount not greater than the threshold and is to be combined with light in a portion of the interference fringe, and a sum of the exposure amount of the light component related to the second element and an exposure amount provided by the light in the portion of the interference fringe is greater than the threshold.
摘要:
A multiple exposure method includes a step of exposing a photosensitive material with a first pattern having a periodic pattern, and a step of exposing the photosensitive material with a second pattern different from the first pattern by using a projection optical system, wherein the step of exposing the photosensitive material with the second pattern is performed in each of a plurality of positions of the photosensitive material in an optical axis direction of the projection optical system relative to a focus position of an image of the second pattern, and wherein a desired pattern is formed in the photosensitive material by a multiple exposure including the step of exposing the photosensitive material with the first pattern and the step of exposing the photosensitive material with the second pattern.
摘要:
There is provided an exposure method that includes the steps of forming a phase shift mask having a desired pattern and a cyclic dummy pattern overlaid onto the desired pattern, a part of the desired pattern to be resolved by effects of the dummy pattern being thicker than the dummy pattern's line width, illuminating the phase shift mask by using illumination light having a peak near or on an optical axis in an intensity distribution to transfer the desired pattern onto the exposure plane by projecting light having passed through the phase shift mask onto the exposure plane.
摘要:
There is provided an exposure method that includes the steps of forming a phase shift mask having a desired pattern and a cyclic dummy pattern overlaid onto the desired pattern, a part of the desired pattern to be resolved by effects of the dummy pattern being thicker than the dummy pattern's line width, illuminating the phase shift mask by using illumination light having a peak near or on an optical axis in an intensity distribution to transfer the desired pattern onto the exposure plane by projecting light having passed through the phase shift mask onto the exposure plane.
摘要:
There is provided an exposure method that includes the steps of forming a phase shift mask having a desired pattern and a cyclic dummy pattern overlaid onto the desired pattern, a part of the desired pattern to be resolved by effects of the dummy pattern being thicker than the dummy pattern's line width, illuminating the phase shift mask by using illumination light having a peak near or on an optical axis in an intensity distribution to transfer the desired pattern onto the exposure plane by projecting light having passed through the phase shift mask onto the exposure plane.
摘要:
A method for forming, on a mask, a mask pattern used for exposure. The mask pattern includes a first pattern that blends plural types of patterns, and second pattern that is smaller in size than the first pattern. The mask pattern is arranged on the mask so that the first pattern may be resolved and the second pattern is restrained from being resolved. The method includes the steps of classifying the first pattern into one of a periodic pattern having at least three elements having two equal intervals in at least one direction among two orthogonal directions, an isolated pair pattern that does not belong to the periodic pattern and includes a pair of elements arranged in at least one direction among the two orthogonal directions, and an isolated element that does not belong to the isolated pair pattern and includes only one element without constituting any pair in any of the two orthogonal directions, arranging the second pattern for the isolated pair pattern, arranging the second pattern for the isolated element, and arranging the second pattern for the periodic pattern.
摘要:
There is provided an interferometer for measuring a surface shape of an optical element using interference, including a reference wave-front deformation system for deforming a wave front of reference light.
摘要:
An exposure method comprising the steps of forming onto a mask that arranges a pattern of a contact hole and a plurality of patterns each being smaller than the contact hole pattern, and illuminating the mask using plural kinds of light so as to resolve the desired pattern without the smaller patterns on a target via a projection optical system.
摘要:
A mask arranges a predetermined pattern and an auxiliary pattern smaller than the predetermined pattern so that where a virtual lattice is assumed which has a lattice point located at a center of the predetermined pattern, a center of the auxiliary pattern is offset from the lattice point of the virtual lattice.
摘要:
A method for setting a mask pattern and an illumination condition suitable for an exposure method for using plural kinds of light to illuminate a mask that arranges a predetermined pattern and an auxiliary pattern smaller than the predetermined pattern, so as to resolve the predetermined pattern without resolving the auxiliary pattern on a target via a projection optical system includes the steps of forming data for the predetermined pattern, forming data for the auxiliary pattern, and setting the illumination condition for defining an effective light source of illumination using the plural kinds of light.