摘要:
The manufacturing time of a mask is shortened. In a defect inspection of a mask having a light-shielding portion composed of a resist film, the presence or absence of defects, such as burr and film loss of a resist pattern on the mask, and foreign matters, etc. is inspected by reading optical information on either or both of reflection light and transmission light with respect to inspection light irradiated to the mask by the use of a foreign-matter inspection system. More specifically, in the inspection of the mask, it is possible to perform the defect inspection without performing a comparison inspection that requires a great amount of measuring time and advanced techniques. Therefore, the inspecting process of the mask can be simplified, and also the inspecting time of the mask can be shortened.
摘要:
A mask fabrication time is shortened. By patterning an electron-sensitive resist film coated on a main surface of a mask substrate, a pellicle is mounted on the main surface of the mask substrate immediately after a resist pattern made from an electron beam sensitive resist film and having light-shielding characteristics with respect to exposure light is formed. Subsequently, by irradiating a laser beam to defect made from the electron beam sensitive resist film with the pellicle being mounted on the mask substrate, the defect is removed. Since the defect can be removed without removing the pellicle, the mask fabrication time can be shortened.
摘要:
A semitransparent phase shifting mask has, in the periphery of a pattern element area, a light shielding portion which is formed by a semitransparent phase shifting portion and a transparent portion with the optimal size combination. A pattern is formed employing the semitransparent phase shifting mask.
摘要:
To alleviate the absolute value control accuracy of phases in a mask having a groove shifter structure, transfer regions formed at different planar positions on the same plane of the same mask are subjected to a multiple exposure by scanning exposure. Although identical mask patterns are formed over the transfer regions respective groove shifters provided to these mask patterns are arranged opposite from each other.
摘要:
In order to inhibit or prevent a pattern abnormality such as the deformation or misalignment of a pattern of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a light intensity is calculated based on the pattern data DBP of a mask and the aberration data DBL of a lens of a pattern exposure device (step 101) and then the results of the light intensity calculation is compared with the results of the light intensity calculated on condition that the lens of the pattern exposure device has no aberration (step 102), and then a pattern data exceeding an allowable level, of the pattern data of the mask, is corrected according to the amount of correction calculated on the basis of the results of the comparison such that the pattern data does not exceed the allowable level (step 104). The mask is manufactured by using the mask making data DBM after the correction and then is mounted on the pattern exposure device to transfer a predetermined pattern to a semiconductor wafer.
摘要:
A semitransparent phase shifting mask has, in the periphery of a pattern element area, a light shielding portion which is formed by a semitransparent phase shifting portion and a transparent portion with the optimal size combination. A pattern is formed employing the semitransparent phase shifting mask.
摘要:
By using a high-accuracy mask capable of being manufactured through a simplified step, a semiconductor device manufacturing method of forming a desired pattern over a wafer is provided. A relatively narrow groove pattern and a groove pattern wider than the narrow groove pattern are formed, and a shade film made of, for example, a resist film is formed in the relatively wide groove pattern. As a concrete method of manufacturing a mask, after applying a resist film onto the quartz glass substrate, exposure and developing processings are performed, whereby the resist film is patterned. The patterned resist film is used as a mask to form the groove patterns in the quartz glass substrate (dry etching). Subsequently, after removing the patterned resist film, a new resist film is applied. Then, patterning is performed to form the shade film only in the groove pattern.
摘要:
A semitransparent phase shifting mask has, in the periphery of a pattern element area, a light shielding portion which is formed by a semitransparent phase shifting portion and a transparent portion with the optimal size combination. A pattern is formed employing the semitransparent phase shifting mask.
摘要:
In a massed region of each of a plurality of transfer areas of a mask a plurality of light transmission patterns are formed by opening a half-tone film. A phase shifter is disposed in each of the light transmission patterns so that a 180° phase inversion occurs between the lights that transmit through adjacent light transmission patterns. In a sparse region of the plurality of transfer areas a solitary light transmission pattern is formed by opening the half-tone film. Both shape and size are the same among the light transmission patterns, which are disposed symmetrically in both the massed and sparse regions about the center between the transfer areas. The phase shifters in the massed regions are disposed so that the phase of each phase shifter in one of the transfer areas comes to be opposed to that of its counterpart in the other transfer area. In the exposure process, those transfer areas are overlaid one upon another in the same chip region.
摘要:
Disclosed is a technique capable of reducing the manufacturing time of a photomask. In a method of transferring a predetermined pattern onto a semiconductor wafer by reduced projection exposure using a product mask manufactured by performing the reduced projection exposure to a pattern of an IP mask Mm1, the IP mask Mm1 is designed to have a resist mask structure in which a light-shielding pattern thereof is constituted of an organic film such as a resist film.