摘要:
A photomask blank has a light-shielding film composed of at least two layers on a transparent substrate. The light-shielding film includes a light-shielding layer made of a material mainly containing tantalum nitride and further containing xenon and a front-surface antireflection layer formed on the light-shielding layer and made of a material mainly containing tantalum oxide and further containing argon.
摘要:
A photomask blank has a light shieldable film formed on a light transmitting substrate. The light shieldable film has a light shielding layer which is formed of molybdenum silicide metal containing molybdenum in a content greater than 20 atomic % and not greater than 40 atomic % and which has a thickness smaller than 40 nm, an antireflection layer formed on the light shielding layer in contact with the light shielding layer and formed of a molybdenum silicide compound containing at least one of oxygen and nitrogen, and a low reflection layer formed under the light shielding layer in contact with the light shielding layer.
摘要:
A photomask includes a base, a plurality of chip pattern regions over which a light shielding pattern of a metal material is defined, the plurality of chip pattern regions being defined on the base, scribe regions defined between the chip pattern regions, the scribe regions being defined by using the light shielding pattern, and slits in which the light shielding pattern is not defined, the slits being defined so as to surround the chip pattern regions.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating a pattern using a photomask that includes forming a first light shielding layer pattern over a substrate; forming a first resist layer pattern aligned to the first light shielding layer pattern over the first light shielding layer pattern; forming a phase shift region by selectively etching a portion of the substrate exposed by the first light shielding layer pattern; forming a second resist layer pattern by reducing the line width of the first resist layer pattern; forming a second light shielding layer pattern, having a reduced line width, by etching an exposed portion of the first light shielding layer pattern, and exposing a portion of the substrate adjacent the groove to form a rim region; removing the second resist layer pattern to form a photomask; and transferring a second pattern onto a wafer by performing an exposure process using the photomask.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a photomask includes forming a light blocking layer, a hard mask layer, and a resist layer on a transparent substrate, forming a resist pattern to selectively expose the hard mask layer by removing the resist layer selectively, forming a hard mask pattern by etching the exposed hard mask layer using the resist pattern as an etch mask, exposing the hard mask pattern by removing the resist pattern; measuring a critical dimension of the exposed hard mask pattern, correcting the measured critical dimension of the hard mask pattern to correspond to a critical dimension of a target pattern, forming a light blocking pattern by etching the exposed light blocking layer using the corrected hard mask pattern as an etch mask, and removing the hard mask pattern.
摘要:
An apparatus, system and method to compensate for the proximity effects in the imaging of patterns in a photolithography process. A light exposure of a photoresist layer is effectuated in predetermined patterns through an exposure mask having light-transmissive openings in correspondence to the predetermined patterns. The exposure mask has areas densely populated with the light-transmissive openings and areas sparsely populated with the light-transmissive openings. Light is attenuated through the densely populated light-transmissive openings by a different amount than through the sparsely populated light-transmissive openings.
摘要:
A half tone mask having a transparent substrate, a light semitransmission layer, and a light shield layer; and a method for fabricating the same. The halftone mask is applied to multiple cycles of a photolithography process, thus shortening a time taken to fabricate the mask and reducing the production costs of the mask. Since a desired pattern is uniformly formed through a light semitransmission layer of the half tone mask of the present invention according to the uniformity of a chrome oxide (CrxOy) film, i.e., the uniformity in sputtering, the halftone mask is not limited in size.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method for forming an optical mask that has reduced processing steps. The invention performs a first patterning of an opaque chrome layer to expose a first region of a transparent quartz substrate and ten etches the first region of the transparent quartz substrate through the chrome layer to create a phase shift region within the transparent quartz substrate. Next, the invention performs additional patterning of the opaque chrome layer to expose a second region of the transparent quartz substrate that is adjacent to the first region. This additional patterning process enlarges the opening formed in the opaque mask formed in the first patterning process. The first region and the second region comprise a continuous area of the transparent quartz substrate.
摘要:
A set of masks including an alternating phase shifting mask (APSM) and a halftone phase shifting trim mask (HPSTM) is provided. The APSM includes first and second phase shifting areas and a first opaque pattern. The first and second phase shifting areas are disposed adjacent to each other and have different phases for generating destructive interference. Further, the first and second phase shifting areas define an access interconnection line. The first opaque pattern is formed on a transparent substrate to define the first and second phase shifting areas. The HPSTM includes a second opaque pattern on the transparent substrate and a halftone pattern. The second opaque pattern prevents an access interconnection line from being erased. The halftone pattern defines a pass interconnection line connected to the access interconnection line.
摘要:
A photomask for use in a lithographic process and a method of making a photomask are disclosed. A mask blank including a substrate, a sacrificial conductive layer disposed over the substrate and a radiation shielding layer disposed over the sacrificial conductive layer can be provided. Structures are then formed from the radiation shielding layer to define a pattern. Measurement of parameters associated with the structures are made with a measurement tool and, during the measuring, the sacrificial conductive layer provides a conductive plane to dissipate charge transferred to the mask by the measurement tool.