Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase-shift mask and method of forming the same
- Patent Title (中): 相移掩模及其形成方法
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Application No.: US12002275Application Date: 2007-12-13
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Publication No.: US07897299B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Gi-Sung Yoon , Hee-Bom Kim , Sun-Young Choi
- Applicant: Gi-Sung Yoon , Hee-Bom Kim , Sun-Young Choi
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Mills & Onello, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2006-0127625 20061214
- Main IPC: G03F1/00
- IPC: G03F1/00

Abstract:
In an attenuated phase-shift mask (PSM) and a method of forming the same, a phase-shift layer and a light-shielding layer are sequentially stacked on a transparent substrate. The phase-shift layer and the light-shielding layer are sequentially removed from the substrate, to form a light-shielding pattern including a first opening and a phase-shift pattern including a second opening that is connected to the first opening and partially exposes the transparent substrate. Then, a transmitting portion is formed through the light-shielding pattern by partially removing the light-shielding pattern. The transmitting portion includes at least one portion of the phase-shift pattern on which a transmittance controller is formed. In one embodiment, the transmittance controller comprises a metal having a high absorption coefficient, and is formed through sputtering and diffusion processes. Accordingly, the intensity deviation between 0th and 1st order beams may be decreased, to thereby improve the processing margin of the exposure process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080145771A1 Phase-shift mask and method of forming the same Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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