IP Library Granted Patent US 12699333
Granted Patent B2
US 12699333 · App. 18/368,094 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Mask plate, alignment mark and photolithography system

Inventors: Wei Hua Sang (Shanghai, CN); Shi Jie Wu (Shanghai, CN); Bin Xing (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
G03F9/708G03F9/7076
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12699333
App. No.
18/368,094
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mask plate, an alignment mark and a photolithography system are provided. In one form, an alignment mark includes a plurality of alignment patterns arranged at intervals, where the alignment pattern includes a first pattern extending in a first direction and a second pattern extending in a second direction, the first pattern includes a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other in the first direction, the second pattern includes a third end and a fourth end which are opposite to each other in the second direction, the second end is connected to the third end, the fourth end is connected to the first end, and the alignment pattern is a two-dimensional linear pattern.

Claims (17)

1 . A mask plate, comprising:

a device mask pattern configured for forming a device pattern; and

an alignment mask pattern configured for forming an alignment mark, wherein the alignment mask pattern comprises a plurality of combined patterns arranged at intervals, wherein the combined pattern comprises a first mask sub-pattern extending in a first direction and a second mask sub-pattern extending in a second direction, a size of the first mask sub-pattern in the second direction is 50 nm to 300 nm and is the same as a size of the second mask sub-pattern in the first direction.

2 . The mask plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first mask sub-pattern and the second mask sub-pattern are alternately connected in sequence; and

wherein the first mask sub-pattern comprises a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other in the first direction, the second mask sub-pattern comprises a third end and a fourth end which are opposite to each other in the second direction, the second end is connected to the third end, and the fourth end is connected to the first end.

3 . The mask plate according to claim 2 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

4 . The mask plate according to claim 2 , wherein a size of the first mask sub-pattern in the first direction is the same as a size of the second mask sub-pattern in the second direction.

5 . The mask plate according to claim 4 , wherein an interval between the second mask sub-patterns in the first direction is equal to an interval between the first mask sub-patterns in the second direction.

6 . A photolithography system, using the mask plate according to claim 1 to form an alignment mark.

7 . An alignment mark, comprising:

a plurality of alignment patterns arranged at intervals, wherein the alignment pattern comprises a first pattern extending in a first direction and a second pattern extending in a second direction, wherein a size of the first pattern in the second direction is 50 nm to 300 nm and is the same as a size of the second pattern in the first direction;

wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately connected in sequence; and

wherein the first pattern comprises a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other in the first direction, the second pattern comprises a third end and a fourth end which are opposite to each other in the second direction, the second end is connected to the third end, and the fourth end is connected to the first end.

8 . The alignment mark according to claim 7 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

9 . The alignment mark according to claim 7 , wherein a size of the first pattern in the first direction is the same as a size of the second pattern in the second direction.

10 . The alignment mark according to claim 9 , wherein an interval between the second patterns in the first direction is equal to an interval between the first patterns in the second direction.