IP Library Granted Patent US 7,205,222
Granted Patent B2
US 7,205,222 · App. 11/022,758 · Granted Apr 17, 2007

Method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit that includes patterning a semiconductor substrate with a first photomask that uses metal for blocking light and patterning the same substrate with a second photomask that uses organic resin for blocking light

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Patent No.
US 7,205,222
App. No.
11/022,758
Granted
Apr 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Productivity of a semiconductor integrated circuit device is improved. According to how many times the photomask is used, a photomask having an opaque pattern made of metal and a photomask having an opaque pattern made of a resist film are properly used, and thereby an exposure treatment is performed.

Claims (42)

1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device, in which various products are manufactured, the method comprising:

a first step of using-a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film for an exposure light in order to form a structural pattern common to said various products, and exposing said common structural pattern onto a first photoreactive film formed over a semiconductor substrate; and

a second step of using a second photomask having an organic photoreactive resin film as an opaque film for the exposure light in order to form a pattern different per product class of said various products, and exposing said pattern different per product class onto a second photoreactive film formed over said semiconductor substrate.

2. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an annular illumination is used in the exposure using said first photomask.

3. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the opaque film of said second photomask is a lamination film of an anti-reflective film and an organic photoreactive resin film.

4. A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device, the method having in common a step of manufacturing a transistor over a semiconductor substrate, wherein various products are classified into a plurality of kinds during a wiring process, the method comprising the steps of:

using a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film for an exposure light in order to form a structural pattern common to said various products, and exposing a first photoreactive film formed over said semiconductor substrate: and

using a second photomask for a hole or a wiring pattern, which has an organic photoreactive resin film as an opaque film for the exposure light in order to form a pattern different per product class of said various products, and exposing a second photoreactive film formed over said semiconductor substrate.

5. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 4 ,

wherein patterns for diffused layer are formed in said first photomask.

6. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 5 ,

wherein said organic photoreactive resin film is made of a resist material for electron beam.

7. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 4 ,

wherein patterns for device isolation are formed in said first photomask.

8. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 7 ,

wherein said organic photoreactive resin film is made of a resist material for electron beam.

9. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 4 ,

wherein said organic photoreactive resin film is made of a resist material for electron beam.

10. The method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the opaque film of said second photomask is a lamination film of an anti-reflective film and an organic photoreactive resin film.

11. A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device, the method having in common a step of manufacturing a transistor over a semiconductor substrate, wherein various products are classified into a plurality of kinds during a wiring process, the method comprising the steps of:

using a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film; and forming over a surface of said semiconductor substrate a diffused layer pattern of a transistor with a structure common to said various products; and

using a second photomask having an organic photoreactive resin film as an opaque film for an exposure light, and forming over the surface of said semiconductor substrate a wiring pattern different per product class of said various products.

12. A method of fabricating a mask ROM having a plurality of field effect transistors as a memory cell, the method comprising the steps of:

using a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film for an exposure light, and forming a first resist pattern for forming a diffused layer of each of said field effect transistors;

forming a gate electrode for each of said field effect transistors;

using a second photomask having an organic photoreactive resin layer as an opaque film for the exposure light, and forming a second resist pattern having a predetermined opening; and

introducing an impurity into a channel region of each of said field effect transistors through said opening to write data.

13. The method of fabricating a mask ROM according to claim 12 , wherein said second photomask includes a metal film as an opaque film for the exposure light.

14. A method of fabricating a mask ROM having a plurality of field effect transistors as a memory cell; the method comprising the steps of:

using a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film for an exposure light, and forming a first resist pattern for forming a diffused layer of each of said field effect transistors;

forming a gate electrode for each of said field effect transistors; and

using a second photomask having an organic photoreactive resin layer as an opaque film for the exposure light, and forming a second resist pattern to be a contact hole for said gate electrode and said diffused layer.

15. A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device, in which various products are manufactured and which includes a step of selecting one of a first photomask having a metal film as an opaque film for an exposure light and a second photomask having an organic photoreactive resin film as an opaque film for the exposure light; the method comprising the steps of:

projecting and exposing a pattern formed over said first or second photomask selected, onto a photoreactive layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a bonding pad thereafter;

forming a polyimide resin film over said semiconductor substrate having said bonding pad;

forming over said polyimide resin film a relocation wiring layer different per product class of said various products;

forming a solder bump electrically connected to said relocation wiring layer; and

thereafter dividing said semiconductor substrate into a semiconductor chip,

wherein a pattern of said relocation wiring is formed using said second photomask having said organic photoreactive resin film as an opaque film.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
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