IP Library Granted Patent US 7,435,609
Granted Patent B2
US 7,435,609 · App. 11/147,232 · Granted Oct 14, 2008

Manufacturing method for exposure mask, generating method for mask substrate information, mask substrate, exposure mask, manufacturing method for semiconductor device and server

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Patent No.
US 7,435,609
App. No.
11/147,232
Granted
Oct 14, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a manufacturing method for exposure mask, which comprises acquiring a first information showing surface shape of surface of each of a plurality of mask substrates, and a second information showing the flatness of the surface of each of mask substrates before and after chucked on a mask stage of an exposure apparatus, forming a corresponding relation of each mask substrate, the first information and the second information, selecting the second information showing a desired flatness among the second information of the corresponding relation, and preparing another mask substrate having the same surface shape as the surface shape indicated by the first information in the corresponding relation with the selected second information, and forming a desired pattern on the above-mentioned another mask substrate.

Claims (9)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

chucking an exposure mask having a pattern, which is manufactured by an exposure mask manufacturing method, on a mask stage of an exposure apparatus;

illuminating the pattern of the exposure mask by a lighting optical system, and focusing the pattern to make an image of the pattern on a substrate by a projecting optical system; and

patterning the substrate based on the image made on the substrate to form a corresponding pattern to form a semiconductor device,

wherein the exposure mask manufacturing method comprises:

acquiring first information showing a surface shape of a surface of each of a plurality of mask substrates, and second information showing flatness of the surface of each of mask substrates after the mask substrate is chucked on a mask stage of an exposure apparatus obtained by simulation on the basis of flatness of the surface of each of the mask substrates measured by a flatness measuring apparatus and a structure of a mask chuck of the exposure apparatus;

forming a correspondence relation of each of the mask substrates, the first information, and the second information;

selecting one second information showing a desired flatness among the second information of the correspondence relations, and preparing a further mask substrate having the same surface shape as the surface shape shown by the first information which is in the correspondence relation including the selected second information; and

forming a desired pattern on said further mask substrate.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043709/0035 →