IP Library Granted Patent US 7,510,980
Granted Patent B2
US 7,510,980 · App. 11/602,180 · Granted Mar 31, 2009

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,510,980
App. No.
11/602,180
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes: forming a first film, a second film and a third film in sequence on a silicon substrate; patterning a resist film formed on the third film by conducting an exposure and developing process for the resist film employing an exposure mask including a phase shifter; selectively dry-etching the third film through a mask of the resist film employing the second film as an etch stop to process the third film into a first pattern; further dry-etching the third film employing the second film as an etch stop to partially remove the third film, thereby processing the third film into a second pattern; patterning the second film employing the third film having the second pattern as a mask; and patterning the first film employing the patterned second film as a mask.

Claims (11)

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

forming a first film, a second film and a third film in sequence on a silicon substrate, the first and third films being polycrystalline silicon and the second film including silicon oxide;

forming a resist film on said third film;

patterning said resist film by conducting an exposure and developing process for said resist film employing an exposure mask comprising a phase shifter;

selectively dry-etching said third film through a mask of said resist film employing said second film as an etch stop to process said third film into a first pattern;

further dry-etching said third film employing said second film as an etch stop to partially remove said third film, thereby processing said third film into a second pattern;

patterning said second film through a mask of said third film having said second pattern; and

patterning said first film employing said patterned second film as a mask.

2. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , said patterning said first film includes processing the first film into a gate electrode geometry.

3. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said second film is a multiple-layered film.

4. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein said second film is a multiple-layered film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025315/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2006
From: KORETSUNE, TOSHIHISA; FUJITA, MASATO
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018630/0450 →