IP Library Granted Patent US 10,018,904
Granted Patent B2
US 10,018,904 · App. 15/069,482 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

EUV mask and method for manufacturing same

Inventor: Kosuke Takai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
G03F1/22G03F1/24
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Patent No.
US 10,018,904
App. No.
15/069,482
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An EUV mask according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a second line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first sidewall disposed on a side surface of the first line-shaped portion, and a second sidewall disposed on a side surface of the second line-shaped portion. A first layer and a second layer are stacked in the first and second line-shaped portions. The first layer includes a first material. The second layer includes a second material. The first and second sidewalls include an oxide of the first material and cover a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer.

Claims (41)

1. An EUV mask, comprising:

a substrate;

a first line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the first line-shaped portion, the first layer including a first material, the second layer including a second material;

a second line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the second line-shaped portion, the first layer including the first material, the second layer including the second material;

a first sidewall disposed on a side surface of the first line-shaped portion, the first sidewall including an oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer; and

a second sidewall disposed on a side surface of the second line-shaped portion, the second sidewall including the oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer,

wherein a portion of the first sidewall disposed on the side surface of the first layer is thicker than a portion of the first sidewall disposed on the side surface of the second layer.

2. The EUV mask according to claim 1 , wherein

the first sidewall is a continuous film covering the side surface of the first line-shaped portion, and

the second sidewall is a continuous film covering the side surface of the second line-shaped portion.

3. The EUV mask according to claim 1 , wherein a configuration of a surface of the first sidewall is a wave-like configuration corresponding to the stacking of the first layer and the second layer.

4. The EUV mask according to claim 1 , wherein the absolute value of a difference between a thickness of the first sidewall and a thickness of the second sidewall is greater than the absolute value of a difference between a width of the first line-shaped portion and a width of the second line-shaped portion.

5. The EUV mask according to claim 4 , wherein

a first region and a second region corresponding to a same patterning pattern are set, and

the first line-shaped portion is disposed inside the first region, the second line-shaped portion is disposed inside the second region, and the first line-shaped portion and the second line-shaped portion correspond to the same position of the patterning pattern.

6. The EUV mask according to claim 1 , wherein the first material is silicon.

7. The EUV mask according to claim 1 , wherein the second material is molybdenum.

8. An EUV mask, comprising:

a substrate;

a first line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the first line-shaped portion, the first layer including a first material, the second layer including a second material;

a second line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the second line-shaped portion, the first layer including the first material, the second layer including the second material;

a first sidewall disposed on a side surface of the first line-shaped portion, the first sidewall including an oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer; and

a second sidewall disposed on a side surface of the second line-shaped portion, the second sidewall including the oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer,

wherein a configuration of a surface of the first sidewall is a wave-like configuration corresponding to the stacking of the first layer and the second layer.

9. An EUV mask, comprising:

a substrate;

a first line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the first line-shaped portion, the first layer including a first material, the second layer including a second material;

a second line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first layer and a second layer being stacked in the second line-shaped portion, the first layer including the first material, the second layer including the second material;

a first sidewall disposed on a side surface of the first line-shaped portion, the first sidewall including an oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer; and

a second sidewall disposed on a side surface of the second line-shaped portion, the second sidewall including the oxide of the first material and covering a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer,

wherein the first material is silicon.

10. The EUV mask according to claim 9 , wherein

the first sidewall is a continuous film covering the side surface of the first line-shaped portion, and

the second sidewall is a continuous film covering the side surface of the second line-shaped portion.

11. The EUV mask according to claim 9 , wherein a portion of the first sidewall disposed on the side surface of the first layer is thicker than a portion of the first sidewall disposed on the side surface of the second layer.

12. The EUV mask according to claim 9 , wherein a configuration of a surface of the first sidewall is a wave-like configuration corresponding to the stacking of the first layer and the second layer.

13. The EUV mask according to claim 9 , wherein the absolute value of a difference between a thickness of the first sidewall and a thickness of the second sidewall is greater than the absolute value of a difference between a width of the first line-shaped portion and a width of the second line-shaped portion.

14. The EUV mask according to claim 13 , wherein

a first region and a second region corresponding to a same patterning pattern are set, and

the first line-shaped portion is disposed inside the first region, the second line-shaped portion is disposed inside the second region, and the first line-shaped portion and the second line-shaped portion correspond to the same position of the patterning pattern.

15. The EUV mask according to claim 9 , wherein the second material is molybdenum.

Assignments (6)
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE POSTAL CODE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 042910 FRAME 0321. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 1, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043747/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042910/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2016
From: TAKAI, KOSUKE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 038420/0386 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-154157 · Aug 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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