IP Library Granted Patent US 10,222,692
Granted Patent B2
US 10,222,692 · App. 15/422,654 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Photomask and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,222,692
App. No.
15/422,654
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photomask according to the embodiment includes a glass substrate which has a first face and a second face located on a side opposite from the first face. The second face includes a transmission area and a light shielding area corresponding to an exposure pattern of a resist film exposed via the glass substrate. The transmission area is oblique to the first face.

Claims (12)

1. A photomask comprising:

a glass substrate including a first face and a second face located on a side opposite from the first face, wherein

the second face includes a transmission area and a light shielding area corresponding to an exposure pattern of a resist film exposed via the glass substrate,

the transmission area is oblique to the first face,

the transmission area is formed as a slope shape where a distance to the first face continuously decreases or a stair shape where a distance to the first face decreases step-by-step, and

the transmission area is rectangular in a planar view.

2. The photomask according to claim 1 , wherein

the resist film is located on a stairs area formed on a processed substrate,

the exposure pattern is reduced with a projection lens located between the glass substrate and the processed substrate, and

a height of the transmission area is defined by multiplying a level difference between a top step and a bottom step in the stairs area by a squared of a reduction rate of the projection lens.

3. The photomask according to claim 1 , wherein

the resist film is located on a stairs area formed on a processed substrate, the number of steps of the transmission area is equal to that of the stairs area.

Assignments (5)
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 Jun 29, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043052/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: MAE, MASAKI; KANDA, SUIGEN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 041156/0054 →