IP Library Granted Patent US 11,143,950
Granted Patent B2
US 11,143,950 · App. 15/907,459 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Mask manufacturing method and mask set

Inventors: Yuki Akamatsu (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Nobuhiro Komine (Nagoya Aichi, JP); Takashi Koike (Yokkaichi Mie, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
G03F1/42G03F1/70H01L21/0276
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Patent No.
US 11,143,950
App. No.
15/907,459
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mask manufacturing method includes stacking a first antireflection layer on a first stacked body at a first film thickness so as to create a first transmissive type mask. In the first stacked body, a first semitransmissive layer, a first reflective layer, and a first transmissive substrate are stacked. The mask manufacturing method includes stacking a second antireflection layer on a second stacked body at a second film thickness so as to create a second transmissive type mask. In the second stacked body, a second semitransmissive layer, a second reflective layer, and a second transmissive substrate are stacked. The second film thickness is determined in accordance with a thermal expansion amount of the first mask.

Claims (14)

1. A mask manufacturing method comprising:

providing a first mask including a first antireflection layer, at a first film thickness, stacked on a first pattern layer, a first reflective layer, and a first transmissive substrate;

providing a second mask including a second antireflection layer, at a second film thickness, stacked on a second pattern layer, a second reflective layer, and a second transmissive substrate, wherein the second pattern layer has a thickness and component equivalent to the first pattern layer but has a different pattern than the first pattern layer, wherein the second reflective layer has a thickness and component equivalent to the first reflective layer, and wherein the second transmissive substrate has a thickness and component equivalent to the first transmissive substrate;

calculating a first thermal expansion amount of the first mask from a first exposure amount in a first process;

calculating a second thermal expansion amount of the second mask from a second exposure amount in a second process;

adjusting the first film thickness and the second film thickness until a difference between the first thermal expansion amount and the second thermal expansion amount is reduced;

fabricating the first mask including the first antireflection layer, at an adjusted first film thickness, stacked on the first pattern layer, the first reflective layer, the first transmissive substrate; and

fabricating the second mask including the second antireflection layer, at an adjusted second film thickness, stacked on the second pattern layer, the second reflective layer, the second transmissive substrate.

2. The mask manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first body and a second body have layer thicknesses which are the same with each other, the first body including: the first pattern layer, the first reflective layer, and the first transmissive substrate, the second body including: the second pattern layer, the second reflective layer, and the second transmissive substrate, and

wherein the second thermal expansion amount of the second mask is substantially equal to the first thermal expansion amount of the first mask.

3. The mask manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first body and a second body have layer compositions which are the same with each other, the first body including: the first pattern layer, the first reflective layer, and the first transmissive substrate, the second body including: the second pattern layer, the second reflective layer, and the second transmissive substrate, and

wherein the second thermal expansion amount of the second mask is substantially equal to the first thermal expansion amount of the first mask.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: K.K PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058957/0124 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K PANGEA
Reel/Frame 058946/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2018
From: AKAMATSU, YUKI; KOMINE, NOBUHIRO; KOIKE, TAKASHI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045666/0043 →