Mask blank, transfer mask, method of manufacturing a transfer mask, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8822103
APP PUB NO 20120115075A1
SERIAL NO

13288365

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A mask blank for manufacturing a transfer mask adapted to be applied with ArF excimer laser exposure light that has a transparent substrate and a light-shielding film formed into a transfer pattern. The light-shielding film has at least two-layers, one a lower layer composed mainly of a first material containing a transition metal, silicon, and nitrogen, and the other an upper layer composed mainly of a second material containing a transition metal, silicon, and nitrogen. A ratio of a first etching rate of the lower layer to a second etching rate of the upper layer is 1.0 or more and 5.0 or less in etching carried out by supplying a fluorine-containing substance onto a target portion and irradiating charged particles to the target portion. Another ratio satisfies the following formula CN≧−0.00526CMo2−0.640CMo=26.624.

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  • HOYA CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hashimoto, Masahiro Tokyo, JP 98 954
Iwashita, Hiroyuki Tokyo, JP 54 469
Kominato, Atsushi Tokyo, JP 35 142
Nozawa, Osamu Tokyo, JP 125 898

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