US5750316A
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Manufacture of semiconductor device using a-c anti-reflection coating
Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-15
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2015-03-15
Abstract
Abstract A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including the steps of: forming a transparent oxide film on a light reflecting surface; forming an anti-reflective a-c film on the surface of the transparent film; and coating a photoresist film on the surface of the anti-reflective film and patterning the photoresist film, wherein the thicknesses of the anti-reflective film and the transparent film are selected so as to set a standing wave intensity I sw =Iδ/I ave to 0.2 or smaller, where I ave is an average value of light intensity in the photoresist film, and Iδ is an amplitude of a light intensity change. A fine pattern can be formed on a highly reflective substrate with a small size variation and at a high precision.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiichi Kawamura
- 👤 Teruyoshi Yao
- 👤 Nobuhisa Naori
- 👤 Koichi Hashimoto
- 👤 Masaharu Kobayashi
- 👤 Tadasi Oshima
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:36
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/09; G03F7/091
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, said method comprising the steps of: forming a transparent film on a light reflecting surface, said transparent film having an absolute value 0.2 or smaller of an imaginary part of a complex refractive index; forming an anti-reflective film on a surface of said transparent film, said anti-reflective film having an absolute value 0.3 or larger of an imaginary part of a complex refractive index; and coating a photoresist film on a surface of said anti-reflective film and patterning said photoresist film by applying incident light to an area of said photoresist film, wherein thicknesses of said anti-reflective film and said transparent film are so selected as to provide a standing wave generated by a superposition of the incident light and reflected light reflected from said anti-reflective film, said transparent film, and said light reflecting surface, wherein an intensity of the standing wave I sw =Iδ/I ave to 0.2 or smaller, where I ave is an average value of light intensity in said photoresist film, and wherein Iδ is an amplitude of a change in light intensity.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
183 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, said method comprising the steps of: forming a transparent film on a light reflecting surface, said transparent film having an absolute value 0.2 or smaller of an imaginary part of a complex refractive index; forming an anti-reflective film on a surface of said transparent film, said anti-reflective film having an absolute value 0.3 or larger of an imaginary part of a complex refractive index; and coating a photoresist film on a surface of said anti-reflective film and patterning said photoresist film by applying incident light to an area of said photoresist film, wherein thicknesses of said anti-reflective film and said transparent film are so selected as to provide a standing wave generated by a superposition of the incident light and reflected light reflected from said anti-reflective film, said transparent film, and said light reflecting surface, wherein an intensity of the standing wave I sw =Iδ/I ave to 0.2 or smaller, where I ave is an average value of light intensity in said photoresist film, and wherein Iδ is an amplitude of a change in light intensity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said anti-reflective film is selected to have a value within ±20% of a film thickness which provides a minimum standing wave intensity Isw.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said transparent film is selected to have a value within ±20% of a film thickness which provides a minimum standing wave intensity I sw .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the incident light incident to said photoresist film is an i-line having a wavelength of about 365 nm, wherein said anti-reflective film is formed as an amorphous carbon film having a thickness of 21 to 47 nm, said transparent film is an SiO 2 film having a thickness of 25 to 55 nm, and wherein the light reflecting surface is a WSi surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the incident light incident to said photoresist film has a wavelength of 228 to 268 nm, said anti-reflective film is formed as an amorphous carbon film having a thickness of 20 to 50 nm, said transparent film is formed as an SiO 2 film having a thickness of 5 to 30 nm or 70 to 110 nm, and wherein the light reflecting surface is a WSi surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflective film is formed as one of an amorphous carbon film and a hydrocarbon compound film containing carbon and hydrogen, and said transparent film is formed as one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and an inorganic glass film.
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