United Microelectronics Corp.

Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.

Feng-Lun Wu

Chien-Hao Chen

Sho-Shen Lee

Chung-Ping Hsia

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including following steps. A substrate, a hard mask layer disposed on the substrate and a first mask pattern disposed on the hard mask layer are provided, and the substrate has a device region and a cutting line region. The first mask pattern has first gaps in the device region and second gaps in the cutting line region. Next, a spacer layer conformally covers the first mask pattern. Then, a second mask pattern is formed on the spacer layer in the first gaps, and a top surface of the second mask pattern is lower than a top surface of the first mask pattern. Thereafter, an etching process is performed to the spacer layer to remove the spacer layer between the first mask layer and the second mask layer and in the second gaps and expose the hard mask layer.

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Taichung, Taiwan

Feng-Lun Wu