Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Hannstar Display Corporation

Chimei Innolux Corporation

Hao-Ming Chang

Cheng-Ming Lin

Chih-Ming Chen

Shao-Chi Wei

Chung-Yang Huang

Sheng-Chang Hsu

Yu-Hsin Hsu

Wang Cheng Shih

Kuan-Shien Lee

Chia-Shih Lin

Cheng-Hsuen Chiang

Hsuan-Wen Wang

Tsun-Cheng Tang

Chun-Chieh Tien

Yen-Wei Huang

Kuo-Chin Lin

Yen-Ting Chen

Chien-Huang Liao

Kei-Hsiung Yang

Chien-Hung Lai

Yi-Hsuan Lin

Min-An Yang

Ming Che Li

Po-Cheng Lai

Wei-Hsin Lin

Hsiao-Chen Li

Ching-Chih Chuang

Hsao Shih

Li-Chih Lu

Chih-Tsung Shih

Dai-Liang Ting

Yuan-Chih Chu

Yu-Hsun Wu

Shang-Chin Fan

Way-Len Chang

Huai-Chih Cheng

Hsin-Yi Yin

S C Hsu

Waylen Chang

Kuo Chin Lin

A cleaning method applied in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. The method includes: receiving a substrate having a surface; identifying a location of a particle on the surface of the substrate; moving a cleaning apparatus toward the location of the particle; performing a cleaning operation, thereby removing the particle by spraying a cleaning liquid from the cleaning apparatus flowing against gravity and toward the surface of the substrate; detecting the surface of the substrate; and performing a second cleaning operation when a cleaning result of the detection is not acceptable. A semiconductor manufacturing method and a system for cleaning a substrate are also provided.

Cleaning method, semiconductor manufacturing method and a system thereof

In a method of manufacturing a photo mask, a resist layer is formed over a mask blank, which includes a mask substrate, a phase shift layer disposed on the mask substrate and a light blocking layer disposed on the phase shift layer. A resist pattern is formed by using a lithographic operation. The light blocking layer is patterned by using the resist pattern as an etching mask. The phase shift layer is patterned by using the patterned light blocking layer as an etching mask. A border region of the mask substrate is covered with an etching hard cover, while a pattern region of the mask substrate is opened. The patterned light blocking layer in the pattern region is patterned through the opening of the etching hard cover. A photo-etching operation is performed on the pattern region to remove residues of the light blocking layer.

Method of manufacturing phase shift photo masks

A method for cleaning a substrate is provided. The method includes following operations. A substrate is received. The substrate includes a first layer over a surface of the substrate and a second layer over the first layer. A plurality of particles are disposed over the surface of the first layer. A first mega sonic agitation is performed on the substrate with applying a first mixture. A second mega sonic agitation is performed on the substrate with applying a second mixture. A frequency of the first mega sonic agitation is greater than 3 MHz, and a frequency of the second mega sonic agitation is greater than 3 MHz. A flow rate of the first mixture is between approximately 1000 ml/min and approximately 5000 ml/min. A flow rate of the second mixture is between 1000 ml/min and approximately 3000 ml/min.

Method for cleaning substrate

A method for cleaning is provided. The method includes: removing a pellicle frame from a top surface of a photomask by debonding an adhesive between the photomask and the pellicle frame, wherein a first portion of the adhesive is remained on the top surface of the photomask, and removing the first portion of the adhesive on the top surface of the photomask, including applying an alkaline solution to the top surface of the photomask, and performing a mechanical impact to the photomask.

Method for cleaning substrate, method for manufacturing photomask and method for cleaning photomask

A method includes: inspecting a reticle in a reticle pod, the reticle pod including a sealed space to accommodate the reticle, and the reticle pod further comprising a window arranged on an upper surface of the reticle pod, wherein the inspecting is performed through the window; and moving the reticle out of the reticle pod for performing a lithography operation using the reticle.

Structure and method of reticle pod having inspection window

A method includes: providing a photomask used in extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography; receiving information of the photomask; determining a bias voltage of an electron beam writer system according to the information; and performing a repairing operation on the photomask by the electron beam writer system with the bias voltage.

Photomask repairing method and system thereof

A method for forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate having a first opening and a second opening formed thereon, wherein the first opening has a first width, and the second opening has a second width less than the first width; forming a protecting layer to cover the first opening and expose the second opening; performing a wet etching to widen the second opening with an etchant, wherein the second opening has a third width after the performing of the wet etching, and the third width of the second opening is substantially equal to the first width of the first opening; and performing a photolithography to transfer the first opening and the second opening to a target layer.

Method for forming semiconductor device

A circuit layout patterning method includes: receiving a photomask substrate including a shielding layer; defining a chip region and a peripheral region adjacent to the chip region; forming a design pattern in the chip region; forming a reference pattern by emitting one first radiation shot and a beta pattern by emitting a plurality of second radiation shots in the peripheral region, wherein a pixel size of the first radiation shot is greater than a pixel size of the second radiation shot; comparing a width of the reference pattern and a width of the beta pattern; transferring the design pattern to the shielding layer if a difference between the width of the reference patterned and the width of the beta pattern is within a tolerance; and transferring the design pattern of the photomask to a semiconductor substrate.

Fabricating method of photomask, photomask structure thereof, and semiconductor manufacturing method using the same

A method for defect inspection includes receiving a substrate having a plurality of patterns; obtaining a gray scale image of the substrate, wherein the gray scale image includes a plurality of regions, and each of the regions has a gray scale value; comparing the gray scale value of each region to a gray scale references to define a first group, a second group and an Ngroup, wherein each of the first group, the second group and the Ngroup has at least a region; performing a calculation to obtain a score; and when the score is greater than a value, the substrate is determined to have an ESD defect, and when the score is less than the value, the substrate is determined to be free of the ESD defect.

Method for defect inspection

The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure, including forming a photoresist layer over a wafer, exposing the photoresist layer with an actinic radiation by using an EUV photomask, wherein the EUV photomask includes a substrate, a reflective multi-layer stack over the substrate, an absorber layer over the reflective multi-layer stack, and a first patch layer proximal to the absorber layer.

Photomask and method of repairing photomask

A method includes: providing a photomask, wherein the photomask includes a multilayer stack, a light-absorption layer, an anti-reflection coating and a light-absorption layer. The method further includes: receiving information on the photomask; determining a bias voltage according to the information; determining a scan recipe of an electron beam writer system based on the bias voltage; and performing a repairing operation on at least one of the anti-reflection coating and the light-absorption layer by the electron beam writer system with the scan recipe.

A method of manufacturing a reticle includes: disposing the reticle in a reticle pod, the reticle pod forming a sealed space to accommodate the reticle, and the reticle pod comprising a window arranged on an upper surface of the reticle pod and configured to allow a radiation at a predetermined wavelength to pass through; and performing an inspection operation on the reticle through the window.

A method for cleaning a substrate is provided. The method includes following operations. A substrate is received. The substrate has a plurality of conductive nanoparticles disposed over a surface of the substrate. A first mixture is applied to remove the conductive nanoparticles. The first mixture includes an SCl solution, DI water and O. A second mixture is applied to the photomask substrate. The second mixture includes DI wafer and H. A temperature of the second mixture is between approximately 20&#xb0; C. and 40&#xb0; C. The applying of the second mixture further includes a mega sonic agitation, and a frequency of the mega sonic agitation is greater than 3 MHz. A flow rate of the first mixture is between approximately 1000 ml/min and approximately 5000 ml/min. A flow rate of the second mixture is between 1000 ml/min and approximately 3000 ml/min.

A method for forming a photomask includes receiving a mask substrate including a protecting layer and a shielding layer formed thereon, removing portions of the shielding layer to form a patterned shielding layer, and providing a BSE detector to monitor the removing of the portions of the shielding layer. When a difference in BSE intensities obtained from the BSE detector is greater than approximately 30%, the removing of the portions of the shielding layer is stopped. The BSE intensity in following etching loops becomes stable.

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