Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd.

Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Skhynix Inc.

Sang Man Bae

Seung Chan Moon

Ki Ho Baik

Young Mo Koo

Byoung Il Choi

Hyoung Ryeun Kim

Yong Chul Shin

Bong Ho Kim

Kwang Yoon Koh

Dong Jun Ahn

Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes: performing a first exposure process with a first exposure mask having a first space pattern formed in a first direction; performing a second exposure process with a second exposure mask different from the first exposure mask, the second exposure mask having a second space pattern formed in a second direction intersected with the first direction; and forming a contact hole by a developing process.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

A method for manufacturing a capacitor of a semiconductor device includes: forming an interlayer insulating film including a contact plug over a semiconductor substrate; forming a first stack film including a capacitor oxide film and a nitride film over the interlayer insulating film; etching the first stack film to form a first stack pattern and a contact hole that exposes the contact plug; forming a lower electrode in the contact hole; forming a capping oxide film continuously over the first stack pattern to form a bridge connecting the neighboring first stack patterns; forming an etching barrier film including cavities over the capping oxide film; performing a blanket etching process onto the etching barrier film including cavities until the capacitor oxide film is exposed to form a nitride film pattern; and removing the exposed capacitor oxide film.

Method for manufacturing capacitor of semiconductor device

A photo mask and a semiconductor device fabricated using the same is disclosed. The photo mask to form a mask pattern defining a STAR gate region includes a transparent substrate, and a light-shielding pattern defining a zigzag W-STAR gate region, wherein a waved portion of the light-shielding pattern partially overlaps a gate region and a storage node contact region of an active region disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes an active region and a device isolation region defining the active region disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode, wherein a line width of the gate electrode in the active region is greater than that in the device isolation region, and a zigzag W-STAR gate region, wherein the waved portion of the zigzag W-STAR gate region partially overlaps the gate region and the storage node contact region in the active region.

Photo mask and semiconductor device fabricated using the same

To overcome the limitations to development of photosensitive layers in a lithography process using a light source such as KrF, ArF, VUV, EUV, E-beam, ion beam, etc., and a patterning process of a large circuit board or a bending substrate, the invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which the photosensitive layer comprises a thermal acid generator that is reacted with heat to form an acid, and a masking process in a lithography process using a light source is performed as a heat conduction process using a thermally conductive pattern so that a patterning process is performed easily without limiting the size and shape of a semiconductor substrate.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

A method for exposing photoresist film of semiconductor device is disclosed. In accordance with the method, wafer is sequentially shifted the wafer by a predetermined distance so that the exposed regions before and after each shift have an overlapping region having an area larger than or equal to that of the die pattern to prevent defects on the exposure mask from being transcribed to the photoresist film.

Method for exposing photoresist film of semiconductor device

A method for forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device is provided, the method including forming a first lower layer pattern having a width of two minimum line width and a space pattern on a semiconductor substrate prior to a C-HALO implant process and etching the first lower layer pattern to separate into a second lower layer pattern having a width of two minimum line widths and a space pattern.

Method for forming fine patterns of semiconductor device

A photomask including chromium patterns divided into two groups in such a fashion that the chromium patterns in one of the two chromium pattern groups alternate, one by one, with the chromium patterns in the other chromium pattern group, the chromium patterns being formed on two quartz substrate for the two chromium pattern groups, respectively, to prepare for the photomask, two separate photomasks each having an increased space defined between adjacent chromium patterns thereof so as to avoid a severe diffraction of light passing between the adjacent chromium patterns. A method for forming micro patterns of a semiconductor device using the photomask is also disclosed.

Photomask and method for forming micro patterns of semiconductor device using the same

Repair method for phase shift mask in semiconductor device

A method for forming micro patterns of a semiconductor device which is capable of forming, on a semiconductor substrate, accurate micro patterns having a dimension smaller than the resolution of a stepper as used. The method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate, forming an low layer over the semiconductor substrate, forming a first photosensitive film over the low layer, selectively removing the first photosensitive film by use of a first light exposure mask, thereby forming a first photosensitive film pattern, forming an intermediate layer over the entire exposed upper surface of the resulting structure obtained after the formation of the first photosensitive film pattern, forming a second photosensitive film over the intermediate layer, selectively removing the second photosensitive film by use of a second light exposure mask, thereby forming a second photosensitive film pattern having pattern portions each being disposed between adjacent pattern portions of the first photosensitive film pattern, selectively removing the intermediate layer by use of the second photosensitive film pattern in such a manner that the first photosensitive film pattern is exposed; and selectively removing the low layer while using the first and second photosensitive film patterns are used as a mask, thereby forming an low layer pattern.

Method for forming micro patterns of semiconductor devices

A method for forming resist patterns having two photoresist layers and an intermediate layer involves coating a primary photoresist film having a small thickness over an under layer, and exposing the primary photoresist film to light using a mask. Then, the primary photoresist film is developed, thereby forming a primary photoresist film pattern. An intermediate layer is formed over the entire exposed surface of a resulting structure, the intermediate layer being made of a spin on glass or plasma enhancement oxide. A secondary photoresist film is coated over the intermediate layer. The secondary photoresist film is exposed to light using the same mask as used for the primary photoresist film, and is developed to form a secondary photoresist pattern. A portion of the intermediate layer exposed through the secondary photoresist pattern is etched, forming a secondary photoresist pattern completely overlapping with the primary photoresist pattern so that the resulting resist pattern has a vertical profile.

Method for forming resist patterns having two photoresist layers and an

A method for forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device is disclosed and comprises the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming on the semiconductor substrate an objective layer to be etched; forming an intermediate layer over the objective layer; forming a first photoresist film over the intermediate layer; selectively exposing the first photoresist film through to a first exposure mask to light and create first photoresist patterns and thermally treating the first photoresist patterns; selectively etching the intermediate film to form intermediate patterns with the first photoresist patterns serving as a mask; forming a second photoresist film over the resulting structure; and selectively exposing the second photoresist film through a second exposure mask to light in such a manner that unexposed parts of the second photoresist film are partially overlapped with the first photoresist patterns, so as to form second photoresist patterns, whereby a significant improvement is brought into depth of focus, CD biasing and notching so that production yield and reliability are substantially enhanced

Method for forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device

A method for detecting microscopic differences in the thickness of a photoresist film coated on a wafer through naked eyes, which is capable of accurately controlling the critical dimension of the photoresist film patterns even in devices of 256 M DRAM or more and allows the yield to be analyzed with accuracy, comprising the steps of: subjecting the photoresist film to thermal treatment at a low temperature, to make some low molecular weight compounds or solvent molecules to remain within the photoresist film; forming a special material layer over the photoresist film within a certain thickness; and executing high-temperature thermal treatment, to gush up the remaining low-molecular weight compounds or solvent molecules from the photoresist film through relative thin parts of the special material layer.

Method for detecting microscopic differences in thickness of photoresist

A method for forming accurate micro patterns having a micro dimension smaller than the resolution of a stepper used on a semiconductor substrate, thereby achieving an improvement in the integration degree of the semiconductor device which is ultimately produced. The method includes the steps of coating an under photoresist film over an etchable layer, laminating first and second intermediate films over the under photoresist film, forming patterns of the second intermediate film by use of a first light exposure mask having light shield patterns corresponding to those selected in an interlaced manner from micro patterns to be formed, namely, every second one of adjacent micro patterns, forming patterns of the first intermediate film by use of a second light exposure mask having light shield patterns corresponding to the remaining micro patterns, and patterning the under photoresist film while using the first and second-intermediate film patterns as a mask, thereby obtaining under photoresist film patterns having micro space and line widths.

A phase shift mask including two phase shift film patterns formed on one or both surfaces of a transparent substrate such that their optical paths overlap with each other. On one of the phase shift film patterns, a phase shift film pattern having a space size smaller than that of the associated phase shift film pattern is formed, so that three phase shifts of light can be generated with reference to the phase shift film pattern, thereby causing an interference among adjacent light beams. Such a light interference results in an improvement in the image contrast and an increase in the gradient of the light intensity graph. As a result, it is possible to achieve an easy fabrication of micro patterns and an improvement in the process margin, operation reliability and process yield. The invention also provides a method for fabricating such a phase shift mask.

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