Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Shiyong Yi

Eunsung Kim

Jeong Ju Park

Shigenobu Maeda

Hyunwoo Kim

Kyoungseon Kim

Sang Ouk Kim

Seokhwan Oh

Dong Ki Yoon

Seongwoon Choi

Chulho Shin

Kyeongmi Lee

Seungchul Kwon

Jaewoo Nam

Seung Hak Park

A method includes forming mask patterns spaced apart from each other by at least one opening on an etch target layer, filling the opening with a block copolymer material including first and second polymer blocks of different properties, and annealing the block copolymer material to form first patterns and second patterns, the first patterns in contact with facing sidewalls of adjacent ones of the mask patterns, respectively, and at least one of the second patterns between the first patterns. The first patterns include the first polymer blocks and the second patterns include the second polymer blocks.

Method of fabricating pattern structure

A method of forming fine patterns includes forming a mask on an etching target, forming an anti-reflective layer on the mask, forming fixing patterns such that top surfaces of the anti-reflective layer and fixing patterns are exposed, forming a block copolymer layer including first and second polymer blocks, and phase-separating the block copolymer layer to form first patterns and second patterns on the anti-reflective layer and the fixing patterns. The first and second patterns include the first and second polymer blocks, respectively. The anti-reflective layer has a neutral, i.e., non-selective, interfacial energy with respect to the first and second polymer blocks. The fixing patterns have a higher interfacial energy with respect to the first polymer block than the second polymer block.

Methods of forming fine patterns

A photolithography method includes coating a photoresist on an active region and an edge region of a wafer, exposing the photoresist on the edge region to first ultraviolet rays, exposing the photoresist on the active region to second ultraviolet rays, depositing a first developing solution on the photoresist on the edge region to remove the photoresist on the edge region, and developing the photoresist on the active region using a second developing solution.

Photolithography method including dual development process

Methods of forming a pattern and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device having a pattern are provided, the methods include forming a self-assembly induction layer including a first region and a second region on a semiconductor substrate. A block copolymer layer is coated on the self-assembly induction layer. A first pattern, a second pattern and a third pattern are formed by phase separating the block copolymer. At least one of the first, second and third patterns may be removed to form a preliminary pattern. An etching process may be performed using the preliminary pattern as an etching mask. The first pattern contains the same material as that of the second pattern, and the third pattern contains a material different from that of the first pattern.

Methods of forming a pattern and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device having a pattern

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