Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

So-eun Shin

Jin Hyeock Choi

Inkyun Shin

Shuichi Tamamushi

Suk-ho Lee

Ji-soong Park

Sook Hyun Lee

Jung-wook Shon

A method of manufacture comprises a mask process correction (MPC) and verifying MPC accuracy. MPC may be performed on mask tape-out (MTO) data describing a mask pattern to obtain mask process corrected data. MPC may be performed to address a deviation between the MTO data and a mask to be manufactured. Verification of the MPC may be performed by generating a two-dimensional (2D) contour of mask pattern elements based on the mask process corrected data. When MPC has been verified, the mask process corrected data may be used to manufacture a mask and a semiconductor device.

Semiconductor device manufacturing method and mask manufacturing method

An exposure method includes designing a target pattern to be formed on a substrate, producing a first dose map having first dose values of beams of energy, e.g., electron beams, creating from the first dose map a second dose map having second dose values different from the first dose values, and irradiating regions of a layer of photoresist on the substrate with overlapping beams to expose the regions to doses of energy having values based on the second dose values. The photoresist layer may then be developed and used an etch mask. The etch mask may be used to etch a mask layer on a transparent substrate to form a reticle.

Exposure method using electron beam and substrate manufacturing method using the same

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So-eun Shin