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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Inazuki, Joetsu, JP;
Takuro Kosaka, Joetsu, JP;
Kouhei Sasamoto, Joetsu, JP;
Hideo Kaneko, Joetsu, JP;
SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A halftone phase shift mask blank comprising a transparent substrate and a halftone phase shift film thereon is provided. The halftone phase shift film includes at least one layer composed of a silicon base material having a transition metal content ≤3 at %, a Si+N+O content ≥90 at %, a Si content of 30-70 at %, a N+O content of 30-60 at %, and an O content ≤30 at %, and having a sheet resistance ≤10/Ω/□. The halftone phase shift film undergoes minimal pattern size variation degradation upon exposure to sub-200 nm radiation, and has chemical resistance and improved processability.