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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takenori Kajiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Ryo Ohkubo, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroaki Shishido, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Nozawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/32 (2012.01); G03F 1/74 (2012.01); G03F 1/26 (2012.01); G03F 1/80 (2012.01); H01L 21/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/32 (2013.01); G03F 1/26 (2013.01); G03F 1/74 (2013.01); G03F 1/80 (2013.01); H01L 21/0337 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mask blank having fast repair rate of EB defect repair and high repair rate ratio to EB defect repair relative to a transparent substrate that includes a phase shift film on a transparent substrate, the phase shift film has a structure including three sets or more of a set of a stacked structure including a high transmitting layer and a low transmitting layer, the high transmitting layer and the low transmitting layer are made of a material consisting of silicon and nitrogen, or a material consisting of silicon, nitrogen, oxygen, and one or more elements selected from a metalloid element and a non-metallic element, the high transmitting layer includes 50 atom % or more nitrogen content and has a thickness of 12 nm or less, and the low transmitting layer includes less than 50 atom % nitrogen content and has a thickness less than the high transmitting layer.


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