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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
You-Hua Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Sheng Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/20 (2012.01); G03F 1/22 (2012.01); G03F 1/60 (2012.01); G03F 1/80 (2012.01); G03F 1/38 (2012.01); G03F 1/54 (2012.01); G03F 1/86 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/38 (2013.01); G03F 1/20 (2013.01); G03F 1/22 (2013.01); G03F 1/54 (2013.01); G03F 1/60 (2013.01); G03F 1/80 (2013.01); G03F 1/86 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photomask includes a patterned photomask plate and a supporting member. The patterned photomask plate has a pattern region and a peripheral region surrounding the pattern region. The patterned photomask plate includes a plurality of openings in the pattern region. The supporting member directly abuts the patterned photomask plate and is in a peripheral region of the patterned photomask plate. The supporting member is formed from a different material than the patterned photomask plate.