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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Lang Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Chiang Tu, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A reflection mode photomask includes a multilayer over a substrate. The reflection mode photomask further includes a plurality of absorber stacks over the multilayer. Each absorber stack of the plurality of absorber stacks includes an absorber layer, wherein a material of the absorber layer is selected from the group consisting of tantalum oxynitride and tantalum silicon oxynitride. Each absorber stack of the plurality of absorber stacks further includes an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer on the absorber layer, wherein a material of the ARC layer is selected from the group consisting of tantalum nitride and tantalum silicon.