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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Kosaka, Joetsu, JP;
Taiga Ogose, Joetsu, JP;
Yukio Inazuki, Joetsu, JP;
Hideo Kaneko, Joetsu, JP;
SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With respect to a reflective mask blank for a reflective mask used in EUV lithography using EUV light, the reflective mask blank including a substrate, a multilayer reflection film having a periodically laminated structure in which low-refractive index layers composed of a material containing molybdenum and high-refractive index layers are alternately laminated, a protection film, and an absorber film is provided. The low-refractive index layer consists of one or more of first low-refractive index sublayers, and one or more of second low-refractive index sublayers that have a different composition from a composition of the first low-refractive index sublayer.