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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/00 (2023.01); H10D 1/00 (2025.01); H10D 1/68 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/03 (2023.02); H10D 1/043 (2025.01); H10D 1/716 (2025.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer on a lower structure to have a first thickness, exposing a portion of the photoresist layer to form an exposed portion and a non-exposed portion of the photoresist layer, removing a part of the photoresist layer to form a photoresist layer having a second thickness that smaller than the first thickness, and removing the exposed portion or the non-exposed portion of the photoresist layer having the second thickness to form a photoresist pattern.