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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1991
Junji Miyazaki, both if Itami, JP;
Hitoshi Nagata, both if Itami, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The relations in phase between first and second phase regions which are disposed on both sides of light-blocking regions interposing between them are arranged that there is a phase difference between the lights transmitted by the first and second phase regions enough to cancel with each other because of the interference, while the relations in phase between the first and second phase regions and third phase region disposed adjacent to them are arranged that between the lights transmitted by them there is a phase difference about a half of the phase difference between the lights transmitted by the first and second phase regions. Thus, the lights transmitted by the first and second phase regions and prevailing in the back sides of the light-blocking regions cancel with each other because of the interference to enchance the accuracy of the transfer at the edge portions of the light-blocking regions. Moreover, the cancellation of the lights caused by the interference at the boundaries separating the third phase region from the first and second phase regions is weakened to an extent that it exerts no effect on the transference of the pattern. As a result, the mask pattern can be transferred with high resolution without any effect of the configurations of the light-blocking regions.