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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1996
Takayuki Iwamatsu, Abiko, JP;
Kenji Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Miyazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Soichi Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Hashimoto, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A reflection phase shifting mask used to expose a pattern by forming reflected light having a phase difference upon reflection of light, includes a substrate for reflecting exposure light, a phase shifting layer formed on a portion on the substrate, and a light transmitting medium formed on the substrate and the phase shifting layer, wherein the thickness of the phase shifting layer is set such that the phase difference between light reflected by the substrate and light reflected by the phase shifting layer becomes 180.degree..