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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Soichi Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Iwao Higashikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shigehiro Hara, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuko Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method of forming a photomask of a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming a photosensitive film on a substrate and exposing the photosensitive film on the substrate by radiating with a radiation beam a plurality of butting unit regions defining butting portions between the butting unit regions and controlling said radiating of the butting unit region so that the butting portions of the butting unit regions are formed only in portions corresponding to isolation regions or alternatively, they are not formed in portions corresponding to contact areas.