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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Shinichi Fukuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiko Kasama, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
KrF excimer laser beam is selectively irradiated to a resist film. At this time, an incident light (KrF excimer laser beam) is reflected at the surface of an antireflection film to be a first reflected light, and is reflected at the surface of a film to be patterned to be a second reflected light. A standing wave is obtained by interference between the incident light and the first and the second reflected light. A light intensity of this standing wave has extreme maximum and extreme minimum appearing alternately, and a pair of extreme minimum and extreme maximum is across the first interface. A reflection index of the first reflected light is a range of 10 to 20%. Also, the thickness of the antireflection film is adjusted so that the extreme maximum of the pair is located in the resist film and the extreme minimum of the pair is located in the antireflection film.