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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:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ; G03C 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ; G03C 5/00 ;
Abstract
A mask manufacturing method includes performing a multiple exposure process to a substrate so that a number of latent images are formed on the substrate, and processing the exposed substrate to produce actual mask patterns, wherein the multiple exposure process includes a first exposure step for forming a latent image of relatively-fine periodic patterns on the substrate by use of a first master mask having absorptive periodic patterns, and a second exposure step for forming a latent image of relatively-rough patterns on the substrate by use of a second master mask having absorptive patterns.