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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Taichi Koizumi, Osaka, JP;
Akio Misaka, Osaka, JP;
Taichi Koizumi, Osaka, JP;
Akio Misaka, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A photomask is used for transferring a mask pattern onto a semiconductor substrate. The mask pattern includes a junction at which two line patterns are connected to each other with one line pattern being orthogonal to the other line pattern so as to form a T-shape, or a proximity portion at which two line patterns are located close to each other with one line pattern being substantially orthogonal to the other line pattern so as to form a T-shape. A small pattern is formed on a side edge of the line pattern in the vicinity of the junction or the proximity portion so as to form a wide portion of the line pattern. The small pattern is provided within the range between 0.79 and 1.8 λ/(NA·K) of a distance from the neighboring side edge of the other line pattern, where λ is the wavelength of exposure illumination light, NA is the numerical aperture of a lens used, and K is a transfer reduction ratio.