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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2003
Jong-rak Park, Chungju, KR;
Seong-woon Choi, Suwon, KR;
Gi-sung Yeo, Seoul, KR;
Sung-hoon Jang, Ansan, KR;
Jong-Rak Park, Chungju, KR;
Seong-Woon Choi, Suwon, KR;
Gi-Sung Yeo, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Hoon Jang, Ansan, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A photomask for use in photolithography has substrate, a main pattern at one side of the substrate, and a transparency-adjusting layer at the other side of the substrate. The transparency-adjusting layer has a characteristic that allows it to change the intensity of the illumination incident on the main pattern during the exposure process accordingly. In manufacturing the photomask, a first exposure process is carried out on a wafer using just the substrate and main pattern. The critical dimensions of elements of the pattern formed on the wafer as a result of the first exposure process are measured. Differences between these critical dimensions and a reference critical dimension are then used in designing a layout of the transparency-adjusting layer in which the characteristic of the layer is varied to compensate for such differences.