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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Sung-kwon Lee, Ichon-shi, KR;
Sang-ik Kim, Ichon-shi, KR;
Min-suk Lee, Ichon-shi, KR;
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Ichon-shi, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device with realizable advanced fine patterns. The method includes the steps of: forming a hard mask insulation layer on an etch target layer; forming a hard mask sacrificial layer on the hard mask insulation layer; coating a photoresist on the hard mask insulation layer; performing selectively a photo-exposure process and a developing process to form a photoresist pattern having a first width for forming a line pattern; etching selectively the hard mask sacrificial layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a sacrificial hard mask having a second width; removing the photoresist pattern; etching the hard mask insulation layer by controlling excessive etching conditions with use of the sacrificial hard mask as an etch mask to form a hard mask having a third width; and etching the etch target layer by using the sacrificial hard mask and the hard mask as an etch mask to form the line pattern having a fourth width, wherein the first width is wider than the fourth width.