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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Tsutomu Shoki, Tokyo, JP;
Morio Hosoya, Tokyo, JP;
Takeru Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a reflection type mask blank by forming a multilayer reflection film reflecting exposure light on a substrate and forming an absorber layer absorbing the exposure light on the multilayer reflection film includes a step of forming, between the substrate and the multilayer reflection film, a stress correction film opposite in direction to film stress of the multilayer reflection film and smaller in absolute value than the film stress of the multilayer reflection film, a step of heat-treating the stress correction film, and a step of heat-treating the multilayer reflection film.