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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Matt F. Vernon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wen-hao Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matt F. Vernon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wen-Hao Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A phase shift mask may include boundaries between phase shift regions with continuous sloped phase edges. The continuous sloped phase edges may be produced by introducing a predetermined degree of defocus into a beam used during production of the mask to image the pattern on the mask. Such a phase shift mask may be 'trimless', i.e., not require a corresponding binary 'trim' mask for a second exposure to remove phase conflicts after exposure with the phase shift mask.