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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Heng-jen Lee, Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jui-chun Peng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
I-hsiung Huang, Hukou Shiang, TW;
Heng-Jen Lee, Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jui-Chun Peng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
I-Hsiung Huang, Hukou Shiang, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A dual wavelength exposure system provides for patterning a resist layer formed on a wafer for forming semiconductor devices, using two exposure operations, one including a first radiation having a first wavelength and the other including a second radiation including a second wavelength. Different or the same lithography tool may be used to generate the first and second radiation. For each die formed on the semiconductor device, a critical portion of the pattern is exposed using a first exposure operation that uses a first radiation with a first wavelength and a non-critical portion of the pattern is exposed using a second exposure operation utilizing the second radiation at a second wavelength. The resist material is chosen to be sensitive to both the first radiation having a first wavelength and the second radiation having the second wavelength.