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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Sheng Chang, Taipei, TW;
Tsung-Jung Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Chung-Ju Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tien-I Bao, Dayuan Township, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01); C03C 15/00 (2006.01); C03C 25/68 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes forming a patterned hard mask layer, with a trench formed in the patterned hard mask layer. A Bulk Co-Polymer (BCP) coating is dispensed in the trench, wherein the BCP coating includes Poly-Styrele (PS) and Poly Methyl Metha Crylate (PMMA). An annealing is performed on the BCP coating to form a plurality of PS strips and a plurality of PMMA strips allocated in an alternating layout. The PMMA strips are selectively etched, with the PS strips left in the trench.