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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/80 (2012.01); G03F 1/54 (2012.01); G03F 1/58 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/80 (2013.01); G03F 1/54 (2013.01); G03F 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a mask blank for manufacturing a transfer mask, the mask blank has a light-shielding film on a transparent substrate. The light-shielding film is made of a material containing tantalum as a main metal component and includes a highly oxidized layer which has an oxygen content of 60 at % or more and which is formed as a surface layer of the light-shielding film. The highly oxidized layer is placed on a side opposite to a transparent substrate side.