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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2017
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Chan Ha Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Shin Young Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/72 (2012.01); G03F 7/038 (2006.01); G03F 1/70 (2012.01); G03F 1/42 (2012.01); G03F 7/16 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 1/44 (2012.01); G03F 7/26 (2006.01); H01L 27/108 (2006.01); G03F 7/039 (2006.01); H01L 21/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/72 (2013.01); G03F 1/42 (2013.01); G03F 1/44 (2013.01); G03F 1/70 (2013.01); G03F 7/038 (2013.01); G03F 7/039 (2013.01); G03F 7/16 (2013.01); G03F 7/2022 (2013.01); G03F 7/26 (2013.01); H01L 21/3086 (2013.01); H01L 27/10844 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling distortion of an exposure process is provided. The method includes aligning an exposure mask with a wafer, forming a first test pattern on the wafer by performing a first exposure with the exposure mask and a first illumination system, forming a photoresist layer on an entire surface of the wafer including the first test pattern, performing a second exposure with the exposure mask and a second illumination system to form a second test pattern overlapping with the first test pattern, extracting a distortion value between the first test pattern and the second test pattern, and correcting the exposure mask or fabricating a corrected exposure mask using the distortion value.


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