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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:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Yen-Kai Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Yuan-Chih Chu, New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/72 (2012.01); G03F 1/22 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/72 (2013.01); G03F 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for repairing a mask includes receiving a mask having first and second defective regions. A first treatment is performed to the mask. After performing the first treatment, a first repair process is performed on the mask. The first defective region is repaired to form a first repaired defective region. A second treatment is performed to the mask, including the first repaired defective region. After performing the second treatment, a second repair process is performed on the mask. The second defective region is repaired to form a second repaired defective region.


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