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Reflective mask blank, reflective mask and manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device manufacturing method

US11531264B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2019
Grant dateDec 20, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/2004
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a reflective mask blank with which it is possible to further reduce the shadowing effect of a reflective mask, and also possible to form a fine and highly accurate phase-shift pattern. A reflective mask blank having, in the following order on a substrate, a multilayer reflective film and a phase-shift film that shifts the phase of EUV light, said reflective mask blank characterized in that the phase-shift film has a thin film comprising a metal-containing material that contains: ruthenium (Ru); and at least one element from among chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), (Co), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), germanium (Ge), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn), tellurium (Te), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), and rhenium (Re).

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