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Method for forming pattern in semiconductor device

US7994056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2007
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B12/09
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for forming a pattern in a semiconductor device includes forming an etch-target layer over a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first region having a smaller pattern than the first region, forming a sacrificial layer and a passivation layer over the etch-target layer, etching the passivation layer and the sacrificial layer to form stack structures including a sacrificial pattern and a passivation pattern, forming spacers over sidewalls of the stack structures, forming a mask pattern covering the second region, removing a portion of the passivation pattern in the first region exposed by the mask pattern to expose a portion of the sacrificial pattern in the first region, removing the exposed portion of the sacrificial pattern in the first region, and etching the etch-target layer to form an etch-target pattern using the spacers in the first and second regions and the stack structure formed between the spacers in the second region.

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