Patent ID: 9520289
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G03F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming a pattern of a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a hard mask layer on a substrate; coating a photoresist film on the hard mask layer; exposing and developing the photoresist film to form a first photoresist pattern; performing a smoothing process on the first photoresist pattern to form a second photoresist pattern having a roughness property lower than that of the first photoresist pattern, wherein a surface of the first photoresist pattern is treated with an organic solvent during the smoothing process, and wherein the smoothing process includes heating the substrate having the first photoresist pattern thereon to a temperature of about 80° C. to about 120° C. and spraying a vaporized organic solvent onto the first photoresist pattern; forming an atomic layer deposition (ALD) layer on a surface of the second photoresist pattern; anisotropically etching the ALD layer to form an ALD layer pattern on a sidewall of the second photoresist pattern; and etching the hard mask layer using the second photoresist pattern and the ALD layer pattern as an etching mask to form a hard mask pattern.