Patent ID: 7790358
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a pattern, comprising: forming a mask layer on a substrate; forming, under dry conditions, an opening in the mask layer using a first laser beam to irradiate the mask layer, the mask layer being ablated by the first laser beam in an area of the opening such that the opening in the mask layer having an inverse taper shape or an overhang shape after formation of the opening; forming a thin-film layer on the substrate and on the mask layer; and removing, from the substrate, the mask layer and a portion of the thin-film layer formed on the mask layer, wherein an absorption coefficient of the mask layer is at least two times greater than an absorption coefficient of the substrate and an absorption coefficient of the thin-film layer with respect to the first laser beam, wherein the forming of the mask layer and the forming of the opening in the mask layer are performed by forming a first mask layer on the substrate, irradiating the first mask layer with the first laser beam from a side of the first mask layer to form a first opening pattern in the first mask layer, and by forming a second mask layer on the first mask layer, irradiating the second mask layer with the first laser beam from a side of the second mask layer to form a second opening pattern in the second mask layer, the second opening pattern having a smaller size that the first opening pattern.