Patent ID: 8198183
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A forming method of an etching mask to perform an etching of an etching object layer on a substrate into a predetermined pattern, including: preparing an etching object layer; forming a main mask layer on the etching object layer; forming a sacrificial mask layer on the main mask layer; forming a first mask pattern at the sacrificial mask layer; performing a first measurement measuring a width of the first mask pattern; forming a covering layer which covers the first mask pattern; forming a photoresist on the covering layer; patterning the photoresist; performing a second measurement measuring a width of a pattern of the photoresist; obtaining a second mask pattern by trimming the pattern of the photoresist based on a value of the width measured at the second measurement and the value of the width measured at the first measurement, an amount of the trimming being corrected to make the widths of the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern approximately the same; and etching the covering layer and the main mask layer by using the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern as masks so as to obtain, at the main mask layer, a first pattern conformed to the first mask pattern and a second pattern conformed to the second mask pattern.