Patent ID: 7629595

Claim:
A method for forming a fine photoresist pattern of a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a chemically amplified photoresist film over a layer formed over a semiconductor substrate; performing a lithography process on the chemically amplified photoresist film to form a first photoresist pattern, wherein contact holes are defined in the first photoresist pattern; exposing the first photoresist pattern using a source light, wherein the first photoresist pattern is exposed without using an exposure mask to block the source light; performing a first baking process on the first photoresist pattern; and performing a photoresist flow process on the first photoresist pattern to transform the first photoresist pattern into a second photoresist pattern, the photoresist flow process comprising a second baking process, wherein a width of the contact holes in the second photoresist pattern are reduced relative to a width of the contact holes in the first photoresist pattern.