Patent ID: 7361454

Claim:
A method of forming a contact hole, comprising: exposing a resist film formed on a semiconductor substrate to a light using a first photomask in which mask patterns are arranged two-dimensionally at a predetermined pitch; developing the resist film to form contact hole patterns corresponding to the mask patterns in the resist film; reducing an opening size of each of the contact hole patterns formed in the resist film; exposing the resist film to the light using a second photomask in which predetermined patterns are formed to set a reflow starting temperature of a first resist film area that corresponds to the predetermined patterns to be relatively higher than a reflow starting temperature of a second resist film area other than the first resist film area; and heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature equal to or higher than the reflow starting temperature of the second resist film area and lower than the reflow starting temperature of the first resist film area to subject the second resist film area to reflow and eliminate the contact hole patterns formed in the second resist film area.