Method of forming fine pattern
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsAkira Watanabe, Kaori Kimura, Yousuke Isowaki, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Naoko Kihara, Akira Kikitsu
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsAkira Watanabe, Kaori Kimura, Yousuke Isowaki, Yoshiyuki Kamata, Naoko Kihara, Akira Kikitsu
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A method of forming a fine pattern according to an embodiment includes: forming a hard mask on a substrate; forming a mask reinforcing member on the hard mask; forming a di-block copolymer layer on the mask reinforcing member, the di-block copolymer layer comprising a sea-island structure; forming a pattern comprising a concave-convex structure in the di-block copolymer layer, with island portions of the sea-island structure being convex portions; and transferring the pattern onto the hard mask by performing etching on the mask reinforcing member and the hard mask, with a mask being the pattern formed in the di-block copolymer layer. The mask reinforcing member is comprised of a material having an etching speed that is higher than an etching speed for the hard mask and is lower than an etching speed for sea portions of the sea-island structure of the di-block copolymer layer.
A method of forming a fine pattern, the method comprising:
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