Mask blank, method of manufacturing phase shift mask, phase shift mask, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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PATENT NO 10088744
APP PUB NO 20170068155A1
SERIAL NO

15122486

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A mask blank having a structure in which, on a transparent substrate, a light shielding film and a hard mask film are laminated in the stated order from the transparent substrate side. The hard mask film is formed of a material containing at least one element selected from silicon and tantalum, and the light shielding film is formed of a material containing chromium. The mask blank has a structure of three layers wherein a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer are laminated in the stated order from the transparent substrate side. The upper layer has a lowest content of chromium in the light shielding film, the intermediate layer has a highest content of chromium in the light shielding film. It contains at least one metallic element selected from indium, tin, and molybdenum.

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HOYA CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Nozawa, Osamu Tokyo, JP 129 1014
Shishido, Hiroaki Tokyo, JP 102 766
Uchida, Takashi Tokyo, JP 130 1306

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