Photomask blank manufacturing method, photomask blank, photomask, and pattern transfer method

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PATENT NO 9689066
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13892524

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The method for manufacturing a photomask blank according to the present invention, when manufacturing a photomask blank having at least one functional layer on a transparent substrate, in a step of film-formation of such a functional film where the functional film includes a chromium-containing element and an a metallic element that is capable of bringing a mixture of the metallic element and the chromium into a liquid phase at a temperature of 400° C. or lower, a chromium target (target A) and a target (target B) mainly containing at least one kind of the metallic element are simultaneously sputtered (co-sputtered). The present invention provides a technique for manufacturing a functional film having a small variation in its characteristics such as optical density and a low detect, and showing a high etching rate.

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SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Fukaya, Souichi Niigata, JP 21 73
Inazuki, Yukio Niigata, JP 113 794
Nakagawa, Hideo Niigata, JP 115 1603
Yoshikawa, Hiroki Niigata, JP 143 1539

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