| US 7,540,970 B2 | ||
| Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device | ||
| Cha-Won Koh, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Sang-Gyun Woo, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Jeong-Lim Nam, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Kyeong-Koo Chi, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seok-Hwan Oh, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Gi-Sung Yeo, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seung-Pil Chung, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Heung-Sik Park, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on May 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/429,071. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0067292 (KR), filed on Jul. 25, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0020565 A1, Jan. 25, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. C03C 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 216—41 [216/37; 216/461; 438/128; 438/129; 438/118; 438/280; 438/316; 438/585; 438/618; 257/208; 257/211; 257/758; 257/775; 257/776] | 23 Claims |

| 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising:
depositing a base layer on a substrate;
forming a first hard mask layer on the base layer;
forming a second hard mask layer on the first hard mask layer;
forming a first etch mask pattern on the second hard mask layer wherein the first etch mask pattern is repeatedly formed having
a first pitch;
forming a buffer layer on a surface of a resultant structure having the first etch mask pattern;
forming a second etch mask pattern on the buffer layer using a photolithography process, wherein the second etch mask pattern
is repeatedly formed having the first pitch between the first etch mask pattern;
etching the buffer layer using the second etch mask pattern as an etch mask, forming a buffer layer pattern;
etching the second hard mask layer using the first etch mask pattern and the buffer layer pattern as etch masks, forming a
second hard mask pattern having a second pitch wherein the second pitch is a half of the first pitch;
etching the first hard mask layer using the second hard mask pattern as an etch mask, forming a first hard mask pattern which
is repeatedly formed having the second pitch; and
etching the base layer using the first hard mask pattern as an etch mask, forming a pattern which is repeatedly formed having
the second pitch.
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