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Phase shift mask blank, photomask blank and their manufacturing devices and processes

TLDR
In this paper, a DC magnetron sputtering device for manufacturing a halftone phase shift mask blank was proposed, in which the target surface is placed facing down against the direction of gravity, a full erosion cathode is used, the corner 5a of the end of the target and the corner of an earth shield are rounded off (corner rounding).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, process, etc., for manufacturing a phase shift mask blank wherein the total number of particles and pinholes with diameters larger than about half the exposure wavelength of a translucent film is 0.1/cm 2 . SOLUTION: In a DC magnetron sputtering device for manufacturing a halftone phase shift mask blank, for example, the target surface is placed facing down against the direction of gravity, a full erosion cathode is used, the corner 5a of the end of the target and the corner of an earth shield are rounded off (corner rounding), the end of the target 5b, an exposed backing plate surface 4b and the surface of the earth shield 12 are roughened, and the earth shield 12 is placed above (on the backing plate side) the target surface d. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

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