Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a thin film pattern with a trapezoidal cross section. In this method, a resist pattern with an inverted-trapezoidal cross section is formed on a thin film. Using the resist pattern with the inverted-trapezoidal cross section as a mask, the thin film is dry-etched. A resist pattern is left with the resist pattern used as a mask. The resist pattern has a trapezoidal cross section.

Abstract: In a patterning method according to this invention, a surface region of a resist layer is solution-retarded by a developer, and, then, the resist layer is patterned. Therefore, a desired shape of a side wall of the resist layer may be obtained by varying a solubility of the resist layer, with the result that a resist pattern with the side wall orthogonal to a surface of the substrate or the overhung side may be formed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a first step of exposing a periphery of a first region of a photoresist layer coating an insulating layer formed on a semiconductor substrate and a periphery of a second region for positioning, and a second step of heating said photoresist layer in ammonia atmosphere and forming an alkali insoluble portion in the periphery of the first region and that of the second region, a third step of exposing a third region, which is smaller than the first region, and the second region and developing these regions, a fourth step of etching the third region and the second region to a predetermined depth, and a fifth step of repeating the third and fourth steps once or more in a region, which is smaller than the third region, and the second region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a submicron pattern. A p-type semiconductor layer is formed on an n-type semiconductor substrate. Insulating films are formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. A first mask layer, such as an aluminum layer having an etching rate different from that of the insulating films, is formed on the insulating films. A second mask layer having an etching rate different from that of the first mask layer, is formed on the first mask layer. The second mask layer is patterned. A coating film having an etching rate different from that of the first insulating film, is formed on the resultant structure. The coating film is etched to be left on a side wall of the patterned second mask layer. The first mask layer is patterned, using the residual coating film and the patterned second mask layer as masks, and a pattern finer than that of the resist is formed in the first mask layer.