Extreme ultraviolet lithography reflective mask

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ABSTRACT:
A reflective lithography mask (12) includes a pattern-producing portion (200) and a substrate (300) supporting the pattern-producing portion on its top surface. The pattern-producing portion has reflective regions and non-reflective regions corresponding to a desired circuit pattern. The substrate (300) comprises a top layer (306) having a top surface with an optical flatness in the range of at least a quarter-wavelength and a bottom layer (304) having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than about 1.0 ppm/.degree. C. The reflective mask (12) is used in a lithography method to delineate a latent image of a desired circuit pattern (preferably having design rules of 0.18 .mu.m and less) onto a wafer (14) by illuminating the mask (12) with radiation (preferably having a wavelength of 3 nm to 50 nm) so as to reflect radiation from the reflective regions of the mask onto the wafer (14).

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