A mask pattern for multiple exposure for forming a resist pattern with an unvarying
pattern pitch on a semiconductor wafer, which is utilized as in case where a mask
pattern under a design having the width of an aperture pattern smaller than the
width of a light-shielding pattern is used at one exposure, wherein the mask pattern
for multiple exposure has a pattern pitch that is the same as that of the mask
pattern under design and has the width of an aperture pattern greater than the
width of a light-shielding pattern.