A semiconductor device fabrication method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an inverse layout of an original circuit layout, reducing the inverse layout in size, thereby obtaining a reduced layout, obtaining a dummy pattern layout having an outline identical to an outline of the reduced layout and a given line width such that the dummy pattern layout is self-assembled to the circuit layout, and transferring the self-aligned or self-assembled dummy pattern layout and circuit layout to a semiconductor substrate.

 
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