Patent · US Expired

Resist process

US3930857A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1973
Grant dateJan 6, 1976
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Expiry dateMay 3, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/98
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A resist mask, whose configuration is changed during processing, is formed by varying the exposure energy across a resist layer and then conducting successive development steps using developers having increasing solvent power to remove progressively more of the resist layer with each step.

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