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Projection mask as well as a method and apparatus for the embedding thereof and projection printing system

US4390273A · kind A · utility

468Cited by
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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1981
Grant dateJun 28, 1983
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24917
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A projection mask and method and apparatus for production thereof comprising a substrate carrying a mask thereon, a cover glass covering the pattern mask and sealed at peripheral edges thereof to the substrate defining a space between the substrate with the mask and the cover glass. A particle-free fluid is provided in this space. A projection printing system projects illumination through such a projection mask into a light sensitive substrate.

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