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Photolithographic mask repair system

US4778693A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 1986
Grant dateOct 18, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/146
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device are provided to accomplish laser driven pyrolytic, photolytic and photoactivativation process requiring controlled atmosphere without the use of gas tight cells. A method and device are provided to correct clear faults on a photo-lithographic mask by metallic deposition on the mask at standard temperature and pressure. The deposition is formed by the pyrolytic decomposition of an organometallic gas mixture which may include chromium and molybdenum hexacarbonyls, and a buffer gas. The decomposition is done utilizing a laser beam. The device may be incorporated into a system which has other members used to correct opaque faults in the same mask.

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