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Photoresist article having a portable, conformable, built-on mask

US5240807A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1989
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/091
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A water soluble built-on mask layer is provided on a photoresist composition disposed on a substrate. The photoresist comprises an o-quinone diazide and a novolak or paravinyl phenol resin. The built-on mask layer comprises a water soluble, photobleachable diazonium salt, a coupler for the diazonium salt and an acidic, polymeric, film forming resin such as polystyrene sulfonic acid.

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