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Process to fabricate thick coplanar microwave electrode structures

US5407787A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1993
Grant dateApr 18, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/40
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process for making thick metal structures on a substrate has the steps of: selectively exposing a thick layer of photoresist disposed on a substrate to ultraviolet radiation including the 350 nm to 450 nm portion of tile spectrum of a mercury vapor lamp, where the photoresist layer is a heat-treated arid hydrated photoresist layer, to fully pattern the substrate: developing the patterned substrate by contacting the photoresist layer with a photoresist developing solution; exposing the photoresist layer to a plasma for hardening the pattern against thermal flow; hardbaking the photoresist pattern on the substrate; plating the metal onto the patterned substrate using a low current density (J) during at least part of the plating process, making a thick methyl structure on the substrate.

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