Patent · US Expired

Method of manufacturing x-ray mask blank and method of manufacturing x-ray membrane for x-ray mask

US5989755A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1998
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F1/22
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a method comprising the step of checking a defect on a surface of a thin film formed by a step or steps of forming the thin film to be an x-ray membrane 12, wherein the thin film is formed by the thin film forming step or steps so that the thin film checked by the defect checking step may have a surface roughness of 1.0 nm or less in terms of Ra (center-line average roughness).

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