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Lithographic developer containing surfactant

US6007970A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1995
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/322
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a lithographic developer used to develop a resist pattern having regions with different sizes and shapes, by dissolving and removing a resist region of a resist layer formed in the resist pattern, wherein the developer comprises a surfactant capable of increasing the dissolution of a resist in the resist region to be dissolved and removed, having a smaller dissolving-and-removing area on the surface of the resist layer.

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