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Programmable mask for exposure apparatus

US6084656A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70291
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention discloses a programmable mask for exposure apparatus which is formed by an integrated pixels of a micro-devices which shut or open a light by an electrical signal. This invention provides a photolithography method by projecting on a silicon wafer a directly designed circuit pattern which is made on a programmable mask fabricated by an integration of many a micro optical shutter devices as a pixels.

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