Patent · US Expired

Detection of a gaseous substance emanating from a layer of polymeric composition

US6235452A · kind A · utility

1Cited by
16References
23Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 5, 1999
Grant dateMay 22, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/25875
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Detection of an evolving or diffusing gaseous substance emanating from an irradiated or thermolyzed layer of polymeric composition in semiconductor processing or similar processes is disclosed. The evolving or diffusing gaseous substance is detected by spatially disposing from the irradiated or thermolyzed layer a detector layer that includes a compound having leaving groups that are sensitive to the gaseous substance being detected.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.