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Metrology structure and methods

US7365405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 2004
Grant dateApr 29, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB81C99/0065
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of indicating the progress of a sacrificial material removal process, the method, comprising; freeing a portion of a member, the member being disposed in a cage and laterally surrounded by the sacrificial material; and preventing the freed portion of the member from floating away by retaining the freed member.

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