Patent · US Active

Cleaning of photolithography masks

US7927969B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
5References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 2007
Grant dateApr 19, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 5, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B7/0071
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and an equipment for cleaning masks used for photolithography steps, including at least one step of thermal treatment under pumping at a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure and at a temperature greater than the ambient temperature.

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