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6746828 Process for structuring a photoresist layer  
A method for structuring a photoresist layer includes the steps of providing a substrate on which a photoresist layer has been applied at least in some areas. The photoresist layer includes a...
6743566 Cyclic acetal compound, polymer, resist composition and patterning process  
Cyclic acetal compounds of formula (1) wherein k=0 or 1 and n is an integer of 0 to 6 are novel. Using the cyclic acetal compounds as a monomer, polymers are obtained. A resist composition...
6740474 Technique for making deep microstructures in photoresist  
A method is disclosed for making deep microstructures in photoresist. The method utilizes a pool of photoresist on top of a transparent substrate and the laser is located below the substrate....
6741377 Device having a light-absorbing mask and a method for fabricating same  
The invention provides a method for fabricating an optical device comprising at least one optical component formed on a transparent substrate. The method comprises determining an area of the...
6737221 Mass production method of semiconductor integrated circuit device and manufacturing method of electronic device  
In order to prevent the contamination of wafers made of a transition metal in a semiconductor mass production process, the mass production method of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the...
6737219 Photopolymer sachet  
The invention provides a photopolymer package for use in making a hand stamp plate, the package consisting of a sachet containing a photocurable liquid polymer, the walls of the sachet being formed...
6737224 Method of preparing thin supported films by vacuum deposition  
A method for preparing thin supported films by vacuum is disclosed. The method results in a substrate with windows. The windows are cutout (etched) areas that are covered by a thin film. The method...
6727048 Method for photo-imageable lacquer deposition for a display device  
A method for photo-imageable lacquer deposition for a display device. In one embodiment, a layer of photo-imageable lacquer is deposited on top of a faceplate of a display device. Portions of the...
6723495 Water-developable negative-working ultraviolet and infrared imageable element  
Negative-working, water-developable imageable elements, useful as printing plate precursors, and methods for their use, are disclosed. The elements can be imaged with ultraviolet radiation, with...
6723494 Conductor pattern and electronic component having the same  
A conductor pattern is constructed to prevent corners from peeling and raising off a substrate. The conductor pattern has a spiral configuration and includes straight lines and corners connected to...
6721040 Exposure method and apparatus using near field light  
There is provided an exposure method including the steps for arranging an object to be exposed and a transparent plate that includes a thin film, within such a range that near field light from the...
6716570 Low temperature resist trimming process  
A process is described for trimming photoresist patterns during the fabrication of integrated circuits for semiconductor devices and MEMS devices. A combination of a low temperature (<20° C.),...
6716092 Apparatus for making a polishing pad with a partial adhesive coating  
A method for selectively altering a polishing pad adhesive layer includes providing a mask having transparent regions and opaque regions and directing radiation toward the mask so that the...
6713236 Lithography method for preventing lithographic exposure of peripheral region of semiconductor wafer  
A lithography method for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, which prevents lithographic exposure of a periphery region or edge region of a semiconductor wafer and which prevents the...
6709803 Process for producing printed wiring board  
After forming first catalyst cores on the surfaces of adhesive layers of an insulating substrate, a plating resist is patterned. The insulating substrate is treated with an aqueous solution...
6709807 Process for reducing edge roughness in patterned photoresist  
A process for reducing roughness from a surface of a patterned photoresist. The process includes exposing a substrate having the patterned photoresist thereon to a vapor, wherein the vapor...
6709806 Method of forming composite member  
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a composite member in which a conductive portion is selectively formed in an insulator. The method comprises the steps of forming a photosensitive composition...
6703626 Mask defect repair method  
First, a region including the defect is observed with the atomic force microscope (AFM) and a pattern putting together the shape and position of the defect is extracted from and AFM image. The...
6703187 Method of forming a self-aligned twin well structure with a single mask  
An improved method for forming a self-aligned twin well structure for use in a CMOS semiconductor device including providing a substrate for forming a twin well structure therein; forming an...
6703189 Chemical modification of substrates by photo-ablation under different local atmospheres and chemical environments for the fabrication of microstructures  
A method for simultaneously forming microstructures in substrates and altering their chemical character. The method involves exposing a surface portion of a substrate to light source, which is...
6699644 Process for forming a photoresist pattern comprising alkaline treatment  
The present invention provides a method for reducing or eliminating a poor pattern formation on a photoresist film by contacting the photoresist film with an alkaline solution prior to its exposure...
6699645 Method for the formation of resist patterns  
Method for the formation of resist patterns by using a chemically amplified resist which comprises an alkali-insoluble base polymer or copolymer and an acid generator, in which the patternwise...
6696223 Method for performing photolithography  
A method for generating a photoresist pattern on top of an object that includes a layer of material that is opaque to light of a predetermined wavelength. The object is first covered with a layer...
6696227 Shift multi-exposure method  
The present invention provides a shift multi-exposure method for defining a regular pattern by a photomask. The method comprises the following steps. First, a photoresist layer comprising a first...
6692902 Manufacturing method and structure of slanting diffusive reflector  
A manufacturing method and structure of slanting diffusive reflectors simplifies their manufacturing process and reduces cost. A photo mask comprising a plurality of half-tone exposure units is...
6692892 Composition for antireflection coating  
A resist pattern having a good form without any T-top or round top is obtained by coating on a photoresist layer an anti-reflective coating composition containing at least (a) polyacrylic acid, (b)...
6686122 Production of photoresist coatings  
Process for the production of a resist coating, in which (a) a substrate is coated with a resist composition which comprises at least one component which absorbs radiation in the near infrared...
6686128 Method of fabricating patterned layers of material upon a substrate  
A method for fabricating patterned layers of a desired material in a desired, design pattern upon a substrate, which method may be used in circumstances where the removal of photo-resist material...
6686130 Pattern forming method using photolithography  
In the light exposure step of the device pattern, the monitor region is exposed to light together with the device region for every chip, and chip {circle around (4)} within the wafer, the chip...
6686131 Method of producing biocompatible structures and biocompatible microchip  
A biocompatible structure is produced by first applying a chemically amplified photoresist to a substrate and structuring the photoresist. The photoresist comprises a polymer with anchor groups for...
6686102 Two-exposure phase shift photolithography with improved inter-feature separation  
A method of double-exposure photolithography of a semiconductor wafer in the manufacture of integrated circuits is disclosed. The two exposures of the same positive photoresist layer are carried...
6682871 Microelectromechanical optical switch and method of manufacture thereof  
A MEMS-based optical switch having improved characteristics and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, an optical switch includes a single comb drive...
6680150 Suppression of side-lobe printing by shape engineering  
Sidelobe formation in photolithographic patterns is suppressed by non-rectangular, non-circular contact openings formed in attenuated phase shift photomasks. The contact openings may be...
6677108 Method for light exposure  
A light exposure method in which, when a resist layer is selectively exposed to one of X-rays containing soft X-rays, vacuum ultraviolet light rays and ultraviolet rays containing extreme...
6673520 Method of making an integrated circuit using a reflective mask  
A desired pattern is formed in a photoresist layer that overlies a semiconductor wafer using a reflective mask. This mask is formed by consecutively depositing a reflective layer, an absorber layer...
6673525 Thin layer imaging process for microlithography using radiation at strongly attenuated wavelengths  
A method for patterning of resist surfaces which is particularly advantageous for systems having low photon flux and highly energetic, strongly attenuated radiation. A thin imaging layer is created...
6673523 Pattern formation method  
A resist film is formed by applying, on a semiconductor substrate, a resist material including at least one atom or group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a cyano group, a...
6673524 Attenuating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) phase-shifting mask fabrication method  
An exemplary method of forming an attenuating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) phase-shifting mask is described. This method can include providing a multi-layer mirror over an integrated circuit substrate...
6670106 Formation method of pattern  
A pattern formation method includes: forming a photoresist layer of a positive type on a substrate; exposing to light and developing the photoresist layer using an inversion mask having an opening...
6664030 System for and method of constructing an alternating phase-shifting mask  
An exemplary method of constructing an alternating phase-shifting mask is described. This method can include providing a vapor in a vapor chamber containing a mask blank, and applying a laser to...
6664031 Process for forming photoresist pattern by using gas phase amine treatment  
A process for producing a photoresist pattern is disclosed. In particular, the disclosed process for forming a photoresist pattern reduces or prevents poor quality photoresist patterns formation,...
6664029 Method of forming pattern  
A pattern-forming method which comprises the following steps: (1) laminating an actinic ray-curable coating film layer onto the surface of an insulating film-forming resin layer. (2) irradiating...
6660448 Polymer, resist composition and patterning process  
The invention provides a polymer comprising recurring units containing bridged aliphatic rings in the backbone and having a hydroxyl, acyloxy or alkoxylcarbonyloxy group as well as a lactone...
6660649 In-situ balancing for phase-shifting mask  
The present invention describes a method of forming a mask comprising: providing a substrate, the substrate having a first thickness; forming a balancing layer over the substrate, the balancing...
6656667 Multiple resist layer photolithographic process  
A multiple resist layer photolithographic process. A substrate having an insulation layer and a first photoresist layer sequentially stacked thereon is provided. A first light-exposure is conducted...
6656666 Topcoat process to prevent image collapse  
The invention relates generally to photolithographic techniques, and particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a method for preventing the collapse of the image pattern during the stage of...
6656665 Method for producing a pattern on a transparent substrate  
The invention concerns a method for producing a pattern on a transparent substrate, particularly a glass or glass-ceramic substrate. According to the invention, there is deposited on at least one...
6653054 Resin, a double resin layer for extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) photolithography, and an extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) photolithography process  
A semiconductor substrate etching masking layer onto which the pattern to be etched can be transferred by photolithography at extreme ultraviolet light wavelengths from 10 to 100 nm and which is...
6653053 Method of forming a pattern on a semiconductor wafer using an attenuated phase shifting reflective mask  
A desirable pattern is formed in a photoresist layer that overlies a semiconductor wafer using an attenuating phase shift reflective mask. This mask is formed by consecutively depositing an...
6653644 Pattern exposure method and apparatus  
In a pattern exposure method and apparatus for projecting a circuit pattern on a circuit member by an electron beam passing through a pattern exposure mask having a number of exposure regions...