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Photoimaging processes and compositions

CA 1294813 C · Owner: Morton International Inc. · Inventors: Cordes, William Frederick, Iii

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The step-on-wafer process also known as the, step-and-repeat alignment process for the production of, very large scale integration (VLSI) microcircuitry with multi-layer interconnects, is greatly facilitated by incorporating, into at least the first layer of photoresist, a dyestuff which meets certain criteria the chief of which is that it be transparent to radiation to which the photoresist system is sensitive and that it absorb radiation of a wavelength to which the photoresist system is not sensitive. The use of photoresist systems in association with such dyestuffs has additional advantages. For example, the thickness of the photoresist layer deposited on a substrate can be checked …

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  • Granted January 28, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 28, 2009.
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FiledOctober 23, 1986
GrantedJanuary 28, 1992
Term endedJanuary 28, 2009
Patent numberCA 1294813 C
Classification (IPC)G03F5/24 +2 more

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedOct 23, 1986Patent grantedJan 28, 1992Term endedJan 28, 2009

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