Removal and prevention of photo-induced defects on photomasks used in photolithography

Photoinduced defects that occur on photomasks used in photolithography may be removed or prevented. In one example a photomask is installed into a vacuum chamber, the contaminants on the photomask are broken down with heat, illumination or both and the broken-down contaminants are removed with a vac...

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Hauptverfasser: ESCHBACH FLORENCE, SENGUPTA ARCHITA, YUN HENRY K
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Zusammenfassung:Photoinduced defects that occur on photomasks used in photolithography may be removed or prevented. In one example a photomask is installed into a vacuum chamber, the contaminants on the photomask are broken down with heat, illumination or both and the broken-down contaminants are removed with a vacuum.