International Business Machines Corporation

Ralph Feder

Eberhard A Spiller

Lubomyr Taras Romankiw

Praveen Chaudhari

Michael Hatzakis

Alan B Fowler

Ivan Haller

Ned J Chou

James A VanVechten

A high aspect ratio collimating mask for use in ion beam epitaxy or ion implantation doping is formed through the use of damage-trail-forming materials which are irradiated through a mask and then etched. The high aspect ratio is obtained in part by the sequential formation of a plurality of spaced mask plates. The mask is useful in producing large scale integrated circuits by ion implantation during epitaxial growth of a crystal wafer.

High aspect ratio, high resolution mask fabrication

A method of constructing masks characterized by a high aspect ratio. The method includes at least a single exposure of a mask by radiation which is transmitted by the substrate before impinging on the resist. In a specific embodiment the mask is partially completed and the already deposited mask modulates the radiation transmitted by the substrate before it exposes the resist.

Fabrication of high aspect ratio masks

A positive resist image is produced by exposing, to radiation in a predetermined pattern, a polymeric material containing polymerized alkyl methacrylate units and polymerized monoethylenically unsaturated acid units. The exposed and unexposed areas are distinguished by their different respective abilities to be swelled in an appropriate swelling agent, and the swelled areas are removed by dispersal in a nonsolvent liquid.

Method for preparing positive resist image

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