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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Molecular Imprints, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Niyaz Khusnatdinov, Round Rock, TX (US);

Frank Y. Xu, Austin, TX (US);

Mario Johannes Meissl, Austin, TX (US);

Michael N. Miller, Austin, TX (US);

Ecron D. Thompson, Round Rock, TX (US);

Gerard M. Schmid, Austin, TX (US);

Pawan Kumar Nimmakayala, Austin, TX (US);

Xiaoming Lu, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Byung-Jin Choi, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Molecular Imprints, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 37/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 37/0003 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for improving robust layer separation during the separation process of an imprint lithography process are described. Included are methods of matching strains between a substrate to be imprinted and the template, varying or modifying the forces applied to the template and/or the substrate during separation, or varying or modifying the kinetics of the separation process.


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