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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Molecular Imprints, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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);
Molecular Imprints, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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.