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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Budach, Hanau, DE;
Christof Baur, Darmstadt, DE;
Klaus Edinger, Lorsch, DE;
Tristan Bret, Rixheim, FR;
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/82 (2012.01); B08B 6/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/82 (2013.01); B08B 6/00 (2013.01); B08B 7/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application relates to a method for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) enlarging a surface of the excess material; (b) displacing the enlarged excess material on the photolithographic mask using at least one first probe of a scanning probe microscope; and (c) removing the displaced enlarged excess material from the photolithographic mask.