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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventor:

Yun-Yue Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/64 (2012.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/64 (2013.01); G03F 7/70733 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for a semiconductor lithography process. The apparatus includes a mask defining a circuit pattern to be transferred. The apparatus further includes a pellicle including a pattern formed in a first surface, wherein the pellicle is attached to the mask at the first surface. The apparatus also includes an adhesive material layer disposed between the mask and the first surface. The pattern may include a plurality of capillaries. Each capillary of the plurality of capillaries may have a dimension in a plane of the first surface between about 1 μm and about 500 μm. Each capillary of the plurality of capillaries may have a ratio of depth to width greater than or equal to about 100. The adhesive material layer may include an adhesive having a glass transition temperature (T) greater than room temperature.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lin, Yun-Yue. (2025). Pellicle design for mask application (U.S. Patent No. 12253797). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12253797

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