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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Mattox, Tempe, AZ (US);
Frederick J Robinson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; C03C / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156643 ; 156646 ; 156650 ; 156651 ; 156653 ; 156662 ; 1566591 ;
Abstract
A method for the construction of submicron features using optical lithography technology. A material is deposited on a surface to be etched, this material is partially etched through using optical lithography technology. Sidewalls are deposited to reduce the size of this etched area to the submicron size desired. The etch of the layer is then completed resulting in a submicron mask for the substrate below.