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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:
Aug. 15, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Glenning, Vestal, NY (US);
Caryn J Johnson, Binghamton, NY (US);
Walter P Pawlowski, Endicott, NY (US);
Kenneth G Sakorafos, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; B29C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156668 ; 156655 ; 1566591 ; 252 795 ;
Abstract
A fully cured or substantially fully cured polyimide is etched by contacting the imide with an aqueous solution of a metal hydroxide such as an alkali metal or alkali earth hydroxide and a metallic compound selected from metal carbonates, sulfates and phosphates. The presence of the carbonate, sulfate or phosphare reduces the undercutting of a resist pattern on the polyimide.