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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:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Burn J Lin, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430005 ; 430311 ; 430323 ; 430324 ; 430394 ;
Abstract
A structure and fabrication method for a phase-shifting lithographic mask wherein an attenuated phase-shifting mesh structure (Att PSM) is combined with an alternating-element phase shifting mask (Alt PSM) to provide a mask combination consisting of phase-shifted and unshifted attenuated backgrounds in which the phase-shifted attenuated backgrounds surrounds the unshifted components and the unshifted attenuated background surrounds the phase-shifted components.