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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:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 53 ; 355 67 ; 359558 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a pattern forming method including the steps of preparing second grating stripes disposed near a reticle having a mask pattern to be projected, modulating the mask pattern by emission of a light, and demodulating the modulated mask pattern by first grating stripes formed within a photosensitive film made of a material capable of reversibly inducing photochemical reaction, thereby forming the modulated image of the mask pattern within a resist film disposed under the photosensitive film. With this method, various kinds of fine patterns each being smaller than the resolution limit of a projection exposure tool used are formed.