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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. 09, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zicheng Gary Ling, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ; G03C 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ; G03C 5/00 ;
Abstract
The CD variation of semiconductor devices on a wafer due to the variation in thickness of the underlying nitride layer is corrected by varying the lithographic exposure level as a function of the nitride layer thickness. Embodiments include decreasing the exposure level in areas where the nitride layer is relatively thicker.