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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Mohondro, Sykesville, MD (US);
Qingyuan Han, Columbia, MD (US);
Ivan Berry, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Mahmoud Dahimene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stuart Rounds, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/36 ;
Abstract
A method of stripping a photoresist layer comprising applying a re-coating material on the photoresist layer which extends through and fills openings in a first layer on which the photoresist layer is disposed, ashing the stack comprised of the photoresist layer and the re-coating material, and removing such re-coating material as remains in the openings in the first layer after the ashing.