The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of increasing the contrast of an EUV mask at inspection by forming a multilayer mirror over a substrate; forming an absorber layer over the multilayer mirror; forming a top layer over the absorber layer; patterning the mask into a first region and a second region; and removing the top layer and the absorber layer in the first region.