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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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce W. Smith, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/00 ;
Abstract
An attenuated phase shift mask for use in a lithography process includes a masking film made of at least one material with at least a silicon component which provides a transmission above about 0.5 percent and a phase shift of about a 180° for radiation at a wavelength at or below about 160 nm.