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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Uwe Paul Schroeder, Lake Carmel, NY (US);
Inventor:
Uwe Paul Schroeder, Lake Carmel, NY (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01); H01L 21/461 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for printing contacts utilizes photolithographic pattern reversal. A negative of the contact is printed on a resist layer. Unexposed portions of the resist layer are stripped to expose a first layer. The first layer is etched to remove exposed portions of the first layer not covered by the negative of the contact and to expose a second layer. A pattern reversal is performed to cure exposed portions of the second layer not covered by the first layer.