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Patent No.:

US 7439187 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2006
Applicants:

Yoshi Ono, Camas, WA (US);

Bruce D. Ulrich, Beaverton, OR (US);

Pooran Chandra Joshi, Vancouver, WA (US);

Inventors:

Yoshi Ono, Camas, WA (US);

Bruce D. Ulrich, Beaverton, OR (US);

Pooran Chandra Joshi, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of fabricating a grayscale reticule includes preparing a quartz substrate; depositing a layer of silicon-rich oxide on the quartz substrate; depositing a layer of silicon nitride as an oxidation barrier layer on the silicon-rich oxide layer; depositing and patterning a layer of photoresist; etching the silicon nitride layer with a pattern for the silicon nitride layer; removing the photoresist; cleaning the quartz substrate and the remaining layers; oxidizing the quartz substrate and the layers thereon, thereby converting the silicon-rich oxide layer to a transparent silicon dioxide layer; removing the remaining silicon nitride layer; forming the quartz substrate and the silicon dioxide thereon into a reticule; and using the reticule to pattern a microlens array.


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Ono, Yoshi. (2008). Grayscale reticle for precise control of photoresist exposure (U.S. Patent No. 7439187). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7439187

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