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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Bruce Whitefield, Camas, WA (US);
David Abercrombie, Gresham, OR (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Whitefield, Camas, WA (US);
David Abercrombie, Gresham, OR (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/42 (2006.01); G03B 27/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes an edge expose unit for exposing an annular area in an edge exclusion zone of a wafer to radiation having a wavelength suitable for removing a film from the wafer in the annular area and a radiation modulator coupled to the edge expose unit for modulating the radiation to pattern the film in the annular area.