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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Yuichi Hamada, Gunma, JP;
Yuichi Hamada, Gunma, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for stripping a pellicle from an exposure master plate is provided, the pellicle being a lithographic pellicle that includes a pellicle frame, a pellicle film stretched over one end face of the pellicle frame via a pellicle film adhesive, and an exposure master plate pressure-sensitive adhesion layer provided on the other end face, the method including a step of irradiating the pressure-sensitive adhesion layer with UV light. There is also provided a stripping apparatus used in the stripping method, the apparatus including a light source for irradiating the exposure master plate pressure-sensitive adhesion layer with UV light and means for heating the exposure master plate and/or the pellicle frame with which the pressure-sensitive adhesion layer is in contact.