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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Intermolecular Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Wim Y. Deweerd, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/22 (2012.01); G03F 1/24 (2012.01); G03F 1/52 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/52 (2013.01); G03F 1/22 (2013.01); G03F 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photomask is provide. The photomask includes a substrate having a multi-layer stack disposed over the substrate. The multilayer stack has alternating first second and third layers disposed over each other, wherein the first, second and third layers are composed of first, second and third materials, respectively, and wherein at least the second layer is formed through an atomic layer deposition process. A capping layer is disposed over the multilayer stack; and an absorber layer disposed over the capping layer. A method for evaluating materials, unit processes, and process sequences for manufacturing a photomask is also provided.


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