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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jingwei Bai, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Qinghuang Lin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Gustavo A. Stolovitzky, Riverdale, NY (US);
Chao Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
Deqiang Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique includes forming a gradient channel with width and depth gradients. A mask is disposed on top of a substrate. The mask is patterned with at least one elongated channel pattern having different elongated channel pattern widths. A channel is etched in the substrate in a single etching step, the channel having a width gradient and a corresponding depth gradient both simultaneously etched in the single etching step according to the different elongated channel pattern widths in the mask.