IP Library Granted Patent US 6,420,101
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US 6,420,101 · App. 09/598,376

Method of reducing post-development defects in and around openings formed in photoresist by use of non-patterned exposure

Inventors: Zhijian Lu, Alan C. Thomas, Alois Gutmann, Kuang-Jung Chen, Margaret C. Lawson
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Granted: Jul 16, 2002 Filed: Jun 21, 2000
Inventors
Zhijian Lu
Alan C. Thomas
Alois Gutmann
Kuang-Jung Chen
Margaret C. Lawson
Assignees (at issue)
Infineon Technologies AG
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,420,101
App. No.
09/598,376
Filed
2000-06-21
Granted
2002-07-16
Kind
B1