Abstract:
A processing method is described which has a first step of depositing on a substrate a specimen film which may be any one of a semiconductor, a metal and a insulator.In a second step, the surface of the specimen film deposited in the first step, is irradiated with an ion beam to produce a physical damage on the surface, next, in a third step, the damaged specimen film surface is selectively irradiated with the light to partially cause a photochemical reaction so that a mask pattern, which depends on the desired device structure, is formed on the film surface. Finally, in a fourth step, photoetching is performed using the mask pattern formed in the third step as a shielding member.
Abstract:
A processing method comprises: a first step of depositing on a substrate which is a specimen a film of any one of a semiconductor, a metal and an insulator; a second step of subjecting the surface of the film deposited in the first step, to irradiation with a beam having a given energy to produce a physical damage on the surface; a third step of subjecting the film surface on which the physical damage is produced in the second step, to selective irradiation with light to partially cause a photochemical reaction so that a mask pattern depending on the desired device structure is formed on the film surface; and a fourth step of carrying out photoetching using as a shielding member the mask pattern formed in the third step.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a printed circuit board includes the steps of forming a circuit pattern, applying solder resist, and exposing the solder resist. The circuit pattern including pads is formed on a substrate. The solder resist is applied on the substrate and the circuit pattern. The solder resist between the pads is exposed using a light source which emits scattered light and a mask film which is equipped with light transmission portions. The width of each light transmission portion is narrower than the distance between the pads. This method enables the formation of the solder resist in between fine pads in such a way that it does not cover an upper surface of the pad. The solder resist thus formed between the fine pads provides sufficient adhesion to the substrate.
Abstract:
An exposure method includes disposing a mask and a semiconductor wafer opposed to each other in a close proximity relation with respect to a Z-axis direction and printing a pattern of the mask on each of different shot areas of the semiconductor wafer in a step-and-repeat manner, with a predetermined exposure energy. In this method, the spacing between the mask and the wafer for the paralleling of them is made larger than the spacing therebetween as assumed at the time of mask-to-wafer alignment with respect to X-Y plane or the spacing between the mask and the wafer as assumed at the time of exposure of the wafer to the mask. After the paralleling of the mask and the wafer, the mask and the wafer are moved closer to each other in the Z-axis direction and alignment and exposure is performed. This ensures that the alignment and exposure are effected at an optimum spacing while, on the other hand, contact of the mask and the wafer at the time of paralleling is precluded.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for exposing a substrate of relatively large surface area to radiation according to a predetermined pattern recorded on a mask, particularly useful in applying a painted border to an automobile windshield, includes the steps of progressively recording the predetermined pattern on a mask in the form of a continuous strip, and moving the radiation source to progressively scan the surface of the substrate with radiation, while at the same time moving the continuous strip mask relative to the radiation source, such that portions of the pattern on the continuous strip mask progressively become aligned with their corresponding portions of the substrate as the substrate is progressively scanned by the radiation source.
Abstract:
A hologram exposure apparatus for and method of obtaining a hologram using a photoresist for an in-line type interferometer wherein a photoresist substrate is detachably mounted on a substrate rotating device. A concentric pattern of a hologram from a source of light is projected onto the photoresist on the substrate mounted on the substrate rotating device while rotating the substrate and moving a projecting device in a direction at right angles with the rotary shaft of the photoresist substrate.
Abstract:
A movable light-source type exposure apparatus comprising a light source disposed at the focal point of a parabolic reflector, a first light-shielding member disposed right beneath the light source and intended to prevent the light rays from the light source from being irradiated directly over a mask and a work, a second light-shielding member disposed closely to the mask and work so as to cause the formation of a shadow capable of equalizing the cumulated amounts of light rays at points thereon, a positioning/fixing means intended, for each exposure, to position and fix a retaining frame for the mask and a retaining frame for the work, and a light-source moving means for moving a lamp house having the parabolic reflector, light source, first light-shielding member and second shielding member over the mask and work for purpose of causing the same to be exposed.
Abstract:
A method for irradiating a chemically machinable light-sensitive glass plate with a parallel bundle of ultraviolet rays so as to form tapered holes or slits in the glass plate. A mask having a desired shaped opening is mounted on the light-sensitive glass plate and the plate is disposed so that its surface forms a predetermined angle with a plane which is perpendicular to the parallel bundle of ultraviolet rays. The glass plate is then rotated about a central vertical axis thereof.
Abstract:
An apparatus is disclosed for alternatively positioning a quartz or pinpoint light above a vacuum printing frame in a lithographic process. Either a quartz or a pinpoint light is required to produce fine line contacts, duplicates and reverses which are subsequently arranged in the desired orientation and transferred onto a printing plate for offset printing. The apparatus is located over a vacuum printing frame, or similar device, and has both the quartz light and pinpoint light attached to a movable housing. The housing is movable along two rails so as to accurately position either of the lights in its proper position over the printing frame. Movement of the housing is initiated by the operator and ceases when the housing contacts a limit switch.
Abstract:
A photographic method and apparatus for exposing a light sensitive layer using a mask spaced from said layer while avoiding ''''ghost lines'''' due to diffraction effects in the developed pattern on the layer. The mask is illuminated by pairs of collimated ray sets, either sequentially or simultaneously, at an angle relative to each other so that the constituent diffraction pattern on the light sensitive layer resulting from one ray set of a pair is shifted with respect to the constituent diffraction pattern attributable to the other ray set of the pair. The shift is such that the ratio of the ''''ghost line'''' intensity to the maximum intensity in the composite diffraction pattern is reduced relative to the corresponding ratio in each of the constituent diffraction patterns. The pairs of ray sets are produced by spacially displaced fixed light sources or by a rotating optical system using a single light source.