Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal
Patent
1998-11-19
2000-08-22
Bowers, Charles
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal
438 48, 438 64, 438 67, 257440, 257444, H01L 2100
Patent
active
061071145
ABSTRACT:
Reflectance of a silicon light valve is preserved by eliminating bowing in the wafer and by retaining the pad etch photoresist mask on the wafer until insertion of LC material. Wafer bowing is eliminated by performing backside etching to remove polysilicon and oxide accumulated during previous polysilicon deposition steps. The pad etch photoresist mask serves as passivation during wafer transport and testing before liquid crystal material is inserted. The pad etch photoresist mask is removed during the cleaning step that is required prior to insertion of LC material. Elimination of the redundant pad etch photoresist mask stripping step spares the metal electrodes of the precursor light valve structure from roughness and loss of reflectance that would be caused by the extra cleaning step.
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Bowers Charles
National Semiconductor Corporation
Schillinger Laura M
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