Method for compensating for the E-beam proximity effect

Radiation imagery chemistry: process – composition – or product th – Imaging affecting physical property of radiation sensitive... – Electron beam imaging

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430311, 430325, 430326, 430330, G03F 726, G03F 738

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ABSTRACT:
A method to compensate for the E-beam proximity effect which includes a post exposure, pre-development baking of the photoresist layer. The baking of the photoresist layer causes a migration of small, photo-active compound (PAC) molecules to increase the size of peripheral exposed areas so as to compensate for the exposure size variations caused by the proximity effect.

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