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Digital-division-mask technique by binary coding for microstructure fabrication

NINGNING LUO1,2,* , YIQING GAO2, ZHIMIN ZHANG2, MENGCHAO XIAO2

Affiliation

  1. College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
  2. Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Test (Chinese Ministry of Education), Nanchang HangKong University, Nanchang 330063, China

Abstract

We present a new lithography technique, namely digital-division-mask technique by binary coding, which is developed for forming microstructure relief and improving the edge lithography resolution. The microstructure relief is firstly transformed into multiple binary patterns and then they are superposed on a photoresist-coated silicon substrate in sequence. The mechanism for improvement of image edge sharpness by using division method is disclosed, and the division principle is described. As a result of the digital-division-mask lithography, positive photoresist patterns of zigzag gratings with a period of 16m and 64m are fabricated..

Keywords

Digital-division-mask technique, Binary coding, Edge lithography resolution, Edge sharpness.

Citation

NINGNING LUO, YIQING GAO, ZHIMIN ZHANG, MENGCHAO XIAO, Digital-division-mask technique by binary coding for microstructure fabrication, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 1-2, January-February 2012, pp.313-318 (2012).

Submitted at: Nov. 29, 2011

Accepted at: Feb. 20, 2012