Large-area high-throughput high-resolution lithography systems for flat-panel displays and microelectronic modules

Kanti Jain; Thomas J. Dunn; Nestor Farmiga; Mark Zemel; Carl Weisbecker

doi:10.1117/12.309573

5 June 1998 Large-area high-throughput high-resolution lithography systems for flat-panel displays and microelectronic modules

Kanti Jain, Thomas J. Dunn, Nestor Farmiga, Mark Zemel, Carl Weisbecker

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Proceedings Volume 3331, Emerging Lithographic Technologies II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.309573
Event: 23rd Annual International Symposium on Microlithography, 1998, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a novel class of projection lithography system that provide both high-throughput resist patterning and dielectric via formation for production of a variety of electronic modules, including flat-panel displays, multichip modules, printed circuit boards, and microelectromechanical systems. The new technology eliminates limitations of current lithography tools, including contact and proximity tools, conventional projection systems, steppers and scanners, and direct-write machines. Further, the new system concept is highly modular, thereby providing equipment upgradability as well as choice of user-specified system configurations. These results are achieved with a novel, hexagonal seamless scanning concept and a single-planar stage system configuration that provide both high optical and scanning efficiencies, and combine high-resolution imaging with very large exposure area capability. We describe the new technology and present experimental results. These lithography systems are highly attractive for cost-effective production of microelectronic products with feature sizes ranging from 15 micrometers to below 1 micrometers and substrate sizes ranging from 150 X 150 mm to larger than 610 X 660 mm.

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Kanti Jain, Thomas J. Dunn, Nestor Farmiga, Mark Zemel, and Carl Weisbecker "Large-area high-throughput high-resolution lithography systems for flat-panel displays and microelectronic modules", Proc. SPIE 3331, Emerging Lithographic Technologies II, (5 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.309573

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