X-Ray Lithography System (Complete with Interdigital Transducer Master).

Abstract

The report describes the design and fabrication of an x-ray lithography system for the fabrication of surface acoustic wave devices. Research was conducted on a beryllium x-ray window, a 10 kV, 33 mA, Pierce-geometry electron gun, a heat-pipe-cooled aluminum target, a helium-filled exposure chamber, an x-ray flux monitoring system, and a silicon membrane x-ray mask with 0.5 micrometer thick gold absorber patterns consisting of three interdigital transducers with 0.5 micrometer wide lines and spaces. Research results and test data are included in the report. The report also describes the fabrication and testing of a complete system which provides an exposure flux of 2 J/sq cm at the resist (suitable for polymethylmethacrylate resist) in 2 hours with a penumbral shadow of only 0.2 micrometer for a 2.54 cm target-to-mask distance and a 5 micrometer mask-to-substrate gap.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA020354

Entities

People

  • Paul A. Sullivan

Organizations

  • HRL Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Electron Guns
  • Fabrication
  • Heat Pipes
  • Lithography
  • Micrometers
  • Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
  • Surface Acoustic Waves
  • Transducers
  • Waves
  • X Ray Lithography
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
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  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
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