Process to Fabricate Thick Coplanar Microwave Electrode Structures.

Abstract

A process for making thick metal structures on a substrate has the steps of: selectively exposing a thick layer of photoresist disposed on a substrate to ultraviolet radiation including the 350 nm to 450 nm portion of the spectrum of a mercury vapor lamp, where the photoresist layer is a heat-treated and hydrated photoresist layer, to fully pattern the substrate; developing the patterned substrate by contacting the photoresist layer with a photoresist developing solution; exposing the photoresist layer to a plasma for hardening the pattern against thermal flow; hardbaking the photoresist pattern on the substrate; plating the metal onto the patterned substrate using a low current density (J) during at least part of the plating process, making a thick metal structure on the substrate.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 1993
Accession Number
ADD015913

Entities

People

  • G. K. Gopalakrishnan
  • R. W. Mcelhanon
  • W. K. Burns

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Current Density
  • Electrodes
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Hardening
  • Infrared Phenomena
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Microwaves
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Radiation
  • Spectra
  • Substrates
  • Ultraviolet Radiation

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.