Patterning through imprinting

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9082625
APP PUB NO 20150162194A1
SERIAL NO

14102873

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Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming device pattern. The method includes defining a device pattern to be created in a device layer; forming a sacrificial layer on top of the device layer; identifying an imprinting mold that, at a position along a height thereof, has a horizontal cross-sectional shape that represents the device pattern; pushing the imprinting mold uniformly into the sacrificial layer until at least the position of the imprinting mold reaches a level inside the sacrificial layer that is being pushed by the imprinting mold; removing the imprinting mold away from the sacrificial layer; forming a hard mask in recesses created by the imprinting mold in the sacrificial layer, the hard mask has a pattern representing the device pattern; and transferring the pattern of the hard mask into underneath the device layer.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clevenger, Lawrence A LaGrangeville, US 715 4465
Radens, Carl J LaGrangeville, US 271 4980
Wise, Richard S Newburgh, US 71 758
Xu, Yiheng Hopewell Junction, US 53 340
Zhang, John Altamont, US 92 1675

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