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Half-pitch 14nm direct patterning with nanoimprint lithography

Kono et al., 2019

Document ID
17935264100888302638
Author
Kono T
Hatano M
Tokue H
Kato H
Fukuhara K
Nakasugi T
Publication year
Publication venue
Novel Patterning Technologies for Semiconductors, MEMS/NEMS, and MOEMS 2019

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A low cost alternative lithographic technology is desired to cope with the challenges in decreasing feature size of semiconductor devices. Nano-imprint lithography (NIL) is one of the viable candidates.[1][2][3] NIL has been a promising solution to overcome the cost issue …
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