A Soft PDMS/Metal-Film Photo-Mask for Large-Area Contact Photolithography at Sub-Micrometer Scale With Application on Patterned Sapphire Substrates

This paper reports a new type of soft PDMS/metal-film photo-mask that can be applied in contact photolithography with a resolution at sub-micrometer scale and a patterning area over a 4-in wafer. This new type of photo-mask is made from a soft PDMS mold that contains a patterned metal film on the co...

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Published in:Journal of microelectromechanical systems 2014-06, Vol.23 (3), p.719-726
Main Authors: HSIEH, Yi-Ta, LEE, Yung-Chun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Gold
Light emitting diodes
Lithography
Microstructure
Nanofabrication
Optoelectronic devices
Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices
Semiconductors
Silicon
soft lithography
Substrates
Surface treatment
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Summary:This paper reports a new type of soft PDMS/metal-film photo-mask that can be applied in contact photolithography with a resolution at sub-micrometer scale and a patterning area over a 4-in wafer. This new type of photo-mask is made from a soft PDMS mold that contains a patterned metal film on the concave surface of its microstructures. The metal film can selectively block incident UV light, while the convex PDMS microstructures can guide the incident UV light to expose a photo-resist (PR) layer. Due to its soft and compliant property, this new soft photo-mask can form intimate contact with a substrate and carry out UV exposure to form PR microstructures. It is particularly useful in patterning slightly curved substrates such as sapphire wafers, and therefore has a great potential on manufacturing patterned sapphire substrates (PSSs) in light-emitting diodes. In this paper, both 2 and 4 in PSSs with sub-micrometer feature sizes are successfully achieved. This new type of soft photo-mask and its contact photolithography can be easily implemented at a low cost for large-area, nonflat, and sub-micrometer scaled patterning, and therefore has great potential in many applications.
ISSN:1057-7157
1941-0158
DOI:10.1109/JMEMS.2013.2281979