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photoresist

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A film used in photolithography that temporarily holds the pattern of a circuit path or microscopic element of a chip. When exposed to light, it hardens and is resistant to the acid bath that washes away the unexposed areas. Not to be confused with photoresistor.



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To develop an alternative approach, Folch and his colleagues laid down ridges of photoresist on a silicon wafer.
The photoresist is hardened by exposure to light and then goes through several fabrication steps that uncover well-defined regions of the wafer surface and harden that surface to withstand subsequent fabrication steps.
NASDAQ: ACLS) has received a significant follow-on order for over 10 RadiantStrip 320 photoresist dry strip systems from a major memory device manufacturer.
 
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