UV LED lithography with digitally tunable exposure dose

Murat Kaya Yapici; Ilyas Farhat

doi:10.1117/1.JMM.13.4.043004

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21 October 2014 UV LED lithography with digitally tunable exposure dose

Murat Kaya Yapici, Ilyas Farhat

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J. of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 13(4), 043004 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMM.13.4.043004

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This paper reports the development of a low-cost, portable, light-emitting diode (LED)-based ultraviolet (UV) exposure system. The major system components include UV-LEDs, a microcontroller, a digital-to-analog converter, and LED control circuitry. Through its front panel with a liquid crystal display and keypad, the UV-LED lithography system is able to receive user-defined values for exposure time and power, which allows the exposure dose to be tunable on demand. Compared to standard mask aligners, the UV-LED lithography system is a fraction of the cost, is simpler to construct using off-the shelf components, and does not require a complex infrastructure to operate. Such a reduction in system cost and complexity renders UV-LED lithography a perfect candidate for microlithography with large process windows typically suitable for MEMS, microfluidics applications.

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Murat Kaya Yapici and Ilyas Farhat "UV LED lithography with digitally tunable exposure dose," Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 13(4), 043004 (21 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMM.13.4.043004

Published: 21 October 2014

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