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photolithography
[ foh-toh-li-thog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- the technique or art of making photolithographs.
- Electronics. a process whereby integrated and printed circuits are produced by photographing the circuit pattern on a photosensitive substrate and chemically etching away the background.
photolithography
/ ˌfəʊtəʊlɪˈθɒɡrəfɪ; ˌfəʊtəʊˌlɪθəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- a lithographic printing process using photographically made plates Often shortened tophotolithoˌfəʊtəʊˈlaɪθəʊ
- electronics a process used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, thin-film circuits, optical devices, and printed circuits in which a particular pattern is transferred from a photograph onto a substrate, producing a pattern that acts as a mask during an etching or diffusion process See also planar process
Derived Forms
- photolithographic, adjective
- ˌdzٴDZˈٳDz, noun
- ˌdzٴˌٳˈ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٴ·ٳ··· [foh-t, uh, -lith-, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
- t··ٳDz۲· noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of photolithography1
Example Sentences
The Cambridge-developed biocompatible devices -- just a few millionths of a metre thick -- are made using advanced photolithography and thin film deposition techniques, and require minimal power to function.
In this research, the team opted for deep-UV photolithography, a process using shorter wavelengths of ultraviolet light.
The most effective coating turned out to be a polymer hydrogel, the surface of which is covered in tiny ridges thanks to microtextured moulds, which the researchers fabricated using photolithography.
The latest conflict is over photolithography, which uses ultraviolet light to etch circuits into silicon on a scale measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter.
DigiLens has a different technique for creating waveguides, which is to apply a substrate on top of glass or plastic, then shape it using a process that’s a little bit like photolithography.
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