R. Leuschner et al., PATTERNING OF ORGANIC LAYERS USING NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE WORKING TOP-CARL PROCESS, Microelectronic engineering, 20(4), 1993, pp. 305-319
The Top-CARL process is a technique for patterning organic materials s
ome tens of microns thick by top-resist silylation and pattern transfe
r via oxygen reactive ion etching. The influence of exposure dose, tem
perature and top-resist layer thickness on the silylation process is s
tudied. A dyed version of the resist is examined. Its polarity can be
changed from negative to positive working by addition of a small amoun
t of a photo base.