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Rasterizing for SLM-based mask making and maskless lithography

Martinsson et al., 2004

Document ID
8618623173439012975
Author
Martinsson H
Sandstrom T
Publication year
Publication venue
24th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology

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In high fidelity SLM-based mask making and maskless lithography, a high performance rasterizer with high capability is of utmost importance. The rasterizer must be capable, not only to convert the vector format input data to a bitmap suitable for the SLM in fractions of …
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