Novel fiducial grid for x-ray masks

Advances in today's semiconductor industry have been achieved mainly by decreasing the minimal feature size thereby increasing the complexity of the devices. Lithography tool shave to provide for high resolution and large depth of focus. X-ray lithography offers promising solutions and is currently an actively researched area.

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