photolithography

noun

pho·​to·​li·​thog·​ra·​phy ˌfō-tō-li-ˈthä-grə-fē How to pronounce photolithography (audio)
1
: lithography in which photographically prepared plates are used
2
: a process involving the photographic transfer of a pattern to a surface for etching (as in producing an integrated circuit)
photolithograph noun or transitive verb
photolithographic adjective
photolithographically adverb

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All subsectors were also positive, led by photolithography, the Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) ecosystem, and semiconductors. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Perhaps the most essential of these machines performs extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2023 One guy, another billionaire who developed this particular photolithography, had just fixed his own roof. WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023 This second generation evolution of ASML's extreme ultra-violet photolithography can reduce the size of transistors—the building blocks of integrated semiconducting circuits—to just 20 angstroms (Å). Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2021 One key point of vulnerability is the Netherlands, where the photolithography leader ASML Holding produces the only extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines in the world. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2022 The intricate patterns on today's computer chips are made by a technique known as photolithography. Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010 The limits of photolithography are set by the wavelength of light. Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010 To create the ultrasound probe, the scientists used 3D printing, laser micromachining, and photolithography, in which light is used to create a pattern on a photosensitive material. Wired, 29 July 2022

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First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of photolithography was in 1856

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“Photolithography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photolithography. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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