How to Use photolithography in a Sentence
photolithography
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At present, one of the most delicate steps in making computer chips is photolithography.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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The grid pattern is then printed via photolithography or emerging, lower-cost alternatives, such as laser patterning.
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Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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For example, photolithography tools are designed to cast their feature-defining patterns onto relatively small rectangles, and to do that over and over.
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IEEE Spectrum,
1 Jan. 2020
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As with photolithography, the technique used to create integrated circuits on silicon wafers, the method, often called optical projection bioprinting, casts a pattern of light and dark shapes across the entire printing field.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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In semiconductor manufacturing, helium's cooling properties are used to transfer heat, with the gas also indispensable in photolithography, a technique used to print each chip's intricate circuitry.
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Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, this could help applications of ultrafast imaging of physical and biological systems, as well as photolithography and nuclear fusion science, the researchers added.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Europe's most valuable company and the world's only supplier of the complex photolithography machines needed to manufacture the most advanced artificial intelligence chips — has seen shares rise around 7% since TSMC's earnings were released.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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