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| Masks and reticles hold microscopic images of electronic circuits on quartz plates. Photolithography transfers these circuit patterns onto wafers to form integrated circuits. Masks must be as flawless as possible, because any defects are reflected on the wafer. However, as semiconductor complexity increases, so does the difficulty of detecting errors. Semiconductor geometries continue to shrink, as do the flaws that systems must detect. |
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