Geoff Akiki, president of Hoya LSI at the Hoya Group, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about optical and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography as well as mask blanks. What follows are excerpts of that discussion.
SE: Mask blanks are components that serve as the base or the substrate for a photomask. Why are they critical?
Akiki: If you look at Hoya, we've been positioned as...
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