Patent ID: 9116086
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B05B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for depositing a protective layer of material on a localized area on a substrate, the method comprising: forming a humidity controlled environment around the substrate to prevent a surface of the substrate from drying out during the deposition; positioning a micropipette carrying a liquid comprising the material adjacent the localized area on the substrate; directing the liquid through the micropipette onto the localized area, so as to deposit the protective layer of the material on the localized area, wherein in the localized area is a pattern of photoresist formed on the substrate; and forming an electrically conductive layer over the protective layer on the localized area using an e-beam deposition, wherein the substrate is configured to be inspected by a transmission electron microscope (TEM), whereby the electrically conductive layer protects the patterned photoresist during the TEM inspection and the protective layer of the material on the localized area protects the patterned photoresist during formation of the electrically conductive layer.