Patent Document ID: 9176388
Application ID: 14071750
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: forming a polymer layer over a substrate; patterning the polymer layer to form a first feature and a second feature, the first feature and the second feature being separated at a first distance; applying a rinse material to the polymer layer including the first feature and the second feature; removing the rinse material from the polymer layer including the first feature and the second feature to cause the first feature and the second feature to come into contact with each other; and forming a third feature based on the first feature and the second feature being in contact with each other, wherein the first feature is associated with a first height and a first width, and the second feature is associated with a second height and a second width, wherein the forming the third feature based on the first feature and the second feature being in contact with each other comprises etching into the substrate using the first feature and second feature in contact as a mask to form the third feature, the third feature being associated with a third height and a third width, wherein the third width is approximately equal to a sum of the first width, the first distance and the second width.