photolithography

noun

pho·​to·​li·​thog·​ra·​phy ˌfō-tō-li-ˈthä-grə-fē 

1

: lithography in which photographically prepared plates are used

2

: a process involving the photographic transfer of a pattern to a surface for etching (as in producing an integrated circuit)

photolithograph

ˌfō-tō-ˈli-thə-ˌgraf 

noun or transitive verb

photolithographic

ˌfō-tō-ˌli-thə-ˈgra-fik 

adjective

photolithographically

ˌfō-tō-ˌli-thə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of photolithography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All subsectors were also positive, led by photolithography, the Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) ecosystem, and semiconductors. —Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Perhaps the most essential of these machines performs extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography. —IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2023

One guy, another billionaire who developed this particular photolithography, had just fixed his own roof. —WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023

This second generation evolution of ASML's extreme ultra-violet photolithography can reduce the size of transistors—the building blocks of integrated semiconducting circuits—to just 20 angstroms (Å). —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2021

One key point of vulnerability is the Netherlands, where the photolithography leader ASML Holding produces the only extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines in the world. —IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2022

The intricate patterns on today's computer chips are made by a technique known as photolithography. —Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010

The limits of photolithography are set by the wavelength of light. —Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010

To create the ultrasound probe, the scientists used 3D printing, laser micromachining, and photolithography, in which light is used to create a pattern on a photosensitive material. —Wired, 29 July 2022

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1