In that case, the only other things I can think of are poor collimation of your source (unlikely with a proper mask aligner) or that you are getting unwanted reflections from the mask/substrate. Abhishek Jain wrote: > They are 50-60um at the bottom and 30um at the top, thus a positive > slope! > thanks > > On 4/3/07, Gareth Jenkinswrote: >> Exposure with <340nm leads to negative sidewall slopes rather than >> postive which is the observed problem unless I misread it. >> Abhishek, are the structures 30um at the top and 60um wide at the >> bottom? If it's the other way round (60 at the top, 30 at the bottom) >> then a filter could indeed be the answer.