You should be able to buildup 30 microns in a single spin with 4903. both hotplate ad owen work well for soft bake. if you have steps then vacuum bake works better. Hope this helps At 02:04 PM 10/26/99 +1000, P.Leech@mst.csiro.au wrote: >Dear Colleagues, >in the use of multiple layers of 4620 and 4903 resists, is there a >preferred method of softbake? We are talking of total of 30 microns thick >built up in 5 layers. I have both vacuum oven bake and hotplate available. > >Yours sincerely, > >Patrick Leech, >CSIRO CMST, >Private Bag 33, Clayton South MDC, >Victoria , Australia. > > Shekhar Bhansali Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Center for Microelectronic Sensors and MEMS University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221-0030 Ph: (513) 556 0903 fx: (513) 556 7326