Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a mask support (diaphragm) of SiC for radiation lithography masks, in which an SiC layer is deposited at least on one of the two major surfaces of a substrate in the form of a silicon single crystal wafer and the silicon single crystal wafer is removed except at an edge region by means of a selective etching step, the mask support being annealed before or after the selective etching step in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature in the range of 200.degree. to 1350.degree. C. for a duration of 2 to 10 h.

Abstract: A method is set forth of manufacturing a mask for radiation lithography having a mask support and a substrate, on which an absorber layer is provided to be structured according to a desired mask pattern. The absorber layer having a thickness preferably in the range of from 0.2 to 1.2 .mu.m of partly oxidized tungsten having an oxygen content in the range of from 21 to 29 at. % in the layer is deposited on the substrate, preferably by means of cathode sputtering.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mask support or diaphragm of SiC for X-ray lithography masks is set forth in which a SiC layer is deposited by means of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on a substrate in the form of a monocrystalline silicon wafer on at least one of the two major surfaces of the monocrystalline silicon wafer, after which the monocrystalline silicon wafer is removed except an edge region in a selective etching step. According to the invention the following processing steps are used:(a) deposition of the SiC layer with the monocrystalline silicon wafer first being heated in the apparatus provided for the deposition process to a temperature in the range of 1000.degree. to 1350.degree. C. in a H.sub.2 atmosphere and then being etched by a suitable etchant and subsequently being rinsed under the influence of H.sub.2, whereupon the SiC layer is provided from a gas atmosphere containing silicon and hydrocarbons, after which the coated substrate is cooled in a H.sub.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mask for producing patterns in lacquer layers by means of X-ray lithography comprising a diaphragm which is very transparent to the X-ray radiation, is stretched on a frame in a self-supporting manner and which is applied as a thin layer to a substrate in a manner such that it is subjected to tensile stress, while the substrate is then removed as far as a part constituting a frame for the then self-supporting diaphragm.

Abstract: In a mask for X-ray lithography, in which a pattern of a layer corresponding to the structure to be manufactured and consisting of a material opaque to visible light is applied to a thin diaphragm of a material transparent to X-ray radiation, an adjustment with visible radiation, such as laser light, is made possible using a diaphragm consisting of a material opaque to visible light and using adjustment windows of a material transparent to the visible light of the spectrum through the diaphragm.

Abstract: The manufacture of semiconductor systems by means of radiation lithography requires low-stress masks when it is important to achieve very fine structures. In accordance with the invention, such a mask comprises a carrier of boron-doped silicon, a radiation absorbing pattern consisting of a double layer of different metals, such as molybdenum and tungsten, or a double layer of layers of the same metal, such as molybdenum, which are deposited in a different manner.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor including a substrate supporting a magnetic layer having an easy axis of magnetization is manufactured by depositing the magnetic layer on the substrate in the absence of a magnetic orienting field, producing a structure in the layer in the form of a plurality of parallel equally large strips having an area of approximately 1/4 to 1/30 of the overall area of the magnetic layer, and subsequently subjecting the layer to a tempering process in a magnetic orienting field.