top-surface imaging

initialism: TSI
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Lithographic process in which the exposed region of resist is silylated and the image then formed through reactive oxygen etch.
Notes:
  1. Usually a chemically amplified photoresist is used.
  2. Oxygen plasma is used to convert any silicon to \(\ce{SiO2}\).
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1861. 'Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1889 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-1215)