Market Report

Patterning material is the general term used for the constituents used for photolithography. Photolithography involves carving integrated circuits (ICs) on wafers and etching out materials from a wafer to fabricate electronic devices. This etching is done on polymer films, which are called photoresists. Photoresists get deposited on the surface, when exposed to light of fixed wavelength. This process is extensively used to fabricate printed circuit boards (PCBs). Owing to the steady growth in the PCBs industry, patterning material market is expected to continually expand in the near future. This report segments the patterning material market on the bases of type, application and geography. On the basis of type, patterning material is categorized as G line and I line, positive tone and negative tone. The positive tone is further subdivided into 193 nm and 248 nm, which denote the wavelength of light. By application, the patterning material market is classified into patterning and etchi...