Lithography
What was the original meaning of the word "lithography"?
- AA technique for counting electrons
- BA printing technique using stone plates
- CA technique for bending light
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Answer: B. A printing technique using stone plates
Lithography comes from the Greek lithos (stone) and graphein (to write) and originally meant a printing technique using stone plates. Because the idea of transferring a master pattern onto something else is shared, the name is also used for the pattern-transfer technology in semiconductors.
- A. It does not mean counting electrons.
- B. Correct. It derives from printing with stone plates.
- C. It does not mean bending light.