Speedrunning 30yrs of lithography technology

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My descent into madness, chasing one micrometer.

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=== Links ===
Zaber X-ADR stage: https://www.zaber.com/products/scanni...

HackerFab: https://hacker-fab.gitbook.io/hacker-...
Sam's Stepper:    • Maskless Photolithography Stepper for Home...  
Huygens Optics' Stepper:    • Maskless Wafer Stepper Part 2: Mechanics  

Zeiss S-Planar info (Search for "micro-lithography" to find the section): http://www.marcocavina.com/articoli_f...
GCA Mann 4800 DSW: https://www.chiphistory.org/99-gca-ma...

"Development of a quasi-collimated UV LED backlight for producing uniform and smooth 3D printing objects": https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cf...

=== Timeline === 
0:00 Intro
3:04 Ch. 1 - Structure
9:08 Ch. 2 - Assembly
20:07 Ch. 3 - Pain
24:25 Ch. 4 - Existential Crisis
37:11 Ch. 5 - Salvation?