DLP/DMD is promising. I'd also say check out the short throw laser projectors - in particular the new Xiaomi 4k model has native 0.5um pitch, 5000 lumens and only costs ¥10999rmb/€1433 for CNY specials - it uses ALPD 3.0 though as I understand it Appotronics came out with an even newer 4.0 spec in 2018: http://www.appotronicsusa.com/alpd_technology.html
-pmg

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM Hagen SANKOWSKI <hsank@posteo.de> wrote:
Hello.

On 1/14/20 11:08 AM, David Lanzendörfer wrote:

>> I guess that is both a very ambitious but at the same time very tempting
>> project. Looking forward to seeing self-made litho steppers pop up in
>> hackspaces ;D
> Exactly. Yes.

:-)

> We can use a DMD[1] which already can go down to 500nm, as I've seen
> recently[2], assuming, we get the lens system right.

A issue I see here is the pattern structure of DMDs. Between all the
small mirrors are always even smaller gaps.

If we like to draw a bar, eg. poly or whatever
(ASCII-Art)

-------------------------    -----
                               ^
                               |
                               v
-------------------------    -----

the mirrors are with a gap instead

+-------+       +-------+    -----
| mirror|       |mirror |      ^
|       |  gap  |       |      |
|       |       |       |      v
+-------+       +-------+    -----

        |<----->|
           ???

This means that it becomes difficult to "stitch" two mirrors gap-less.
For human eyes it does not matter, the eyes does not see the pixel /
pattern structure. But I guess, the photo resist will see 'em - so we
have to tricked them out somehow.

Can we use here diffraction?
Or we already need double-pattering here?

Regards,
Hagen.

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