Infineon Technologies Ag

Jens Uwe Bruch

Heiko Hommen

Jens Stäcker

Thorsten Schedel

Marlene Strobl

Karl Schumacher

Maria De La Piedad Fernandez-Martinez

The mutually associated structure patterns, which are provided on one mask, or a plurality of masks for a double or multiple exposure can be received by the mask substrate holder. The mask substrate holder has two receiving stations one for each of the masks. Alternatively, both structure patterns for the double exposure are formed on one mask. The substrate holder has one receiving station. The substrate holder, is displaced from the section including first structure pattern to the second, between the two exposure operations, without the masks having to be loaded or unloaded, and realigned.

Method for carrying out a double or multiple exposure

A measurement mark () for determining the relative positional accuracy of a progressive projection onto a wafer (), the projection being performed with two masks (), comprising two structure elements () formed on a respective one of the masks (). The structure elements () overlap with regard to their position on the masks so that, during the projection of the second structure element (), an electrically conductive structure () formed on the basis of the first structure element on the wafer () is overformed by removal of a portion (). In an electrical line width measurement, the reduced width (CD, CD) of the structure () is measured and compared either with the original width () or with that width (CD) of a further partial element () produced by the overforming.

Method for determining the relative positional accuracy of two structure elements on a wafer

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Jens Uwe Bruch